NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS

FOURTH EDITION

WORLD SERVICE OFFICE, INC.

VAN NUYS, CA U.S.A. 91409

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions reprinted for adaptation by permission of AA. World Services, Inc.

World Service Office, Inc. P.O. Box 9999, Van Nuys, CA 91409

~ 1982, 1984, 1987 by World Service Office, Inc. All rights reserved.

Published 1983. Thlrd Edition 1984. Fourth Edition 1987. Printed in the United States of America

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Llbrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Narcotic~ Anonymous.

Includes index.

1. Narcotics Anonymous.

2. Narcotics addicts-

Rehabilitation-United States-Case studies.

I. Narcotics Anonymous. (DNLM: 1. Narcotics Anonymous.

2 Narcotic Dependence-rehabilitation-personal

narratives. WM 270 N2235]

HV5825.N28 1987

362.2'9386

86-26640

ISBN 0-912075-02-3

library of Congress Catalog No. 83-70346

This is N.A Conference-approved literature.

CONTENTS

Our Symbol ix Preface xi

Introduction xv

BOOK ONE: NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Chapter One

Who Is an Addict? 3 Chapter Two What Is the

Narcotics Anonymous Program? 9 Chapter Three

Why Are We Here? 13 Chapter Four

How It Works 17 Chapter Five

What Can I Do? ? 50 Chapter Six

The Twelve Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous 55 Chapter Seven Recovery and Relapse 70 Chapter Eight We Do Recover 79

Cha'pter Nine

Just for Today-living the Program 84

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vi Narcotics Anonymous

Chapter Ten More Will Be Revealed 91

BOOK TWO: PERSONAL STORIES

A Gift Called Llfe 99 HI Can Do it, So Can You 104 An Indian without a Tribe 110

In Search of a Friend 113 I Was Unique 117

I Found a Home 121 If You Want What We Have 124

I Qualify 130 Why Me? Why Not Me? 134 Jails, Institutions, and Recovery 139

Fearful Mother 143 I Found the Only NA Meeting in the World 147

Alien 153 A little Girl Grows Up 159

It's Okay to Be Clean 167 Nowhere to Turn 171

Recovery Is My Responsibility 178 Unmanageable 182

How Do You Spell Relief? 186 Physician Addict 189

Part of the Solution 194 Resentment at the World 199

Mid-Pacific Serenity 201

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