NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
WORLD SERVICE OFFICE
2335 CRENSHAW BLVD.
LOS ANGELES CA.90016
Dear_
WE NEED YOUR HELP ! As you know, the Board of Trustees has authorized the preparation of a hard-cover book, entitled Narcotics Anonymous, to enlarge the present pamphlet of that name. We plan to have a much expanded descriction of the drug addict, the drug dependency problem in general, and our program of recovery - what it is and how it work. We hope that this new book will fulfill the same needs as AA's Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous, which has been so important to our recovery. However successful AA's Big Book has been for us, we desperately need to present our program of recovery and way of life in terms that are meaningful to the newcomer who cannot identify with alcoholism. How many have died because of the lack of idenity? Can we forget our primary purpose? We need a vehicle for our program and a cohesive base upon which N.A. can grow.
Whether or not we get this book into publication in the near future depends on you! A great amount of individual and group effort is necessary if we are to be successful. The first step we must take toward our goal is the gathering of information from many sources, but mainly from you. We already have a ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? the first sections of our N.A. Pamphlet (Who is an Addict, What is the Narcotics Anonymous Program, How it Works, etc.). This is the type of action which will make an N.A. Big Book possible.
We need more drafts of this material so that we can put together the best possible book. We also need additional stories to include in this book, by clean addicts with some time in N.A. relating to what it used to be like, what happened, and what it's like now. In the present N.A. Booklet most of the stories stress the "hard" drugs, mainly heroin; in the new book we also need to include stories by the users of newer drugs- speed, acid, pills, and such. This is especially important because of the great influx of addicts using drugs other than heroin. We'll certainly still deal heavily with recovery from heroin addiction ( and we need new stories of such recovery) but we don't want to limit the attraction of our book, orat the N.A. program, to opiate users only.
If you or any members of your N.A. group would like to submit drafts of stories or chapters for possible inclusion in the book, please do. We need contributions from all geographical areas, and from ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
story - share our experience, strenght, and hope, rather than just give a long "drug-a-log" ending with "And then I joined N.A. and now everything's all right" Stories should be about the length of those in the existing pamphlet. Please send us several copies of your draft, if possible, so that we can distribute it for evalation.
So if you want to get involved, if you have some good ideas, and most important if you have something to contribute please write to us at:
Book Committee
N.A. World Service Office
2335 Crenshaw Blvd
Los Angeles, Calif. 90016
Our primary purpose is to stay clean and to carry the message to the addict who still suffers.
We need your help
Feb. 1? 1972
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