Narcotics Anonymous

Nassau Area Service Committee

Nassau County, NY

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

 





 

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Published presentation papers about Narcotics Anonymous

These papers describing the Narcotics Anonymous Fellowship have been prepared under the auspices of NA's World Service Board of Trustees External Affairs Committee for presentation to the International Council on Alcohol and Addictions and other international gatherings of addiction professionals.

Facts about Narcotics Anonymous describes NA's historic roots, how our recovery program works, and how our service organization operates. This paper clarifies NA's traditions of nonaffiliation and neutrality on public issues while encouraging  cooperation with NA's friends in the community. The paper closes with a few basic indicators of NA's success and some simple features on an NA membership profile. 
Presented at ICAA'90, Berlin. Also published in proceedings of ICAA'94, Prague.

Narcotics Anonymous: A Commitment to Community Partnerships is addressed specifically to addiction care providers. It comprehensively describes the services local Narcotics Anonymous groups and committees can offer to treatment professionals and their clients and how to access those services
Presented at ICAA'95, San Diego.

Narcotics Anonymous: A Vision of Hope on the Inside; Living the Vision on the Outside: gives information regarding how NA volunteers can introduce inmates, who are substance abusers, to recovery in Narcotics Anonymous while they are still within the correctional system. Emphasis is placed on the importance of community-based recovery programs that may assist inmates with living drug-free upon their release
Presented at: American Correctional Association, August 1999

 

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