Starting an NA meeting is simpler than you might think. Many
times you can hear the statement ,within our meetings, that it only takes two people and a
Basic Text to have a meeting. This is the simplicity in our approach to the disease of
addiction, one addict helping another.
Narcotics Anonymous Literature offers helpful guides for starting
a meeting. This includes a variation in suggested meeting formats and examples of possible
outlines. Most meetings utilize NA "readings" as part of opening each meeting.
The MontaNA Region supports any new meeting starting and can aid by providing a
"Starter Pack" to help get your meeting going.
Many of our members support new groups by supporting new meetings
and helping to become familiar with the Narcotics Anonymous service structure. Our service
structure begins and ends with the local groups. In short groups perform service by being
self supporting and paying rent for their meeting place, providing literature within their
community and some meetings provide coffee/tea for individuals attending meetings. Groups
hold regular business meetings for performing these and other functions.
Areas support local groups in carrying the NA message and groups
are encouraged to seek the support of their areas for any help and support they may need.
This structure continues until it reaches World Services. It is this unique structure that
has enabled NA to help many a addicts find a new way of life, free from active addiction .
All of our current NA literature is a result of this service structure, and it continues
to support the individual addict in their journey of a new life.
The MontaNA Region suggests three points of contact upon starting
your meeting.
- Contact your local area. Click on the map on our Home Page, in
your general location, to possibly determine the area that will serve your group.
- Contact The MontaNA Region to seek a starter pack.
- Contact and register your new group with World Services. You may
do so by clicking HERE.
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If you are a professional or part of an organization interested
in starting a meeting we ask that you please visit our page "For Professionals"
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