💉 💉 💉 #Narcotics_Anonymous (NA), founded in 1953, describes itself as a "nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem."[1] Narcotics Anonymous uses a 12-step model developed for people with varied substance use disorders[2] and is the second-largest 12-step organization,[3] after 12-step pioneer Alcoholics Anonymous.

🍾 🍾 🍾 #Bonus? See 2. #Alcoholics_Anonymous (AA) is a global, peer-led mutual aid fellowship dedicated to abstinence-based recovery from alcoholism through its spiritually inclined Twelve Steps.[1] below..

As of 2024, there were 77,000 NA meetings in 145 countries each week.[4]

1. 💉 💉 💉 #Narcotics_Anonymous program

All facts and quotes presented in "The Narcotics Anonymous program" section, unless otherwise sourced, come from the book Narcotics Anonymous (Basic Text).[5]

Membership and organization
The third tradition of NA states that the only requirement for membership is "a desire to stop using". NA says its meetings are where members can "meet regularly to help each other stay clean." Membership in NA is free, and there are no dues or fees.

The foundation of the Narcotics Anonymous program is the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.[6] Narcotics Anonymous uses a slight variation of wording in both the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions when compared to other Twelve Step groups.

According to the Basic Text, Narcotics Anonymous "has no opinion on outside issues", including those of politics, science or medicine, and does not endorse any outside organization or institution. The fellowship does not promote itself, but rather attracts new members through public information and outreach. Individuals can also be compelled to attend by courts or rehab programs.[7] NA groups and areas supply outside organizations with factual information regarding the NA program, and individual members may carry the NA message to hospitals and institutions, such as treatment centers and jails.[8]

The nature of addiction
According to the philosophy of the NA program, most addicts did not realize they had a problem with drugs until they had no other choice besides ending up dead or in jail. Even if other people pointed out they may have a drug problem they were convinced otherwise. But once an addict on his or her own tries to stop and realizes they cannot, they finally see that drugs have been controlling them. Addicts "lived to use and used to live". NA helps show them a different way of life and helps them fight their disease.[9] NA describes addiction as a progressive disease with no known cure, which affects every area of an addict's life: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. NA suggests that the disease of addiction can be arrested, and recovery is possible through the NA twelve-step program. The steps never mention drugs or drug use, rather they refer only to addiction, to indicate that addicts have a disease of which drug use is one symptom. In the NA program, all drugs are considered equal, and alcohol is also a drug. Other symptoms include obsession, compulsion, denial, and self-centeredness.[10]

Meetings
Regular meetings, hosted by NA groups, are the basic unit of the NA fellowship. Meetings are held in a variety of places such as church meeting rooms, libraries, hospitals, community centers, parks, or any other place that can accommodate a meeting.

Members who attend the same meeting regularly to establish a recovery network and reliable routine understand this to be their "home group". Home-group members can participate in the group's business and play an important role in deciding how the group's meetings should be conducted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcotics_Anonymous

🍾 🍾 🍾 #Alcoholics_Anonymous (AA) program

2. #Alcoholics_Anonymous (AA) is a global, peer-led mutual aid fellowship dedicated to abstinence-based recovery from alcoholism through its spiritually inclined Twelve Steps.[1] AA's Twelve Traditions, besides emphasizing anonymity and recovery from alcoholism as its only purpose, aim to keep AA free to all, with no governing hierarchy while avoiding public controversy.[1][2][3] In 2021 AA estimated it was active in 180 countries with nearly two million members, 73% located in the United States and Canada.[4][5]

AA dates its origin to a 1935 Ohio meeting between Bill Wilson (Bill W) and Bob Smith (Dr. Bob). (Members often go by first name and last name initial to stay anonymous.) Having met through the Christian revivalist Oxford Group, they continued under its aegis to fellowship with other alcoholics until forming what became AA. In 1939 the fellowship introduced its Twelve Steps with the publication of Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism. Informally called "the Big Book", later editions amended the subtitle with "Thousands of Men and Women".[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous

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