WELCOME TO NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS

DO YOU THINK YOU'RE AN ADDICT? HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DRUGS?
Do you want to do something about your problem? Would you like some help?

DOES A FAMILY MEMBER OR A LOVED ONE HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM?
Have you considered recommending NA to someone who has a drug problem?

Please read some of our literature and attend one of our meetings. Addicts you meet there
will reach out to you because the newcomer is the most important person at any meeting.

DO YOU NEED TO TALK WITH SOMEONE RIGHT NOW?

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AM I AN ADDICT?

"Only you can answer this question.

This may not be an easy thing to do. All through our usage, we told ourselves, “I can handle it.” Even if this was true in the beginning, it is not so now. The drugs handled us. We lived to use and used to live. Very simply, an addict is a person whose life is controlled by drugs.

Perhaps you admit you have a problem with drugs, but you don’t consider yourself an addict. There is nothing shameful about being an addict once you begin to take positive action. If you can identify with our problems, you may be able to identify with our solution.

Addiction is a disease which, without recovery, ends in jails, institutions, and death. Many of us came to Narcotics Anonymous because drugs had stopped doing what we needed them to do. Addiction takes our pride, self-esteem, family, loved ones, and even our desire to live. If you want help, you can find it in the Fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous.

We came to our first NA meeting in defeat and didn't know what to expect. After sitting in a meeting, or several meetings, we began to feel that people cared and were willing to help. We found that no matter what our past thoughts or actions were, others had felt and done the same. Surrounded by fellow addicts, we realized that we were not alone anymore.

Recovery is what happens in our meetings. Our lives are at stake. We found that by putting recovery first, the program works. We faced three disturbing realizations:

1. We are powerless over addiction and our lives are unmanageable;
2. Although we are not responsible for our disease, we are responsible for our recovery;
3. We can no longer blame people, places and things for our addiction. We must face our own problems and our feelings."

"The ultimate weapon for recovery is the recovering addict.”

Narcotics Anonymous, 5th edition,
(Van Nuys, CA: Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 1988), p. 15.
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DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS?
Please read some of the following literature...

AM I AN ADDICT?	WELCOME TO NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS	FOR THE NEWCOMER
WHO IS AN ADDICT?	WHAT IS THE NA PROGRAM?	WHY ARE WE HERE?
HOW IT WORKS	THE TWELVE TRADITIONS OF NA	WE DO RECOVER
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DOES A FAMILY MEMBER OR A LOVED ONE HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM?
If you have considered recommending Narcotics Anonymous
to someone who has a drug problem, you may have a few questions
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WHAT IS ADDICTION?

NA: A RESOURCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY

INFORMATION ABOUT NA

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