12 STEPS
In which step do we admit our wrong doings?
Step 5
What is the purpose of the 12 traditions?
Guidelines for the groups.
In what year was the first edition of the Basic Text published?
1983
Which two NA reading tell us that "...ends are always the same; jails, institutions and death."?
The reading: Who is an Addict? and We Do Recover
What is the only way not to return to active addition, according to our literature?
Is to not take that first drug!
Which step tells us the addiction is a disease?
Step one
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Why is group conscience so important?
They focus our attention on the principles of the program and the solutions they point toward, not on our problems.
What two pieces of NA literature give us daily readings?
SPAD and JFT
From which reading do we learn that "The newcomer is the most important person at any meeting..."?
The reading: What is the Narcotics Anonymous Program?
How do we keep what we have, according to our literature?
By giving it away!
Which step teaches us about Humility?
Step 7 We humbly asked Him to remove our short comings.
Which Tradition teaches us to rely on ourselves (addicts helping other addicts)?
Tradition 7
What does IP stand for?
Information pamphlet
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What NA reading states that we are sick people, suffering from a disease of which there is no known cure?
The Reading: Why Are We Here
Based on our literature, an addict, any addict can what? (3 things)
Stop using drugs, lose the desire to use and find a new way to live.
Which step asks us to take a daily inventory?
none of them
What is the main difference between the steps and the tradition?
The steps provide freedom for the individual, where as the traditions provide freedom for the groups.
What IP provides us with a Yes or No questionnaire to help us?
IP No. 7 AM I AN ADDICT?
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Please recite the first two sentences of the NA reading How it Works.
If you want what we have to offer, and are willing to make the effort to get it, then you are ready to take certain steps. These are the principles that made our recovery possible.
Our program is a set of principles written so simply that we can use them in our daily lives. What is the most important thing about them?
That they work.
Finish this sentence: We continued to take personal inventory and ...
when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Why are the 12 traditions so important?
The are truly the ties that bind us together. It is only through understanding and application that they work.
Who writes all NA literature?
Addicts
What are the first 3 steps from How It Works and why are they so important?
1. We admitted we were powerless over our addition and our lives had become unmanageable.
2. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3.We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of GOD as we understood him.
They make up our foundation.
We are never cured and we carry the disease within us for the rest of our lives. BUT We Do Recover. Please recite the reading We Do Recover.
When at the end of the road we find that we can no longer function as a human being, 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. In years gone by, very few addicts ever had this last choice. Those who are addicted today are more fortunate. For the first time in man's entire history, a simple way has been proving itself in the lives of many addicts. It is available to us all. This is a simple spiritual - not religious - program, known as Narcotics Anonymous.