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MY NAME IS __________ AND I AM AN ADDICT, I am the secretary for this meeting. Welcome to Narcotics Anonymous, this is an (open) meeting of Narcotics Anonymous.
Would all who care to please join me in opening with a moment of silence for those who are still sick and suffering, both in and out of the rooms, followed by the Serenity Prayer.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Thy will not mine be done. Amen
NA is a non-profit 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. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using. We suggest that you keep an open mind and give yourself a break. Our program is a set of principles written so simply that we can follow them in our daily lives. The most important thing about them is that they work.
Why Are We Here?
Before coming to the Fellowship of NA, we could not manage our own lives. We could not live and enjoy life as other
people do. We had to have something different and we thought we had found it in drugs. We placed their use ahead of the
welfare of our families, our wives, husbands, and our children. We had to have drugs at all costs. We did many people great harm but most of all we harmed ourselves. Through our inability to accept personal responsibilities we were actually
creating our own problems. We seemed to be incapable of facing life on its own terms. Most of us realized that in our addiction we were slowly committing suicide, but addiction is such a cunning enemy of life that we had lost the power to do anything about it. Many of us ended up in jail or sought help through medicine, religion, and psychiatry. None of these methods was sufficient for us. Our disease always resurfaced or continued to progress until in desperation we sought help from each other in Narcotics Anonymous. After coming to NA, we realized we were sick people. We suffered from a disease from which there is no known cure. It can, however, be arrested at some point and recovery is then possible.
How it Works - If you want what we have to offer, and are willing to make the effort to get it, then you are ready to take certain steps. These are the principles that made our recovery possible:
1. We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying
only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps,we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice
these principles in all our affairs.
This sounds like a big order, and we can’t do it all at once. We didn’t become addicted in one day, so remember—easy
does it. There is one thing more than anything else that will defeat us in our recovery; this is an attitude of indifference or
intolerance toward spiritual principles. Three of these that are indispensable are honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness.
With these we are well on our way. We feel that our approach to the disease of addiction is completely realistic, for the therapeutic value of one addict helping another is without parallel. We feel that our way is practical, for one addict can best understand and help another addict. We believe that the sooner we face our problems within our society, in everyday living, just that much faster do we become acceptable, responsible, and productive members
of that society. The only way to keep from returning to active addiction is not to take that first drug. If you are like us you know that one is too many and a thousand never enough. We put great emphasis on this, for we know that when we use drugs in any form, or substitute one for another, we release our addiction all over again. Thinking of alcohol as different from other drugs has caused a great many addicts to relapse. Before we came to NA, many of us viewed alcohol separately, but we cannot afford to be confused about this. Alcohol is a drug. We are people with the disease of addiction who must abstain from all drugs in order to recover.
Please treat this as you would a face-to-face meeting. No crosstalk when someone is sharing--no typing in the main screen. If you feel strongly about what someone says, use short responses such as or emoticons. Here are some tips for newcomers attending your first online meeting: Keep personal information to yourself.
The ABSENCE of PROFANITY offends no one, so we ask that you please not use profanity in this meeting - please be respectful of others with a desire to share and limit your shares to 5 or 10 minutes...
Please no cross talking. We ask that when sharing we keep our sharing to 5 minutes so every one gets a chance to share. Please type ! when you want to share and done when done thank you.
Please be considerate of others and keep comments to 1 word or 1 emoticon so as not to interrupt people trying to share please keep your sharing to short sentences so people don't have to wait for your sharing...
If you need to relay a message, please do so in Private conversation. Please save any other comments or questions you have until after the meeting where we can address any questions or comments you have at that time. To be recognized by chairperson to share please type a ! and type "done" when you are done sharing.
When you are done sharing, type done and the chairperson will call on the next person to share. Thank You.
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Before we close, are there any burning desires to share ?
The AA Promises
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.
1. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
2. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
3. We will comprehend the word serenity.
4. We will know peace.
5. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
6. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
7. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
8. Self-seeking will slip away.
9. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
10. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.
11. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
12. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
We would like to thank all who came and those who participated by sharing.
For all those who care to join us we would like to end this meeting with the Lord's Prayer. And the Alcoholic Prayer.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever
Thank- You all very much for being here, keeping me clean one more day and for this meeting! Go to face to face meetings, get a sponsor, call people in recovery, read the big book, pray, and DON'T USE DRUGS BETWEEN MEETINGS
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HOW TO COPY AND PASTE
Start at the bottom right of what you want to copy and highlight by holding down the left button of your mouse
With the left mouse held down move the cursor up to where you want to stop copying
Let go of the left mouse button, and the material you want to copy should be highlighted
Right click your mouse and choose the option "copy" then let go of the right mouse button
Then move your cursor to where you want to put the material you just copied
Then right click again and choose the option "paste"
Would all who care to please join me in opening with a moment of silence for those who are still sick and suffering, both in and out of the rooms, followed by the Serenity Prayer.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Thy will not mine be done. Amen
NA is a non-profit 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. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using. We suggest that you keep an open mind and give yourself a break. Our program is a set of principles written so simply that we can follow them in our daily lives. The most important thing about them is that they work.
Why Are We Here?
Before coming to the Fellowship of NA, we could not manage our own lives. We could not live and enjoy life as other
people do. We had to have something different and we thought we had found it in drugs. We placed their use ahead of the
welfare of our families, our wives, husbands, and our children. We had to have drugs at all costs. We did many people great harm but most of all we harmed ourselves. Through our inability to accept personal responsibilities we were actually
creating our own problems. We seemed to be incapable of facing life on its own terms. Most of us realized that in our addiction we were slowly committing suicide, but addiction is such a cunning enemy of life that we had lost the power to do anything about it. Many of us ended up in jail or sought help through medicine, religion, and psychiatry. None of these methods was sufficient for us. Our disease always resurfaced or continued to progress until in desperation we sought help from each other in Narcotics Anonymous. After coming to NA, we realized we were sick people. We suffered from a disease from which there is no known cure. It can, however, be arrested at some point and recovery is then possible.
How it Works - If you want what we have to offer, and are willing to make the effort to get it, then you are ready to take certain steps. These are the principles that made our recovery possible:
1. We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying
only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps,we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice
these principles in all our affairs.
This sounds like a big order, and we can’t do it all at once. We didn’t become addicted in one day, so remember—easy
does it. There is one thing more than anything else that will defeat us in our recovery; this is an attitude of indifference or
intolerance toward spiritual principles. Three of these that are indispensable are honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness.
With these we are well on our way. We feel that our approach to the disease of addiction is completely realistic, for the therapeutic value of one addict helping another is without parallel. We feel that our way is practical, for one addict can best understand and help another addict. We believe that the sooner we face our problems within our society, in everyday living, just that much faster do we become acceptable, responsible, and productive members
of that society. The only way to keep from returning to active addiction is not to take that first drug. If you are like us you know that one is too many and a thousand never enough. We put great emphasis on this, for we know that when we use drugs in any form, or substitute one for another, we release our addiction all over again. Thinking of alcohol as different from other drugs has caused a great many addicts to relapse. Before we came to NA, many of us viewed alcohol separately, but we cannot afford to be confused about this. Alcohol is a drug. We are people with the disease of addiction who must abstain from all drugs in order to recover.
Please treat this as you would a face-to-face meeting. No crosstalk when someone is sharing--no typing in the main screen. If you feel strongly about what someone says, use short responses such as or emoticons. Here are some tips for newcomers attending your first online meeting: Keep personal information to yourself.
The ABSENCE of PROFANITY offends no one, so we ask that you please not use profanity in this meeting - please be respectful of others with a desire to share and limit your shares to 5 or 10 minutes...
Please no cross talking. We ask that when sharing we keep our sharing to 5 minutes so every one gets a chance to share. Please type ! when you want to share and done when done thank you.
Please be considerate of others and keep comments to 1 word or 1 emoticon so as not to interrupt people trying to share please keep your sharing to short sentences so people don't have to wait for your sharing...
If you need to relay a message, please do so in Private conversation. Please save any other comments or questions you have until after the meeting where we can address any questions or comments you have at that time. To be recognized by chairperson to share please type a ! and type "done" when you are done sharing.
When you are done sharing, type done and the chairperson will call on the next person to share. Thank You.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Before we close, are there any burning desires to share ?
The AA Promises
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.
1. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
2. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
3. We will comprehend the word serenity.
4. We will know peace.
5. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
6. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
7. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
8. Self-seeking will slip away.
9. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
10. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.
11. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
12. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
We would like to thank all who came and those who participated by sharing.
For all those who care to join us we would like to end this meeting with the Lord's Prayer. And the Alcoholic Prayer.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever
Thank- You all very much for being here, keeping me clean one more day and for this meeting! Go to face to face meetings, get a sponsor, call people in recovery, read the big book, pray, and DON'T USE DRUGS BETWEEN MEETINGS
=====================================================================================================================
HOW TO COPY AND PASTE
Start at the bottom right of what you want to copy and highlight by holding down the left button of your mouse
With the left mouse held down move the cursor up to where you want to stop copying
Let go of the left mouse button, and the material you want to copy should be highlighted
Right click your mouse and choose the option "copy" then let go of the right mouse button
Then move your cursor to where you want to put the material you just copied
Then right click again and choose the option "paste"