NA Blog: Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text (Online)

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Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text

The NA Blog has recently discovered that the Narcotics Anonymous basic text is now available in its entirety online for viewing.  This a great opportunity for those that haven’t committed to going to Narcotics Anonymous meetings but are interested in learning more about the NA fellowship.

Although there are many additions of the Narcotics Anonymous book, the online version is the most current and up-to-date available by the NA fellowship.  Please check out the full version as a PDF at the official NA website: www.na.org.  To find it, look under the section titled “NA Literature.”  We here at the NA Blog hope that this post can reach everyone and anyone out there that’s still on the fence.  Please get help and remember “It works if you work it.”

The Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text includes the following chapters:

1. Who Is an addict?
2. What Is the Narcotics Anonymous Program?
3. Why Are We Here?
4. How It Works
5. What Can I Do?
6. The Twelve Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous
7. Recovery and Relapse
8. We Do Recover
9. Just For Today – Living the Program
10. More Will be Revealed

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  • donna

    I realized after suffering for nearly 48 years that it was not a fault of anybody other than my own that I put myself through the horrible times that I had. I realize now that I have completed my third meeting that I truly am with faults not because of lack of self worth, but because of what I let the devil entice me into. After it is all said and done, I still felt the same emptiness that I tired to “fix” for so long. I am so happy in a way that I have not been in so long, if ever. I know that without the knowledge and support of my fellow support group I am powerless without putting God first in my life, I would have continued down the path of self destruction. Thank you God for reaching down for me one more time. I cannot thank you enough for your graciousness and loving care. As I work my way through the 12 steps, it is my prayer that you will continue to restore my faith and belief that we are no more than a grain of sand without you in our daily lives.

  • HASSAN

    hi i am live in iran in my country live alotof narcotic anonymous i am very glad that they recover for ever na way willbe continued

  • neil

    keep coming back donna

  • ArahMan7

    I guess I could thanks God coz I’m the only one in my group who have a hard-covered Narcotics Anonymous basic text courtesy of a fellow friend from the US. Thanks for the head-up. I’m now able to show my friends where they can read The Big Book online and maybe they can print it too (I’m not sure about).

    Greetings and lots of love from Malaysia.

    Sincerely yours,
    ~ ArahMan7

  • Enke

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  • Ronald Orr

    I have an addiction to my drug of choice for roughly 24 years. In that time I was able to stop using for length of times…3 years…8 mos…4mos. I am very tired of this problem and would like to be apart of a program that can get lasting results.

    My hope is to find people who can encourage me to stay clean and be productive for both God and man. I feel as though I’m in this along. Where is the help…I always seem to find the opposite people…where is the help and how can I make it something I can hold onto and make apart of my life as this evil has been?

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    es un gusto poder participarles la inauguración de la página permanente de Narcóticos anónimos El Salvador sean bienllegados

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  • http://www.friendster.com/jampot1982 Jam

    hi,
    i am a new member of NA and i found it very helpful. I am an amphetamine,marijuana and valium addict. NA helped me in my recovery. I am hoping to meet more people here in NA and i am hoping for have more real friends here….
    thanks for NA and AA!

    Jam

  • tommy b

    Basic Text not big book

  • jonathan

    Hey y’all I’m jonathan and I’m a addict,today I would like to share some grattiude I had a relaspes about 6 months ago and have been having a hard time staying clean since then.today I’m not using and its only though the grace of God.I have some men in my life who beleives in me.I have a loving wife at home even though I’m know at the homeless shelter.all I know is that I don’t want to use today.and that you or I never have to use again.

  • jacque

    Hi… Im an avtive addict… Still using. I need help @ am reaching out for help. I have been in th program of na for years@ know what to do. I made the first step today by logging on to na. I am addict @ if ne one reads this … Please email me.. And communicate with me cuz i cant do it alone no more .. I KNOW HELP IS ON THE WAY… GOD IZ GOOD..ALL THE TIME . Thank you for listening.

    • Hpa11

      hope all is well im here for you

  • markita j

    I’m so very grateful to have found the rooms of NA, I no longer have to live in as much pain.By becoming a member I’m learning to live my life a day time without the use of drugs.This is the best decision i could have made.Thanks NA 4 SAVING MY LIFE

  • markita

    I’m so grateful to have found the rooms of NA, Im learning to live my life a day at a time without the use of drugs.Thanks NA 4 saving my life.

  • debbie

    i have 8 yrs and 5 months clean n now realize without na i would never have made it thru…i thought i was invinsible and able to do what i wanted when i wanted NA helped me to realize its not what i want..Over these yrs clean i realize all i missed out n am so grateful yet i will never forget where i came from…I truly thank the NA program n the greater Paterson region they helped me learn about the disease of addiction n get my life back….

  • roshan singh

    keep coming back. Together we can fellowmember…

  • April Locklear

    i am 30 yurs old n trying to find a great online na onlinr meetin. UIve been using for the past 3 yrs and am finally in the frame of mind that im willing to make a change n quit. Ive lost many things but thanki god my little girls are not one of them. god willing i wont. anyone have any recommendations?

  • Ron M.

    I’m here to tell you, the program saved this lost soul! I went from a person who traveled the entirety of North America and Canada, skiing and rock climbing. I also had a signed baseball career, with the Phillies, straight from high school. From there the disease took me to the streets of Newark and wearing a color. I lived to use myself as a pin cushion. I’ll say no more. From no family and no spirit. The program , the steps and God, gave me a family and wife, that I love more than I thought possible! God and the program are good everyday! They work if you work them.

  • http://navoices.com/ Narcotics Anonymous Recovery.NA Online

    Hi blog owner! This is isn’t spam! By approving this comment you helpa lot of people. Think about it. We are a group created exclusively to help people that look for help, and people who suffer about this problematic. We mustto join forces to help people around the world. In 1953 Narcotics Anonymous, originally called AA/NA, was founded in California by Jimmy Kinnon and others. Differing from its predecessors, NA formed fellowship of mutually supporting groups. Founding members, most of whom were from A.A., debated and established bylaws of the organization. On September 14, 1953, AA authorized NA to use of AA’s s steps and traditions on the condition that they stopped using the AA name, causing the organization to call itself Narcotics Anonymous. In 1954, the first NA publication was printed, called the “Little Brown Book”. It contained the 12 steps, and early drafts of several pieces that would later be included in subsequent literature.

  • Mike

    Could someone e mail me chapter 7 please

  • Ellen Lawrence

    I would like to be able to read the basic text online.

    • Jeremy49917

      I do. And I have it on my phone. :) search, search, search.

  • Alex Pantoja

    Is there an Na text for iPad?

    • Jeremy49917

      I have all the books on my iPhone downloaded free on the web and there is a free NA app with the readings and stuff.

      • Jeremy49917

        Email me and I will hook you up! Find me on Facebook too. I have a clothing company called Clean Not Sober and my Name is Jeremy Ogden. My email is this screen name at yahoo.

  • Malibu515

    I just came back to Na and realized that I’m not Superman. I have been reading the BT and have found out that I was really a sick person with a disease. My thinking is truly out to do me in. Pg 8 states” How we got the disease is of no immediate importance to us. We are concerned with recovery. I have so much stuff on my plate right now, but I do believe in this program and those who are working it to stay clean and not crazy

  • Alexdeluna90

    Can anyone tell me how to download the basic text on my I phone?

  • Stephaniebastien31

    tommorow i make 1 year sober from a drink and a drug

  • Daisypinkangel07

    I’m truly blessed 2 have NA in my life today.

  • Meganishername

    Today is my 32nd day clean from crystal meth, and I just got out of rehab. I’m doing everything I can to fight this thing<3 It's got ahold of me, I gotta go to a meeting, haven't been cause i've been busy so I came here.

  • Naphonegroup

    NA HAS TAKEN DOWN THE PDF COPY OF THE BASIC TEXT AND IT WORKS, HOW AND WHY.

  • Lavonia6

    Get with chapter ten in my life.

  • Lil Lilly

    Congrats Stephaniebastien31! I used for decades and now I have a few decades sober (only for today) BUT NA/AA saved my life. I’m very humbled and I have a grateful heart everyday. At this point in my life I can’t wait to wake up in the morning because I am so loving my life. If you’re struggling, just hold on! YOU ONLY NEED TO GET THROUGH TODAY! I still have moments I want to use then I remember (what I can about then) and it doesn’t look so good, and I get past my moment of insanity. We are all rowing the boat together and together we can do anything!

  • Markkellynarcoticsanonimous

    After going to NA I received a Basic Text and read a story of recovery called “Resentment at the World”. I needed to identify with other addicts and told a group I identified with this story. Soon after that GG an elded in the group started a rummor that I was homosexual.
    This was a long time ago and I was fighting for my life. I was in no condition to start finding a girl friend and I never had a guy or same sex relationship. So, I did the best I could despite the shamefull actions of some NA folks. Then I looked at the story in the Basic Text ” Resentment at the World’ and relized that the writer said thst the cause of one resentment was-”I was raped by a gay guy when I was a boy.” I suppose staing that I identify with this story in NA’s Basic Text wasn’t ploliticaly corect for some members(Watertown). My first year of recovery I focused on staying clean and sayed out of politics. But as years have gone by a small group of queers in NA have broken my anonymity resulting in conflict with coworkers and losing a job. Now years latter some of these folks are ACTING UP but misguided. Chris -Brookline NA -GG from the Cape. And a toothles nine toed “Guru” whom will sponor you if he can move into your house and live there for free seem to love politics.(My 82 year old mother got a phone call saying that I am gay and have STD.) My advise is to keep your moth shut and watch your back in NA.
    While all this BS in NA goes on I end up leaving meetings feeling alianated and angry because some queer folk don’t think I am politically OK. It’s interesting to note the latest addition of NA’s Basic Text doesn’t have the “Resentment at the World” story but some pro gay Bi Trans stoties. (Great)
    But, I still identify with “Resentment at the World” and realize some gay folks are ok and some like to take advantage of adolecant boys.

    • Jeremy49917

      It’s a shame about how some people act in our fellowship. It’s important for us to stay clean and carry a message when others don’t. Today you may not be fighting for your life you may be fighting for others if you leave NA where you are think of who the newcomer is left with. Be strong and your higherpower has your back.