Narcotics Anonymous

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Some people will find NA more helpful than others, but by attending sessions and allowing yourself to get involved in an open and honest way, there is a strong chance that you will learn a lot about how to sustainably battle your addiction.

Telephone support to young people aged 12 to 20 affected by someone else's drinking, usually that of a parent. Part of Al-Anon Family Group.Kinnon, Jimmy; Bob B. (August 18, 1973). "Anniversary speech". Jimmy K, founder of Narcotics Anonymous, speaks on the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of our fellowship. Archived from the original on December 13, 2007 . Retrieved June 15, 2006. improving mutual aid engagement - setting out the skills and experience keyworkers need to help patients engage with mutual aid NA offers support for life – it is a community of people who have overcome their drug problem, and who are freely available to help those who also have the desire to live life drug free. It costs nothing to be a NA member, you are a member of NA when you say you are. There are no waiting lists for NA – if people want to attend a meeting, they just need to show up. There are no “musts” in NA. We don’t keep records of who goes to our meetings. Our members cross all spectrums of society, and range in age from teenagers to OAPs. Everyone is equal and equally welcome. In 1953 Narcotics Anonymous, was founded in California by Jimmy Kinnon and others. [21] Differing from its predecessors, NA formed a fellowship of mutually supporting groups. Founding members, most of whom were from AA, debated and established the 12 Traditions of the NA fellowship. On September 14, 1953, AA authorized NA the use of AA's 12 steps and traditions on the condition that they stop using the AA name, causing the organization to call itself Narcotics Anonymous. Many people think that recovery is simply a matter of not using drugs. They consider a relapse a sign of complete failure, it's not as simple as that, an excellent read to get things in perspective.

Narcotics Anonymous 6th Edition. Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. 2008. ISBN 978-1-557-76735-6. improving access to mutual aid (commissioners) - how commissioners can support mutual aid and its relationship to treatment services

Choosing a Centre for Narcotics Anonymous

After several years of ups and downs, NA established itself as serious, effective, and international presence in the 1970’s during a time of rapid expansion. Annual Report 2003" (PDF). NA World Services, Inc. 2003. pp.4 (28). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2004. NA meetings differ in so many ways in different cities and in different countries. However, there is some common ground for most NA meetings around the world.

This will help you to find your nearest group, or you can find groups further afield if you prefer to attend a meeting that is less close to home. The AA granted Kinnon permission to adopt and change the AA Twelve Steps. For the NA twelve steps, he changed the wording in Step 1 from ‘powerless over alcohol’ to ‘powerless over our addiction.’ That is significant as it changed the focus on the addiction rather than on the abused substance.NA has adjusted the twelve-step program with a small change in language, and instead of referring to alcohol, the NA’s twelve-step program references drug addictions. Many of Narcotics Anonymous’s early published works were written by Jimmy Kinnon and are now used globally at over 70,000 NA meetings. He was the key donor to the Yellow Booklet and Little White Booklet used in the 1960s and 1970s. Ellison, Jerome (August 7, 1954). "These Drug Addicts Cure One Another". Saturday Evening Post. pp.22, 23, 48, 49, 52. Archived from the original on January 8, 2006.