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NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and
women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering
addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. This is a
program of complete abstinence from all drugs. There is only one
requirement for membership, the desire to stop using. We suggest
that you keep an open mind and give yourself a break. Our program is
a set of principles written so simply that we can follow them in our
daily lives. The most important thing about them is that they work.
There are no strings attached to NA. We are not affiliated
with any other organizations. We have no initiation fees or dues, no
pledges to sign, no promises to make to anyone. We are not connected
with any political, religious, or law enforcement groups, and are
under no surveillance at any time. Anyone may join us regardless of
age, race, sexual identity, creed, religion, or lack of religion.
We are not interested in what or how much you used or who
your connections were, what you have done in the past, how much or
how little you have, but only in what you want to do about your
problem and how we can help. The newcomer is the most important
person at any meeting, because we can only keep what we have by
giving it away. We have learned from our group experience that those
who keep coming to our meetings regularly stay clean.
Reprinted from the Little White Booklet, Narcotics
Anonymous.
©1986 by Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
PO Box 9999, Van Nuys, CA 91409
ISBN 0-912075-65-1 10/00
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