JFT December 13
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JFT December 13
December 13
Membership
“There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using.”
Basic Text, p. 9
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We all know people who could benefit from Narcotics Anonymous. Many people we encounter from all walks of life—our family members, old friends, and coworkers—could really use a program of recovery in their lives. Sadly, those who need us don’t always find their way to our rooms.
NA is a program of attraction, not promotion. We are only members when we say we are. We can bring our friends and loved ones to a meeting if they are willing, but we cannot force them to embrace the way of life that has given us freedom from active addiction.
Membership in Narcotics Anonymous is a highly personal decision. The choice to become a member is made in the heart of each individual addict. In the long run, coerced meeting attendance doesn’t keep too many addicts in our rooms. Only addicts who are still suffering, if given the opportunity, can decide if they are powerless over their addiction. We can carry the message, but we can’t carry the addict.
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Just for today: I am grateful for my decision to become a member of Narcotics Anonymous.
Membership
“There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using.”
Basic Text, p. 9
––––=––––
We all know people who could benefit from Narcotics Anonymous. Many people we encounter from all walks of life—our family members, old friends, and coworkers—could really use a program of recovery in their lives. Sadly, those who need us don’t always find their way to our rooms.
NA is a program of attraction, not promotion. We are only members when we say we are. We can bring our friends and loved ones to a meeting if they are willing, but we cannot force them to embrace the way of life that has given us freedom from active addiction.
Membership in Narcotics Anonymous is a highly personal decision. The choice to become a member is made in the heart of each individual addict. In the long run, coerced meeting attendance doesn’t keep too many addicts in our rooms. Only addicts who are still suffering, if given the opportunity, can decide if they are powerless over their addiction. We can carry the message, but we can’t carry the addict.
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Just for today: I am grateful for my decision to become a member of Narcotics Anonymous.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Posts: 2,274
It's odd how this meditation took a different take on this "the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using." Usually, this is interpreted is implying that NA does not exclude anyone based on their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, age, income level, recovery history, drug of choice, etc...Anyone can be a member who wants to stop using.
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