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The Fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous has come a long way since our
early beginnings in 1953. We have grown from that first meeting held
in Sun Valley, California, USA, to over 33,500 weekly meetings held
in approximately 123 countries worldwide. Our history is rich with
diversity, and we want to share the facts of that history with you,
the little known as well as the well known. If you have an
interesting and historic fact, send it to us at
naway@na.org or NAWS, Attn: The
NA Way Magazine, PO Box 9999, Van Nuys, CA 91409.
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NA Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) had
its first convention in February 2006? The cost of
registration was US $10, which included breakfast, lunch,
and afternoon tea. |
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the first NA meeting in
Kunming, China, was held 21 February 2006, and there were
twenty addicts present? |
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NA was introduced in Kathmandu,
Nepal, in 1994? The Everest Group of Nepal was formed, and
the meeting’s average attendance was fifteen recovering
addicts. So far this year, members of this NA community have
conducted H&I presentations in three jails, two hospitals,
and a detox unit. |
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the first Asia Pacific Forum meeting was held at the 1992
WSC in Dallas, Texas, USA? The APF began with a few
individuals in the Pacific Rim area having informal talks
about how they might be of service to the fellowship in that
part of the world. |
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the Aotearoa New Zealand Region recently
published a membership survey and a book chronicling
the history of NA in New Zealand titled “Keeping New Zealand
Clean: A Brief History”? |
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the Japanese first made
contact in 1979 with an NA member in Hawaii, and started an
NA meeting in Japan around 1980? In 1986, a couple of
members from Japan visited the WSO to discuss translations.
Twenty years later, the Japanese Basic Text was published
and was made available for sale at the 2006 WSC. |
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NA in Australia first began in
Melbourne many years before its first area convention in
July 1987? Sydney started meetings in the early 1980s, and
at the twentieth regional convention, in October 2004 in
Adelaide, five members celebrated twenty years clean. |
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