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Category: Basic Text

  • Consensus in Memphis: The 45th anniversary of the 3rd World Literature Conference

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    Chris Budnick

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    Boyd Pickard

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    Francis C.

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    Lucy O.

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    January 31 – February 8, 1981.  Four and a half months after the conclusion of the 2nd World Literature Conference (WLC), addicts gathered in Memphis, TN with two explicit goals: The 3rd WLC would produce the review form for the book Narcotics Anonymous (Basic Text).  The review form was a culmination of the first two…

  • Come Help Us Write the Big Book: The 45th anniversary of the 2nd World Literature Conference

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    Chris Budnick

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    Boyd Pickard

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    Francis C.

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    Tim S.

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    Eleven months after the 1st World Literature Conference (WLC), addicts gathered in Lincoln, Nebraska, to work on a book for Narcotics Anonymous.  Many of the attendees first attended the 10th World Convention of NA (WCNA 10) in Wichita, KS, before traveling the 240 miles to Lincoln.  Two of these travelers, attending their first WLC, brought…

  • I Already Had The Hope

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    Chris Budnick

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    April 1981 in southern California two very different groups met to address the drug problem.  On April 22nd Jim Keane, Chief of Police for the Santa Monica Police Department, testified before the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control in Los Angeles.1 Four days later, 146 recovering addicts met at the Retail Clerks Union Hall…