February 11

For most of us, Narcotics Anonymous was the last house on the block. We had tried everything before we came to N.A. to stop using and hurting. Our First Step tells us that we tried other remedies, psychiatrists, recovery houses, lovers, jobs, etc.; and they all failed us.

The Program of Narcotics Anonymous was the last thing we tried, and the first thing that worked. We suffer from a disease that is mostly Spiritual, but affects us physically, mentally and emotionally. Our Spiritual illness needs a Spiritual Solution, not a medical one.

Narcotics Anonymous offers addicts, not only Total and Complete Abstinence, but also offers a Spiritual Awakening through working and Living the Steps and Practicing Traditions. It offers not only a New Way Of Life, but a Life we could never have conceived of. Recovery in Narcotics Anonymous is the only Solution to a disease that leaves the person in better condition than the person was in, before they contracted the disease. Ours is a Supernatural Solution; it takes a Supernatural Power to manifest itself through other Recovering addicts, to keep this disease at bay. No other disease can be treated in this manner, one addict helping another.

Narcotics Anonymous has proven itself to work in the Lives of countless addicts since 1953. Our Whole and only Primary Purpose is to Recover and help others find this Solution. We have to keep this Message by carrying it to all who seek it.

N.A. is not for people who need it. N.A. is not even for people who want it.

N.A. is for people who work it. Our Way Of Life offers much more than Abstinence from drugs.

Our Spiritual Awakenings teaches us not only a drug free lifestyle, but also how to build Healthy Relationships with others and our Higher Power.