But as we stay “clean” and work the Twelve Steps, we discover another kind of clean. For us addicts, living clean starts with not using – after all, that’s our primary use for the word “clean” in Narcotics Anonymous. Today, we have a chance to feel clean by living clean. Many of us recall waking too many morning just wishing that, for once, we could feel clean about our ourselves and our lives. The things we did to get our drugs, the way we treated other people, and the way we treated ourselves had us feeling dirty. Worse, though, than any external filth was the way most of us felt inside. Some of us lived in physical squalor, caring neither for our surroundings nor ourselves. The using life is not a clean one – no one knows this better than we do.
We don’t keep records of who goes to our meetings. There are no waiting lists for NA – if people want to attend a meeting, they just need to show up. It costs nothing to be a NA member, you are a member of NA when you say you are. NA offers support for life – it is a community of people who have overcome their drug problem, and who are freely available to help those who also have the desire to live life drug free. We consider those that are new to NA to be the most important people in our meetings because we have learnt that helping others is a gift that reinforces our motivation and desire to stay drug free.
NA helps addicts to stop taking drugs, get well and change the quality of their lives. NA is currently referred to in the UK as a Mutual Aid organisation. In the beginning, many who come to our meetings think they are different and will not belong, but on attending meetings and hearing others talk about their experiences they often realise how similar these are to their own. Addiction cuts across all segments of society and age groups, affecting people in differing ways. We are only interested in what they want to do to change their life and how we can help. In NA we are not concerned about what drugs people may have used, what they have done in the past or what their personal status might be.
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NA exists solely so that its members can support each other to stay drug free and to help others achieve and maintain a drug free recovery and lifestyle. NA is not allied with any religion, institution or other organisation. There are no membership fees, and each group is self supporting. The only requirement for participation in NA is a desire to stop using drugs. Narcotics Anonymous is a community of people who support each other to achieve and maintain a drug free life.
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