Preserving the life-saving message of Narcotics Anonymous by archiving and sharing its history

Category: Literature

  • I Already Had The Hope

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    Chris Budnick

    in ,

    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…

  • 1981 Mid-South Regional Service Conference

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    Chris Budnick

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    The Living Clean Podcast recently published a two-part conversation with Al R., George R., and Pete B., three members who participated in the writing of the Basic Text through World Literature Conferences and local literature committees (Bristol and Philadelphia).  Click these links to watch part one of this conversation and to watch part two of the conversation.  Of…

  • You Are the Book!  The 45th anniversary of the 1st World Literature Conference

    You Are the Book!  The 45th anniversary of the 1st World Literature Conference

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    Chris Budnick

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    Francis C.

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    Tim S.

    in ,

    October 6, 1979.  A small group of NA members from six US states converged on Wichita, KS. They gathered to create new literature for Narcotics Anonymous. At the time of the 1st World Literature Conference (WLC), there were 1,839 known NA meetings worldwide.1  Two years earlier, Bo S. ventured to the 7th World Convention of NA (WCNA)…