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Who Is An Addict?
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Most of us do not have to think
twice about this question. We know! Our whole life and thinking was
centered in drugs in one form or another—the getting and using and finding ways
and means to get more. We lived to use and used to live. Very simply, an addict
is a man or woman whose life is controlled by drugs. We are people in the grip
of a continuing and progressive illness whose ends are always the same: jails,
institutions, and death.
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What Is The Narcotics Anonymous Program?
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NA is a nonprofit fellowship or
society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are
recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. This is a
program of complete abstinence from all drugs. There is only one requirement
for membership, the desire to stop using. We suggest that you keep an open mind
and give yourself a break. Our program is a set of principles written so simply
that we can follow them in our daily lives. The most important thing about them
is that they work.
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There are no strings attached to
NA. We are not affiliated with any other organizations, we have no initiation
fees or dues, no pledges to sign, no promises to make to anyone. We are not
connected with any political, religious, or law enforcement groups, and are
under no surveillance at any time. Anyone may join us, regardless of age, race,
sexual identity, creed, religion, or lack of religion.
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We are not interested in what or
how much you used or who your connections were, what you have done in the past,
how much or how little you have, but only in what you want to do about your
problem and how we can help. The newcomer is the most important person at any
meeting, because we can only keep what we have by giving it away. We have
learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to our meetings
regularly stay clean.
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