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Facts About Narcotics Anonymous http://www.na.org/basic.htm
Narcotics Anonymous World Services Contact Information; http://www.na.org/contact.htm
World Wide N.A. Helpline Numbers http://www.na.org/phonelines/phonelin-toc.htm
Minnesota N.A. Helpline Numbers http://www.naminnesota.org/help_line/help_line.htm
MINNESOTA INFO LINE, Toll free for 218, 507, 320 and 715 area codes (877)767-7676
Group Readings:
These readings describe our meetings and the people who attend them.
"Who Is an Addict"©
"What Is the N.A. Program"©
"Why Are We Here"©
"How it Works"©
"Twelve Traditions"©
"Just for Today"©
"We Do Recover"©
"IP #1 - Who, What, How, and Why"©
"IP #2 - The Group"©
"IP #5 - Another Look"©
"IP #6 - Recovery and Relapse"©
"IP #7 - Am I an Addict?"©
"IP #8 - Just for Today"©
"IP #9 - Living the Program"©
"IP #10 - Working Step Four in NA"©
"IP #11 - Sponsorship, Revised"©
"IP #12 - The Triangle of Self-Obsession"©
"IP #13 - Youth and Recovery"©
"IP #14 - One Addicts Experience..."©
"IP #15 - PI and the NA Member"©
"IP #16 - For the Newcomer"©
"IP #17 - For Those in Treatment"©
"IP #19 - Self-Acceptance"©
"IP #20 - H&I Service & the NA Member"©
"IP #21 - The Loner - Staying Clean in Isolation"©
"IP #22 - Welcome to NA"©
"IP #23 - Staying Clean on the Outside"©
"IP #24 - Hey! What's the Basket For?"©
"IP #25 - Self-Support: Principle & Practice"©
"IP #26 - Accessibility For Those with Additional Needs"©
Booklets:
"Narcotics Anonymous - Little White Booklet"©
"The Group Booklet"©
"Twelve Concepts for NA Service"©
"Introductory Guide to NA, Revised"©
"Behind the Walls"©
"In Times of Illness"©
"NA: A Resource in Your Community"©
"N.A. is a nonprofit Fellowship
or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem.
We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean."
--Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text ©, page 9.--
This is a simple, (although not easy) Twelve Step Program of Recovery from Drug Addiction. We attend weekly N.A. meetings, where we share about how we stay clean. We learn from each others' experiences in living life without depending on drugs to get by.
"This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. There is only one requirement for membership; The desire to stop using."
--Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text, page 9.--
The Twelve Steps of N.A. Help us to identify our problem and find ways to live differently. We work these Twelve Steps with the help of a sponsor. A sponsor is someone we select who has experience using the steps to deal with life
and to grow spiritually.
"We have learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to our meetings regularly stay clean."
--Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text ©, page 9.--
Abbreviations used in "N.A." (Narcotics Anonymous)
"Ad-Hoc"= A temporary committee formed by the "ASC" to complete a specific task outside the scope of the standing subcommittees.
ASC= Area Service Committee.
An ASC is made up of the "N.A." Groups in a given Area. The "GSR's" (Group Service Representatives) and alternate GSR's from each Group in an Area meet regularly together for a business meeting where issues are raised and discussed in order to better meet the needs of the groups in the Area. The "ASC" elects its own officers: the chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, treasurer, and "RCMs" (Regional Committee Members). The "ASC" has various subcommittees such as an "H&I" (Hospitals and Institutions) sub-committee or an Activities subcommittee, which are led by a subcommittee chairperson.
BOD= Board of Directors.
There are two "Not for Profit Corporations" in our local service structure. The Board of Directors are the people elected to conduct the business of the corporations.
CAR= Conference Agenda Report.
Report that comes out every two years prior to the "WSC" (World Service Conference) and contains the business and spiritual issues that will be considered at the bienial "WSC" (World Service Conference).
CMASC= The Central Minnesota Area Service Committee. (See "ASC").
FIPT= Fellowship Intelectual Property Trust.
http://www.na.org/legal/bulletins-fipt.htm
NA-owned right to all NA Literature, logos, symbols, trademarks and copyrights.
GLS or GTLS= Guide To Local Service.
A Handbook explaining the NA service structure, from the group level to the regional level.
GSR= Group Service Representative.
A meeting or groups's representative to the "ASC" (Area Service Committee).
The GSR brings group information to the Area and Area information to the group.
H&I= Hospitals and Institutions Subcommittee.
The subcommittee's main purpose is to carry the message of "NA" into various institutions such as rehabilitation facilities, drug detoxification centers, jails and prisons.
MNNAC= Minnesota Regions annual Regional Convention of Narcotics Anonymous.
An activity usually held in April or May at a hotel or resort. A regional convention creates a collective demonstration of unity and a celebration of recovery!
MNNAC/BOD=Minnesota Regional Convention-Board of Directors. The Board of Directors for the Regional Convention.
MNRSC= Minnesota Regional Service Committee.
A meeting held six times a year, on the second Saturday of even numbered months at the Sabathani Community Center (310 38th St., Minneapolis, Mn. 55409) at 12 noon. Each area in this region sends an "RCM" (Regional Committee Member) to meet with other representatives, Regional Subcommittee Chairpersons, Executive Committee members, Our RD's, "MNNAC" (Minnesota Regional Convention) Representatives, and "UMSO" (Upper Midwest Service Office) Representatives.
N.A.= Narcotics Anonymous.
A Fellowship or society of addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean.
NAWS= Narcotics Anonymous World Services Inc.
http://www.na.org/index.htm
Refers to the legal name of Narcotics Anonymous World Services.
P.I.= Public Information Subcommittee.
A subcommittee of the "ASC" (Area Service Committee) or "RSC" (Regional Service Committee) devoted to carrying the NA Message to Non-Addicts such as Government or private agencies, the public media, community leaders, health professionals, and the community-at-large so addicts seeking recovery are sent to "NA".
RCM= Regional Committee Member.
A representative from the "area" which represents, and carries the conscience of the ASC at the regional level.
RD= Regional Delegate.
A representative from the "region" which represents, and carries the conscience of the "RSC" (Regional Service Committee) at the Zonal and World level.
RSC= Regional Service Committee.
Service body that serves the NA areas that comprise it, composed of RCM's, RD's and others as needed.
UMSO= Upper Midwest Service Office.
(Our region's "Store" for NA Literature and merchandise.)
UMSO/BOD=Minnesota Regional Convention-Board of Directors. The Board of Directors for the Service Office
WSC= World Service Conference.
(A meeting of Regional representatives from around the world)
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