Narcotics Anonymous
Public
Relations
1.
Public
Relations Statement, WSO – Our Message
2.
History of
NA, WSO – Informing Professional and the Public
4.
Resources in Your
Community
Link
to Narcotics Anonymous World Services - Information for the Professional
1.
Public Relations Statement, WSO – Our Message
The Narcotics
Anonymous message is "that an addict, any addict, can stop using drugs, lose the desire to use and find a new
way to live.” Our
relations with the
public enable us to share this message broadly so that those who might
benefit
from our program of recovery can find us.
We
perform public relations service to
increase the awareness and credibility of the NA program.
We share our message
openly with the public
at large, with prospective members, and with professionals. Maintaining an open,
attractive attitude in
these efforts helps us to create and improve relationships with those
outside
the fellowship.
Establishing and
maintaining a commitment to these relationships, can help us to further
our
primary purpose, which is to carry the message to the addict that still
suffers.
The spiritual principles of our steps, traditions, and concepts guide us in pursuing our public relations aims and our efforts to enhance NA's public image and reputation. These principles apply to our community and service efforts as well as to the personal behavior and attitude of individual NA members.
2.
History
of
NA, WSO – Informing Professional and the Public
Narcotics Anonymous is
a global, community-based organization with a multi-lingual and
multicultural
membership. NA was
founded in 1953, and
our membership growth was minimal during our initial twenty years as an
organization. Since
the publication of
our Basic Text in 1983, the number of members and meetings has
increased
dramatically. Today',
NA members hold
more than 50,000
meetings weekly in 127 countries.
We offer recovery from the effects of
addiction through working a twelve-step program, including regular
attendance
at group meetings. The
group atmosphere
provides help from peers and offers an ongoing support network for
addicts who
wish to pursue and maintain a drug-free lifestyle.
Our name, Narcotics
Anonymous, is not meant to imply a focus on any particular drug; NA's
approach
makes no distinction between drugs including alcohol.
Membership is free, and we have no
affiliation with any organizations outside of NA including governments,
religions, law enforcement groups, or medical and psychiatric
associations. Through
all of our service efforts and our
cooperation with others seeking to help addicts, we strive to reach a
day when
every addict in the world has an opportunity to experience our message
of
recovery in his or her own language and culture.
As of
February 2007.
3.
Areas
History of NA
The Metropolitan Vicinity of
Narcotics Anonymous was
founded around 1981 and members conduct 107 recovery meetings weekly in
the
We are a member of the Central
Atlantic Region of
Narcotics Anonymous, which consist of 15 areas with members conducting
over 450
meetings weekly in the states of
However, the vast
majority of still-suffering addicts must be reached indirectly, through
others
in the community. Most
addicts will only
hear of us through media reports and announcements, through professional referral,
or through direction given by members of the community-at-large--or
they will
not hear of us at all. To
fulfill our
primary purpose, we seek good, cooperative relations with the community
around
us.
4.
Resources
in Your Community
A.
B. Area’s
Unified Meeting Schedules:
Blackwell-Southside,
New Dominion, Tri-Cities,
C.
Area’s
Posters –Link
to
Poster(s)
Printable
D.
IP’S
(Informational
Pamphlets) and Booklets: can be
found at na.org
1) NA: A resource in Your Community
4)
IP#
1 – Who, What, How, & Why
8) Staying
Clean on the Outside
E.
Points
of Contacts on Website Link to Web Servants at
www.metrorichna.org
Volunteer
committees of NA members are formed to
coordinate many services within the community. NA
accepts no financial contributions from non-members, has no professional counselors
and maintains no
clinics or residential facilities.
Below
is a list
of services that NA may offer.
A.
Community
Awareness Meetings may
be conducted by
NA members to
inform
the community of the existence of Narcotics Anonymous and its
available
services.
B.
Health
Fairs and Conferences are
events conducted
by professional
organizations
at which NA may have a display booth and/or presents
information
at a
workshop.
C. Presentations
are
often provided to
churches, parole officers, judges,
counselors,
nurses, doctors, and schools, among others, for information
purposes.
D.
Public
Service Announcements can
provide
information about NA
distributed
to the public via the media (press, radio, television,
billboards,
bus signs, and posters).
E.
Phoneline
Services may
provide local
meeting information and general
information
about NA.
F.
Meeting
Lists, which
are locally
produced schedules that contain times of and locations for meetings in
the
community are generally available.
G.
Services
to Hospitals & Institutions are
provided by local
committees through meetings/presentations to introduce those people
attending
to some of the basics of the Narcotics Anonymous program.
They carry the NA message
of recovery to
addicts who do not have full access to regular NA meetings. Meetings or presentations
are provided to
hospitals, jails, addiction treatment facilities, detox centers, and
other
institutions.
H.
Literature
Services
include a
variety of books, pamphlets and audiotapes, some in Braille or
large-type
editions. Narcotics
Anonymous literature
is published in English and several other languages.
Please
feel free to request our services or assistance because
“Most addicts
will
only hear of us through media reports and announcements, through
professional
referral, or through direction
given by members of the community-at-large--or they will not hear of us
at
all."
Thus
never hearing our message of hope," that
any addict can
lose the desire to use and find a new way to live without the use of
drugs."
“To fulfill our primary purpose, we seek good, cooperative relations with the community around us."
Link to Narcotics Anonymous World Services - Information for the Professional