NA Meeting Guidelines and Structure
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TRADITION
Moderator: Welcome to the meeting and introduce yourself.
Hello, my name is __________ and I am an addict.
Welcome to the meeting of group 3rd. TRADITION of Narcotics Anonymous.
I would like to start this meeting with a moment of silence (15 to 20 seconds) for the addict who
still suffers and continues with the Serenity Prayer.
We would like to give a special welcome to the new people. If there is anyone attending a meeting of
For the first time, we would like to ask you to introduce yourself. We are not doing this to make you uncomfortable, but to get to know you.
better.
Is there anyone in their first thirty days of recovery? Introductions.
Is there any visit from outside the city (or town)? Presentations.
Is there anyone coming to this meeting for the first time? Introductions.
This is a Narcotics Anonymous meeting. This type of meeting is only for addicts or for those who...
They create problems with drugs. If there are non-addicted people visiting us, we would like to thank them.
your interest in Narcotics Anonymous. The list of our local meetings is available to you, in it
you will find the address of an NA meeting open to non-addicts.
Moderator: For the protection of our group, as well as for the protection of the venue, we ask that you do not
do not bring drugs or related utensils to the meeting. If someone has something on them, we ask that
Leave the room, get rid of what you're carrying, and come back as soon as possible.
Moderator: Presentation of people with different clean time periods— thirty, sixty and
ninety days, six months, nine months, one year, a year and a half, and several years. Keychains can be repaired or
medals.
Moderator: Choose people before the meeting to read one or several of the texts mentioned.
continuation. You will find them in our 'White Book,' in the Basic Text, in the IP 1 brochure or in the game
for readings for the meeting.
a) Who is addicted?
b) What is the NA Program?
c) Why are we here?
d) How it works
The Twelve Traditions
Just for today
Yes, we recover
Moderator: Announce the meeting time (of participation, on a topic, study steps, speaker,
etc.). Ask for a topic or step to be proposed for the meeting and invite the attendees to compare, or
introduces the speaker.
Moderator: About ten minutes before the meeting ends, he announces: We have no more time left.
Thank you very much to everyone for coming.
Moderator: Start passing the basket or a box and explain: This basket that we are passing is one of the
ways to practice our Seventh Tradition which says that "Each NA group should maintain itself"
completely the same, refusing to accept external contributions." The money raised is to pay for the
rental, literature, and beverages. Through contributions with the different service committees of NA
we also help to spread the message of recovery in our area and around the world.
Moderator: Do we have any announcements related to NA? (The RSG announces the upcoming activities of
group and of NA in the area). Moderator: When the money has been collected: Once again, thank you
for coming. Let's form a circle to close the meeting; those who want can join in
we. Different groups close in different ways: with a prayer, excerpts from NA literature,
etc. Some groups, when closing the meeting, ask attendees to respect the anonymity of others.
Keep coming. This works!