1. Narcotics Anonymous: In Cooperation with Professionals World-Wide
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Narcotics Anonymous:
In Cooperation with Professionals World-Wide

2. For Assistance or Information:
World Service Office, Inc.
PO Box 9999
Van Nuys, CA
tel: (818)
fax: (818)

3. Framework for NA community engagement
our primary purpose / mission
public relations approach of attraction vs promotion
no membership requirements:
regardless of specific drug(s) used, age, gender, religion, ethnicity, economics, politics, class-status.

4. framework/guiding principles (cont’d)
“Cooperation without affiliation”
We neither endorse nor oppose other organizations or approaches
We don’t affiliate our name/ organization with other organizations
We neither provide nor accept outside funding
We take no position on public issues

5. provide an environment within which drug addicts can help one another stop using and find a new way to live

6. Means of local contact with NA
NA groups
“open” meetings
“closed” meetings
NA service committees
NA phonelines
meeting directories
public information committees

7. Meetings started by non-NA members
Support & assistance is welcomed, however 2 cautions are offered:
Turn meeting over to addicts them selves as soon as possible
Clarify distinction between meeting place/facility and NA

8. client/resident interactions
“Twelfth step call”
“H&I panel”
“attendance verification cards”
“sponsor”
meeting environment

9. potential difficulties
disease concept
total abstinence
some anti-professional sentiment
spirituality
if you experience problems with the local organization/members ...

10. membership “silhouette”
1989 poll
AGE
11% < 20 years old
37% between 20-30
48% between 30-45
4% > 45
GENDER
64% male
36% female
1996 survey
AGE
average age 37 years
GENDER
58% male
42% female

11. membership “silhouette” (cont’d)
1989 poll
initial referral:
47% treatment facility or while incarcerated
29% another NA member
24% community professional ( e.g., doctor, clergy, attorney, judge)
1996 survey
influence for 1st mtg:
48% treatment facility
10% jail or correctional facility
51% another NA member
20% community professional