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This page contains resources for professionals seeking to learn more about NA and help addicts find our program of recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ custom_padding=”82px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”-51px|auto||auto||” custom_padding=”20px|20px|20px|20px|true|true” box_shadow_style=”preset3″ box_shadow_blur=”15px” box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.11)” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”Montserrat|–et_global_body_font_weight|||||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.8em” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#224091″ header_2_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”30px” header_2_line_height=”1.7em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” header_2_font_size_tablet=”30px” header_2_font_size_phone=”25px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Narcotics Anonymous sprang from the Alcoholics Anonymous program of the late 1940s, with meetings first emerging in the Los Angeles area of California, USA, in the early fifties. The NA program started as a small US movement that has grown into one of the world’s oldest and largest organizations of its type.<\/p>\n Today, Narcotics Anonymous is well established throughout much of the Americas, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Newly formed groups and NA communities are now scattered throughout the Indian subcontinent, Africa, East Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Narcotics Anonymous books and information pamphlets are currently available in 49 languages.<\/p>\n For more information about our program, we invite you to review some of the items described below.<\/p>\n \n Membership Survey<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Our 2024 survey of 32,398 NA members.<\/p>\n Information about NA<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Includes facts about the history of NA, organizational philosophy, and membership demographics.<\/p>\n NA: A Resource in Your Community<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 This pamphlet provides information about local NA services that may be available such as public service announcements, phonelines, literature sales, and NA presentations for health fairs, schools and professional conferences.<\/p>\n In Times of Illness<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 This relied-upon booklet\u00a0<\/span>was revised in 2010 to\u00a0<\/span>reflect members\u2019 experiences with challenges such as mental health issues, chronic illness and pain, and supporting members with illnesses. It includes section summaries in the table of contents.<\/p>\n NA Groups and Medication<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Our Twelve Traditions remind us that medication use is a member\u2019s personal decision, and is an outside issue for NA groups. This piece is intended for groups as they consider this issue. It does not address members\u2019 personal decisions, nor does it try to change members\u2019 opinions about medication. Groups are often better able to carry the message and welcome everyone when members come together to discuss this issue.<\/p>\n For Those in Treatment<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span>This pamphlet offers some suggestions and a basic plan of action to help recovering addicts in the transition from treatment to continuing recovery in Narcotics Anonymous<\/span>.<\/p>\n By Young Addicts, For Young Addicts<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 This pamphlet was developed by young members of Narcotics Anonymous to illustrate the fact that young addicts around the world, speaking many different languages, are getting and staying clean in NA.<\/p>\n An Introduction to NA Meetings<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Offers a welcoming introduction, and explains practices unfamiliar to those at their first meetings, and provides tips for groups to preserve an atmosphere of recovery.<\/p>\n Narcotics Anonymous and Persons Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u2013 This pamphlet is intended for professionals who prescribe medication to treat drug addiction.\u00a0<\/span>The service pamphlet<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>NA Groups and Medication<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>contains a broader discussion of NA Members and other medications.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”Looking for more information?” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_button button_text=”About the NA Program” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” button_url=”https:\/\/na.org.za\/wc\/information-about-na\/” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_3″][et_pb_button button_text=”Find NA Meeting Near You” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” button_url=”https:\/\/na.org\/meetingsearch\/” url_new_window=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_button button_text=”Who Are Our Members?” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This page contains resources for professionals seeking to learn more about NA and help addicts find our program of recovery.Narcotics Anonymous sprang from the Alcoholics Anonymous program of the late […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4836","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/na.org.za\/wc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/na.org.za\/wc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/na.org.za\/wc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/na.org.za\/wc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/na.org.za\/wc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4836"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/na.org.za\/wc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4855,"href":"https:\/\/na.org.za\/wc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4836\/revisions\/4855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/na.org.za\/wc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Looking for more information?<\/span><\/h2>\n