Every NA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.Ĩ. An NA group ought never to endorse, finance, or lend the NA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, or prestige divert us from our primary purpose.ħ. Each group has but one primary purpose: to carry the message to the addict who still suffers.Ħ. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or NA as a whole.ĥ. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using.Ĥ. Our leaders are but trusted servants they do not govern.ģ. For our group purpose, there is but one ultimate authority: a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our common welfare should come first personal recovery depends on NA unity.Ģ. The 12 Traditions of NA are to the group what the 12 Steps are to the individual.ġ. Often a group conscience is necessary to help keep everyone on the same page as well as protect the NA fellowship so that outside forces cannot interfere. NA members vote on certain topics in meetings. The 12 Traditions are spiritual tools used to interact with other people harmoniously. The 12 Traditions are the guidelines that keep the NA fellowship alive.2 They are a set of standards to be followed by the group so that internal dealings are smooth and effective and NA’s mission can be carried out.

Having had a spiritual awakening due to these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts and practice these principles in all our affairs. 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.ġ2. We continued to take personal inventory and when we have promptly admitted it.ġ1. We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.ġ0.

We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.ĩ. We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.Ĩ. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.ħ. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.Ħ. We made a fearless and searching moral inventory of ourselves.ĥ. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.Ĥ. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.ģ. We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.Ģ. The 12 Steps of Narcotics Anonymous are as follows: 2ġ. 1 There are even NA meetings categorized by step you can attend. Recovery is centered around working the steps with a sponsor. The 12 Steps are the cornerstone of the NA program. The NA program is a set of spiritual principles espoused in the 12 Steps, used to recover from addiction. The peer support, guidance, and encouragement of Narcotics Anonymous have helped thousands of people recover from drug addiction. The main tenets of NA are based upon three basic features: 2 3 NA is not restricted to any political or geographic boundaries, nor is it limited to any one faith, dogma, or philosophy. More than 70,000 NA meetings occur weekly in 144 countries, and NA literature is available in 55 languages. Originating in Los Angeles, NA grew quickly and is now a worldwide organization with meetings across North America, South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia, and the Middle East. Now, you can attend a virtual NA meeting from the comfort of your home. NA has one mission: to provide a context where people experiencing addiction can help one another stop using drugs and find a new way to live.2 The only requirement for NA membership is a “desire to stop using drugs.” 3 NA has taken their meetings online to provide greater access to those in recovery. 1 Narcotics Anonymous is a support group for individuals recovering from an addiction to drugs. Twelve-step fellowships, such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA), are the most widely accessible recovery resources in the U.S. Published: | Author: Anjali Talcherkar, PhD

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