Narcotics Anonymous. Fifth Edition → Обява 24261081

Narcotics Anonymous

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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? 52

Chapter Six The Twelve Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous 57

Chapter Seven Recovery and Relapse 74

Chapter Eight We Do Recover 84

Chapter Nine Just for Today —Living the Program 90

Chapter Ten More Will Be Revealed 97

BOOK TWO: PERSONAL STORIES

A Gift Called Life 107

If I Can Do It, So Can You 112

An Indian without a Tribe 118

In Search of a Friend 121

I Was Unique 125

I Found a Home 129

If You Want What We Have 133

I Qualify 140

Why Me? Why Not Me? 144

Jails, Institutions, and Recovery 149

Fearful Mother 153

I Found the Only N.A. Meeting in the World 157

Alien 163

A Little Girl Grows Up 169

It's Okay to Be Clean 178

Nowhere to Turn 182

Recovery Is My Responsibility 189

Unmanageable 193

How Do You Spell Relief? 197

Physician Addict 200

Part of the Solution 206

Resentment at the World 211

Mid-Pacific Serenity 213

The Vicious Cycle 219

I Was Different 221

Pothead! 224

I Can't Do Any More Time 227

Fat Addict 231

Early Services 233

I Felt Hopeless 235

I Kept Coming Back 238

It Won't Get Any Worse 243

My Gratitude Speaks 249

No Excuse for Loneliness 254

Relapse and Return 263

Sick and Tired at Eighteen 266

The War Is Over 270

Up from Down Under 273

Index 279

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OUR SYMBOL

Simplicity



is the key to our symbol; it imitates the simplicity < 'I our



Fellowship. All sorts of occult and esoteric connotations i.mbe found in



its simple outlines, but foremost in the minds n! the Fellowship are



easily understood meanings and relationships.

The outer circle



denotes a universal and total program that 11.is room within it for all



manifestations of the recovering person.

The square, whose lines



are defined, is easily seen and understood, but there are other unseen



parts of the symbol. The i uare base denotes Good will, the ground of



both the Fellowship and the members of our society. Good will is best



exemplified m service; proper service is "Doing the right thing for the



right M'.ison." When Good will supports and motivates both the



individual and the Fellowship, we are fully whole and wholly 11 гг.



Probably the last to be lost to freedom will be the stigma o I being an



addict.

It is the four pyramid sides that rise from the base in a



three-« limensional figure that represent Self, Society, Service, and



God. ЛИ rise to the point of Freedom. All parts are closely related to



the needs and aims of the addict who is seeking recovery, and In the



purpose of the Fellowship which is to make recovery.iv.niable to all.



The greater the base, (as we grow in unity in m n i ibers and in



fellowship) the broader the sides of the pyramid, .mil the higher the



point of freedom.

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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions

reprinted for adaptation by permission of AA World Services, Inc.

Copyright © 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 by Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

All rights reserved.

World Service Office PO Box 9999 Van Nuys, CA 91409

Published 1983. Second Edition 1983. Third Edition 1984.

Third Edition (Revised) 1986. Fourth Edition 1987. Fifth Edition 1988. 20th Anniversary Basic Text published 2003.

Printed in the United States of America.

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ISBN 0-912075-02-3 (Hardcover)

ISBN 1-55776-025-X (Paperback)

ISBN 1-55776-513-8 (20th Anniversary)

This is NA Fellowship-approved literature.

Narcotics Anonymous, and The NA Way

are registered trademarks of Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Incorporated.

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