THINGS HEARD IN MEETINGS
It's not where we were that counts but...
ANSWER : What is ... "Where we are going"?
TOPIC: HOPE
What hope do you have for your recovery journey?
This step is about getting honest that you have no control over your addiction and your life has become unmanageable.
What is... Step 1? "We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
TOPIC :Honesty
Question: How has getting honest about your addiction/feelings improved the manageability of your life
This tradition is focused on membership.
Desire is not a measurable commodity. It lives in the heart of each individual member. Because we can’t judge the sole requirement for membership, we are encouraged to open wide the doors of our meetings to any addict who wishes to join. - It Works How and Why
What is Tradition 3? The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop using.
Topic: Empathy
Question: How do you welcome the newcomer or returning addict?
In many groups you don't need any or much clean time to hold this service position.
What is coffee, greeter, hugger, reader, clean time.
Topic: Showing up
What are you willing to do to keep what you have?
This person will help guide you through the steps and traditions.
What is... a sponsor?
Question: How did you meet your sponsor?
Topic: Trust
"We can't keep what we have unless "...
What is ... We give it away?
TOPIC : Service
Question: How am I of service to others or the fellowship today?
This step involves taking responsibility for the consequences of your addiction on others.
What is Step 8? We made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Topic: Accountability
How do you work through accepting responsibility for the harm you have caused during your addiction?
This Tradition is the most basic guideline by which groups may examine their motives and their actions.
It Works : How and Why
What is Tradition 5? “Each group has but one primary purpose to carry the message to the addict who still suffers.”
The groups’ focus on carrying the message is so important to the survival of NA that it is called our primary purpose. That means it is the most important thing we do. Nothing ought to take precedence over it.
TOPIC : Integrity, Home group
How do you personally carry the message in your home group or at other meetings?
This word means: a promise or dedication to show up
It could be: To make coffee. To meet someone at a meeting.To hold position at a group or sub committee.
What is a commitment?
Topic : keeping promises, commitment, responsibility
Question: Do you participate in group or service commitments? Do you show up for others today?
We avoid 3 things in recovery to helps us stay clean.
What are people, places and things?
Topics: Surrender, Letting go
Question: How have you let go of your reservations?
Social acceptability does not equal...
What is... recovery?
Topic: Humility
Question: How do you practice self acceptance today?
This step signifies letting go and trusting in a force greater than yourself to guide your recovery. Turning your will and your life over.
What is... step 3 ? We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. TOPIC : Surrender
How did you develop a relationship with a God of your understanding?
OR : How are you letting go of your will today?
Our leaders are but THIS they do not govern...
What are trusted servants?
Topic : being of service , accountability
Question: What are your experiences electing or being elected to serve the fellowship?
This Sub committee can carry the NA message of recovery to addicts who do not have full access to regular Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
What is H&I? When addicts seeking recovery know who we are and where to find our meetings, this means our efforts have been successful.
Topic: Sub Committees
Has H&I impacted your recovery process? Have you served on any other sub-committees?
Dial them don't file them!
What are phone numbers?
Topic : reaching out
Question: How do I continue to build my network in my recovery?
"We are not responsible for our disease , We are responsible for... "
What is... our recovery?
TOPIC : Accountability
Question : Am I willing to be accountable for my actions today?
In this step , we express willingness to let go of negative traits that hinder our recovery and spiritual growth. We become entirely ready.
What is Step 6?
TOPIC : Willingness
Have you worked on a defect and found success? or Are you struggling with a defect today?
This is the group's primary purpose?
What is carry the message to the addict that still suffers?
Topic: selflessness, hope, love, sharing
Question: How do you carry the message?
Goodwill is best exemplified in service. Proper service is "Doing the right thing...
What is for the right reason?
Topic is : goodwill, service, humility, willingness
Question: Have you struggled with doing the right thing? Or becoming willing to do the right thing?
This is the suggested number of meetings a newcomer is asked to make.
What is 90?
Did you do a 90 in 90? What suggestions do you offer a newcomer?
Topic : taking suggestions
"NA is not for people who need it. It is ..."
What is "... for people that want it"?
Topic : Surrender
What does surrender look like in your journey today?
This step involves helping others in recovery and living by the principles you learn in the program. We practice these principles in all our affairs.
What is step 12? "Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs".
TOPIC : Service
Question: How do you practice these principles in all your affairs?
Or: What is your experience being of service?
This Tradition encourages us to decline funding from other organizations for the same reason: to maintain our group’s focus on its primary purpose. By paying our own expenses, we remain free to carry our own message.
What is the 7th Tradition? While we have come to associate this tradition of self-support with the funds we contribute, the spirit of the Seventh Tradition goes much farther than that. Whatever a group needs to fulfill its primary purpose should be provided by the group itself. - It Works How and Why
TOPIC: Responsibility, Generosity, Goodwill \
How can I contribute to NA today, even when I don't have money for the basket?
This trusted servant carries the group conscience to the area service committee meeting.
What is a GSR or Group Service Representative?
Topic: Group conscience, principles before personalities
Question: Do you actively attend group business meetings? Do you allow a loving god to carry your groups conscience?
Name this reading , usually read at the end of meetings.
When, at the end of the road, we find that we can no longer function as human beings, either with or without drugs, we all face the same dilemma. What is there left to do? There seems to be this alternative: either go on as best we can to the bitter ends—jails, institutions, or death—or find a new way to live.
What is "We Do Recover"?
Topic: hope, trust, willingness
What keeps you coming back?