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Service - What's New?
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Join the World Pool
Here’s your opportunity to give back what was so freely
given to you!!!
Visit our website at
www.na.org/HRP/hrp-wpif-pt1.asp to access and submit an
interactive form.
You can also reach us by letter or phone at
HRP
NAWS
Box 9999
Van Nuys, CA 91409
or 818.773.9999
or email us at
HRP@na.org
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PR Handbook Update
Input on the first section of the Public Relations Handbook
is now in, following a ninety-day review period that ended 1
August. We are excited about the feedback sent in…thank you!
Section two of the PR Handbook is now out for review and
input until 1 December 2005. Check your area and regional
service committee mailboxes or obtain a copy at
http://www.na.org/conference/prhb/index.htm. The
chapters being reviewed are:
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Media
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Criminal Justice
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Treatment
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Healthcare
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Phonelines
We
look forward to receiving your input!
The first two sections of the
Handbook will be considered for approval at WSC 2006.
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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
116 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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Did you know |
You can enter your own
NA events for inclusion
in the online calendar and The NA Way Magazine
at
http://www.na.org/comingup-toc.htm?
You can edit or update events you’ve listed anytime
you want. |
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Did you know |
Our website gets over 2
million hits per month?! |
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Did you know |
NA groups and service committees can register online
at
http://www.na.org/updateforms/newregfm.htm,
where more than 21,200 groups have registered? |
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Did you know |
Volumes of history and
information are available by clicking on the
“Reports and Periodicals” link? This section
includes archives of the NAWS Inc. Annual Reports,
Conference Agenda Report,
and notable documents like the 1998 WSC Report. |
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Did you know |
All NA information
pamphlets and booklets in English are now available
online at
http://www.na.org/ips/? |
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Did you know |
There are abbreviated
PI and H&I guides available by clicking on the “PI
Basics” and “H&I Basics” links? |
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Did you know |
Subscriptions
to The NA Way Magazine are now available
online? E-subscriptions are sent directly to your
email in-box in full color before the printed
version is mailed. And, e-subscriptions help defray
the costs of postage and printing. For your
e-subscription, just go to
http://portaltools.na.org/PortalTools/subscriptions/Login.cfm.
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It is
our goal in both principle and practice to make recovery
available to every addict seeking relief from the nightmare
of addiction.
Self Support: Principle and Practice
Each of us found
freedom from addiction because NA was there when we
could no longer survive the nightmare of our disease.
Funding NA services is our collective responsibility.
Every one of us—not just the other addicts at our
meetings—is personally responsible for funding services
that allow us to pursue our primary purpose—to carry the
message of recovery to the addict who still suffers
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Q
How do I donate to Narcotics Anonymous via the
Internet? |
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Just
go to www.na.org and click on the
Donate to NA World
Services link at the bottom of the home page. Once there,
you can check out the video depicting fellowship growth,
review financial reports and information and, of course,
make your donation by clicking on the “Donate Now” link.
Your contribution is processed on a secure site and you will
receive a receipt by mail.
In
addition to donating online, you may send checks or money
orders to: NAWS; PO Box 9999; Van Nuys, CA 91409 USA
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From the editor
I am
excited and grateful to introduce myself to NA Way readers.
Since this is my first issue as the new editor, I want to let you
know a little bit about myself and how I look forward to working
with you to create our fellowship’s international journal of
recovery.
Just under
twenty years ago, I designed my first NA event flyer for a public
information learning day in the area where I “grew up” in recovery.
When I nervously presented it to the PI subcommittee, a more
experienced member gently corrected my errors—including the fact
that I hadn’t placed an ® next to the NA symbol! At the end of the
meeting, instead of feeling embarrassed about my mistakes, I felt a
lot like I do after an NA meeting—better because of what I’d shared,
heard, and learned from others.
Today I
look back at that experience and at the many others that have led me
to exactly the place I am supposed to be. I am grateful that more
experienced NA members helped me stay excited about service and
learn—sometimes through difficult lessons—what it really means to
serve. My first sponsor defined “trusted servant” for me, and my
service experience continues to deepen my understanding of this
concept.
Coupled
with NA service, I learned through a career in nonprofit management
about the concept of stewardship—that in serving others, I am
responsible for maintaining and improving what was developed before
me to ensure that others may enjoy it in the future. Our previous
editor, Nancy S, did an outstanding job of compiling our members’
contributions into an entertaining and inspiring publication. I am
grateful to her for what she taught me as a co-worker and fellow
recovering addict, and for the work she did to make The NA Way
what it is today. I am enthusiastic about building upon this
foundation to better serve our fellowship.
The rest of
the NA Way team includes our dedicated editorial advisory
board, copy editors and NAWS staff, the World Board, and—most
importantly—NA members like you from around the world who share
experience, strength, hope, opinions, and humor with the NA
Fellowship. My goal is to serve as an able steward of our magazine,
but it is all of you who create this magazine for our fellowship. As
is explained in the NA Way mission statement: The NA Way
Magazine…belongs to the members of Narcotics Anonymous. Foremost,
the journal is dedicated to the celebration of our message of
recovery—“that an addict, any addict, can stop using drugs, lose the
desire to use, and find a new way to live.”
De J, Editor
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