NA's Basic Text

[CATUF]

NA's Basic Text is available on-line.  It's worth reading.  I just read the first few chapters, which I haven't done since I was in rehab.  It's good stuff.

http://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/BT6E_Webposting.pdf

A passage on page 14 caught my eye this time, which I somehow completely missed before: "Some sought a cure by geographic change.  We blamed our surroundings and living situations for our problems.  This attempt to cure our problems by moving gave us a chance to take advantage of new people."

Other passages, like this on from page 18, have long been central to my recovery:

"The only way to keep from returning to active addiction is
not to take that first drug. If you are like us you know that
one is too many and a thousand never enough. We put great
emphasis on this, for we know that when we use drugs in any
form, or substitute one for another, we release our addiction
all over again.
"Thinking of alcohol as different from other drugs has caused
a great many addicts to relapse. Before we came to NA many
of us viewed alcohol separately, but we cannot afford to be
confused about this. Alcohol is a drug. We are people with the
disease of addiction who must abstain from all drugs in order
to recover."

The Basic Text is a great map of a proven road to recovery, written by people who have traveled that road.  If you're serious about making it to the promised land of recovery, it's well worth your time.

CATUF
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[ANewLife4Me]

I went to my first NA meeting last night, got my first NA book, and the group read that passage as well as some others.  It was good to see this coming in this morning, thank you.

[mtgoat911]

if your interested i started a 12step group on medhelp, hopefully people from na, aa, ea, ada, ga, nar-a-non...etc will join and we can talk about recovery there i will post the link later

[troubleinohio]

Catuf! thank you so much for posting this!! Everytime I go to the thrift shop or on the rare occasion i make it to the town that has the used bookstore, i never can find a copy of the NA book! Ive been looking and looking forever! I had no idea you could read it online!! Im so grateful you posted this!!!

[Jimmy1975]

Good find and I thank you . Jimmy

[KiaKaha]

I agree...fantastic post CATUF. Very timely!
Yet another example of how you can empower and support people through this site by sharing resources and your own experiences.
Thanks :o)

[dominosarah]

Great post CATUF!!!  We need all the reminders we can get on how important aftercare is to our recovery........sara