NA Service | Narcotics Anonymous

• NA Service Resources ( 2 Articles )
  

  Definitions and Terms Used in NA  ♦ Institutional Group Guide ♦  A Guide to Local Services In NA | GLS in Spanish ♦ A Guide to World Services in Narcotics Anonymous | GWS in Spanish ♦ Twelve Concepts for NA Service ♦ The Group Booklet 

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• Personal Service ( 5 Articles )
  

  
  
  Our Basic Text tells us that "the therapeutic value of one addict helping another is without parallel." Sponsorship, friendship, honest one-to-one sharing ... any type of contact that we have with other addicts is an opportunity to be of service. Many of us remember how a recovering addict reached out to us when we were new and helped to make us feel welcome. The first time someone remembered our name helped us to feel like we mattered to another person. By seeing that others cared about us, many of us learned to care about ourselves. When we treat other recovering addicts with care and respect, we are practicing the spiritual principle of love. As we increase our capacity for love, we feel better about ourselves and the people and world around us. The best way to learn more about individual service is to spend time with other recovering addicts and practice giving and receiving care and respect. Talking to other NA members about individual service is another way to raise our own awareness.

   

   

   

   

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• Home-Group ( 27 Articles )
  
  
  The NA group is the heartbeat of recovery. The group provides us with a safe place to meet and discuss recovery with other addicts. Together, we can do what we cannot do alone. Many NA groups elect a chairperson, treasurer and secretary who help to make sure the meeting runs smoothly. Most NA groups elect a group service representative (GSR) who serves as that group's voice and ears among other groups in the area (see Area Service). Some NA members serve their home group by making coffee, cleaning up after the meeting or greeting new members. Another way to support the NA group is to regularly attend business meetings and contribute to the group conscience discussions. Many members have found it extremely helpful to chose a "homegroup," a group to which they make a committment. Many of us have found that we get from a group whatever we are willing to give to a group. To find out more about group service, we recommend that you attend a group business meeting and ask for information.

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• Area Service ( 16 Articles )
  

  
  The Area Service Committee (ASC) offers services that individual NA groups would not be able to sustain individually. Helplines, public information projects, activities, conventions, spiritual retreats, meetings for hospitals and institutions and websites are examples of ways in which an ASC and its subcommittees can help to carry the NA message to the community as a whole. The ASC also provides a supportive forum in which groups can share their experience, strength and hope with other groups. A great deal of work happens at the area level. There are opportunities for any interested addict to share in this wonderful experience. We suggest that interested NA members attend an ASC meeting or ask their group service representative for more information.

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• Regional Service ( 2 Articles )
  
  The Regional Service Committee (RSC) is where areas gather to provide services on a wider scale and to maintain contact with other nearby areas. The ASC formes a variety of subcommittees to address issues on a regional level. The Regional Service Office maintains a supply of literature and NA recovery-related products which groups, members and the general public can purchase. For more information about A Region, we suggest you visit your regional website or speak with other NA members who have experience with regional service.

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• Public Information / Public Relations ( 16 Articles )
  
  The Narcotics Anonymous message is "that an addict, any addict, can stop using drugs, lose the desire to use and find a new way to live." Our relations with the public enable us to share this message broadly so that those who might benefit from our program of recovery can find us. We perform public relations service to increase the awareness and credibility of the NA program. We share our message openly with the public at large, with prospective members, and with professionals. Maintaining an open, attractive attitude in these efforts helps us to create and improve relationships with those outside the fellowship. Establishing and maintaining a commitment to these relationships, can help us to further our primary purpose.
  The spiritual principles of our steps, traditions, and concepts guide us in pursuing our public relations aims and our efforts to enhance NA's public image and reputation. These principles apply to our community and service efforts as well as to the personal behavior and attitude of individual NA members.

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• Hospitals & Institutions ( 13 Articles )
  

  The purpose of an H&I meeting is to carry the NA message of recovery to addicts who do not have full access to regular Narcotics Anonymous meetings. H&I meetings/presentations, except for those in longer term facilities, are intended to simply introduce those attending to some of the basics of the NA program.

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• World Service ( 1 Article )
  

  NA World Services (NAWS) addresses the worldwide fellowship's goals and needs as determined by its member regions. Currently NAWS is entrusted with the responsibility of publishing and translating our recovery literature and other publications, responding to requests for assistance from its member regions, areas and groups, presenting a bi-annual world convention to celebrate recovery and much more. The NAWS Human Resource Panel is currently developing a World Pool which will help to identify NA members with specific areas of expertise that may be useful for future projects. NA members with five years or more clean are invited to submit a World Pool resume. To learn more about the services offered by NAWS and opportunities to be of service at the world level, visit the NAWS website or speak to NA members with experience in the area.

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• World Service Conference ( 9 Articles )
  
  The final part of our service structure is the World Service Conference (WSC). It is the nerve center of our fellowship. Our conference is the one time and place where all of our world services come together. Unlike all other service bodies of NA service, the conference is not an entity, it is an event—the coming together. Every two years, regional delegates, the members of the World Board, and the executive director of the World Service Office meet to discuss questions of significance to the Fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous as a whole. The purpose of the World Service Conference is to be supportive of the fellowship as a whole and to define and take action according to the group conscience of Narcotics Anonymous.

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• The World Board ( 13 Articles )
  
  The purpose of the World Board (WB) of Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. is to contribute to the continuation and growth of Narcotics Anonymous. The board serves as a primary resource for the NA Fellowship by providing the support needed to carry our message while ensuring that the service and support provided are of the highest quality possible. The World Board manages all activities of world services including oversight of the operations of the fellowship's primary service center, the World Service Office.

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