We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.These are the principles that made our recovery possible: If you want what we have to offer, and are willing to make the effort to get it, then you are ready to take certain steps. It can, however, be arrested at some point, and recovery is then possible. We suffered from a disease from which there is no known cure. Our disease always resurfaced or continued to progress until in desperation, we sought help from each other in Narcotics Anonymous.Īfter coming to NA we realised we were sick people. None of these methods was sufficient for us. Many of us ended up in jail, or sought help through medicine, religion, and psychiatry. Most of us realised that in our addiction we were slowly committing suicide, but addiction is such a cunning enemy of life that we had lost the power to do anything about it. We seemed to be incapable of facing life on its own terms. Through our inability to accept personal responsibilities we were actually creating our own problems. We did many people great harm, but most of all we harmed ourselves.

We placed their use ahead of the welfare of our families, our wives, husbands, and our children. We had to have something different and we thought we had found it in drugs. We could not live and enjoy life as other people do. We have learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to our meetings regularly stay clean.īefore coming to the Fellowship of NA, we could not manage our own lives. The newcomer is the most important person at any meeting, because we can only keep what we have by giving it away. 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. Anyone may join us regardless of age, race, sexual identity, creed, religion, or lack of religion. We are not connected with any political, religious, or law enforcement groups, and are under no surveillance at any time. We have no initiation fees or dues, no pledges to sign, no promises to make to anyone.

We are not affiliated with any other organizations. The most important thing about them is that they work. Our program is a set of principles written so simply that we can follow them in our daily lives. We suggest that you keep an open mind and give yourself a break. There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. NA is a non-profit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem.

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