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Story of the Day: Big-shot-itis
JESS WAS a real big shot in his drinking days. He always drove the finest cars (which he usually wrecked); he held the best jobs (which he usually lost); and he always went to the best places and threw the money around. After some years of drinking, his cars weren't so fancy, and the jobs weren't so good, and the money was not quite so easy to come by. But Jess never lost his big-shot-itis. Read more >
Step Five:
I HAVE NOW been sober for four years, as a direct result of the recovery program of AA. I arrived at this program only through the grace of God. The outside situations in my life were not indicative of the inner destruction that was killing me. My job, car, and house did not reflect my self-hatred, self-pity, depression, anger, pain, or desperate loneliness. My crowd of "friends" that attended social events with me did not reflect the absence of love in my life or the emptiness that I felt. My life was in perfect order on the outside, and the inner person was on the verge of death from the fatal disease of alcoholism. I had spent my whole life focusing on people, places, and things, while alcoholism slowly and powerfully consumed my inner self. Read more >
Tradition Five:
ON MY FOURTH sober AA day, I was sitting alone in one of our musty old meeting rooms, very sad and very broke. All the AAs had seemed very kind in their desire to help, but none of them had mentioned money. And, like thousands of other new members, I believed my biggest problems were financial. Yet not one person had offered a loan. Then, suddenly, one of those big, handsome, gray-templed, well-dressed old-timers strode in with a friendly smile widening his face. He stuck out his hand and squeezed mine. "If I can help you any way at all, just say so, and I'll do it!" he declared heartily. Read more >
10] Recovery Literature in English (US)
Books
(Booklets are in PDF format. Adobe Reader required)
| Narcotics Anonymous - Basic Text - Sixth Edition | It Works: How and Why |
Booklets
Informational Pamphlets (IPs)
Group Readings
| Who Is an Addict? |
What Is the NA Program? |
Why Are We Here? |
| Just for Today |
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| We Do Recover |
11 Revised Manual 2009
Manual on minimum standards of services for the programmes under the scheme for prevention of alcoholism and substance (Drugs) Abuse read more...
