Originally Posted by godsonmyside
the message of recovery is really never blurred by one addict saying he/she is an adict/alcoholic isit?
But that is the whole point...the NA message IS blurred and the above sentence proves it.
We are not in NA to carry the message of recovery...we are in NA to carry the NA message of recovery.
There are hundreds of messages of recovery, which you are entitled to practice and pass on, but don't practice them or pass them on in an NA meeting. We already have our own message and our own way of passing it on. NA has only one message of recovery and it is covered in the Twelve Steps and twelve Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous.
addict/alcoholic implies 2 separate illness, one of which is related to a specific substance.
Our whole program is based on the fact that we believe we have one disease called addiction.
How can we ever help a newcomer understand what NA is if we deny him the right to learn we believe we suffer from the disease of addiction, not the disease of alcohol (or any other drug).
Wishing you well
Richie