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What is Narcotics Anonymous?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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NA\u2019s self-titled book, known among members as the \u201cBasic Text\u201d, describes Narcotics Anonymous as \u201ca nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem . . . recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean.\u201d Membership is open to any drug addict, regardless of the particular drug or combination of drugs used. There are no social, religious, economic, racial, ethnic, national, gender, or class-status membership restrictions. Narcotics Anonymous membership is completely voluntary; no membership rolls or attendance records are kept, either for NA or anyone else. Members live in the community and attend meetings on their own time. There are no dues or fees for membership; most members regularly contribute small sums to help cover expenses at group meetings, but contributions are not mandatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The core of the Narcotics Anonymous recovery program is a series of personal activities known as the Twelve Steps, adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous. These \u201csteps\u201d include admitting there is a problem, seeking help, self-appraisal, confidential self-disclosure, making amends where harm has been done, and working with other drug addicts who want to recover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narcotics Anonymous believes that one of the keys to its success is the therapeutic value of addicts working with other addicts. In meetings, each member shares personal experience with others seeking help, not as professionals but simply as people who have been there themselves and have found a solution. Narcotics Anonymous has no professional therapists, no residential facilities, and no clinics. NA provides no vocational, legal, financial, psychiatric, or medical services. The closest thing to an \u201cNA counselor\u201d is the sponsor, an experienced member who gives informal assistance to a newer member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The primary service provided by Narcotics Anonymous is the NA group meeting. Each group runs itself on the basis of principles common to the entire organization, principles laid out in the movement\u2019s literature. There is no hierarchical authority structure in Narcotics Anonymous. Most groups have no permanent facilities of their own, instead renting space for their weekly meetings in buildings run by public, religious, or civic organizations. Meetings may be \u201copen,\u201d meaning anyone may attend, or \u201cclosed,\u201d meaning only people who are there to address their own drug problem may attend. Meetings are led by NA members; other members take part by talking in turn about their experiences in recovering from drug addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Narcotics Anonymous program uses a very simple, experience-oriented disease concept of addiction. Narcotics Anonymous does not qualify its use of the term \u201cdisease\u201d in any medical or specialized therapeutic sense, nor does NA make any attempt to persuade others of the correctness of its view. The NA movement asserts only that its members have found acceptance of addiction as a disease to be effective in helping them come to terms with their condition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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What is Narcotics Anonymous? NA\u2019s self-titled book, known among members as the \u201cBasic Text\u201d, describes Narcotics Anonymous as \u201ca nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem . . . recovering addicts …<\/p>\n

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