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Narcotics Anonymous Literature

Links to areas below:

1. Basic literature
2. Basic literature & bulletins on the Web
3. MP3's & audio CD's
4. Contribute or review
5. Other

LATEST changes below: WC Literature order form; Final Afrikaans Who, What, How and Why? for sale or free download; July issue of NA Way.

BASIC NA LITERATURE Publications on our experience of recovery from addiction are available at many group meetings as: The White Booklet The Basic Text ("The Blue Book") Just For Today It Works – How and Why ("Green & Gold") The Step Working Guide ("Large Green & Gold") The Sponsorship book Pamphlets in South African languages: Official Afrikaans, isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana & isiXhosa translations > ... and various information pamphlets. Also available are meetings lists, group meeting preambles, service manuals for NA members, and accessories such as key rings, CDs, etc.   Links to areas below: Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Western Cape 1. Gauteng Area Individuals may find literature at most group meetings > Group representatives or anyone interested may find literature by: Going to the monthly Gauteng ASC meeting > Price list (Oct 2007) > (Excel – size: 43 KB) Ordering online > (collections in Johannesburg only). Ordering directly from the NA World Service Office >   2. KwaZulu-Natal Area Individuals may find literature at most group meetings > Group representatives or anyone interested may find literature by: Going to the monthly KZN ASC meeting > KZN Literature price list ("Dec. 2006"/May 2007?) > (Word – 39 KB) Ordering directly from the NA World Service Office >   3. Western Cape Area Individuals may find literature at most group meetings > Group representatives or anyone interested may find literature by: Going to the monthy WC ASC meeting > Please e-mail order forms to ct-lit@na.org.za, or fax completed order form to 0866 397 999, before ASC to confirm pricing and availability. Price list (Apr 2008)  > (Excel – 15 KB) Updated: Order form (Aug 2008) > (Word – 30 KB) Going to the monthly Literature Shop: Time: on the 3rd Saturday of every month from 10:30AM to 11:30AM Venue: the NA Western Cape Area Office, 42 Roodebloem Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town For further information please e-mail ct-lit@na.org.za or visit the Literature committees Page By ordering directly from the NA World Service Office >>

LITERATURE ON THE WEB

Links to areas below:

1. Books
2. Pamphlets & booklets
3. Local languages
4. Just For Today
5. Service handbooks
6. NA Way magazine
7. Reaching Out newsletter
8. NAWS News
9. NAWS bulletins

1. Books on the Web

A large print edition of the NA Basic Text (Blue Book) is now available online > (PDF – 6.5 MB)

2. Pamphlets, booklets and preambles on the Web

All the NA Information Pamphlets (IP's), booklets and group readings (preambles) distributed at meetings are now available on the NA World Service (NAWS) website as Web pages or documents >

3. "Who, What, How and Why?" pamphlet
in Afrikaans, isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana and isiXhosa

Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, isiXhosa and isiZulu translations of NA's Information Pamphlet #1 are now available, which means more addicts, or people who believe they have a drug problem, in South Africa have a chance to stop using drugs and stay of drugs :-)

Contact us at to order them, or download them from the service area (NA members only).

New! The official Afrikaans Wie, Wat, Hoe, en Waarom? pamphlet is now for sale at your local meeting or from your area's literature person, or available as a free download to the public >

4. Just For Today daily meditations

• JFT online >
• JFT daily e-mails >

5. Service handbooks on the Web

(NA members' interest only)

All available handbooks online >

• Public Relations Handbook > (PDF – 1.3 MB)
• H&I Handbook > (PDF – 547 KB)
  • Mock Panel Tape, Side A > (mp3 – warning: 30 MB!)
  • Mock Panel Tape, Side B > (mp3 – warning: 30 MB!)
• Institutional Group Guide > (PDF – 203 KB)
• A Guide to Local Services in Narcotics Anonymous > (PDF – 1 MB)
• A Guide to World Services in Narcotics Anonymous 2006–2008 > (PDF – 1.2 MB)
• Group Treasurer's Workbook > (PDF – 236 KB)

6. NA Way magazine on the Web

NA's quarterly international newsletter, available on the NA World Service (NAWS) website.

New: July 2008 > (PDF* – size: 3.3 MB)

January 2006 > (PDF* – size: 1.3 MB)
Note: This issue contains an article by a local member about the history of NA in Johannesburg and South Africa.

Past issues >
E-mail subscriptions >

7. Reaching Out newsletter on the Web

NA's newsletter for addicts in hospitals or institutions, as well as H&I members, available on the NA World Service (NAWS) website.

April 2007 > (PDF* – size: 2.9 MB)

Past issues >

E-mail subscriptions >

8. NAWS News

NA World Services's (NAWS)'s newsletter – click here >

9. NAWS Bulletins

NA World Services (NAWS) have posted bulletins that cover a variety of issues – click here >

For more links to bulletins, newsletters and online literature from the NA World Service website, go to our Links page >

MP3's and AUDIO CD'S

Links to areas below:

1. Local
2. International

1. Local

Individual NA members' talks about how they managed to stop using drugs, recorded at NA Regional and Area Conventions in South Africa, are available on the Personal stories page as MP3's, and from your local Area's literature person/committee as sets of Audio CD's (Please contact your Area literature person/committee to order. Jo'burg NA members may order directly from this page).

Latest: Gauteng Area Convention 2007 shares: MP3's | Order CD's (Jo'burg only)

2. International

Individual NA members' talks about how they managed to stop using drugs, as well as their accounts of Narcotics Anonymous growth and history, recorded at NA World Conventions.

Speaker CDs and audio files

You can purchase World Convention 2007 speaker CDs or downloadable audio files of the convention sessions here >

ASL Material – WCNA sessions and Little White Book

And for the first time, all of the 32nd World Convention of Narcotics Anonymous main meetings are available in ASL DVDs as well – click here >

As is the Little White Book in ASL in our inventory for the first time – click here >

CONTRIBUTE / REVIEW LITERATURE

For NA members only.

Links to areas below:

1. Local languages
2. Basic Text
3. PR Handbook
4. Service IP

1. Literature in South African languages

(NA members' interest only)

Help evaluate our local translations.

To help, please e-mail us at (isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana & isiXhosa) or (Afrikaans). More on the Local Translations Committee page >

For completed translations, see further up this page .

2. Contribute to NA's Basic Text

24 August 2007

The approval version of the Sixth Edition of the Basic Text, Narcotics Anonymous is now available and has been mailed to conference participants. For information on how to purchase or download copies of the draft see the main page for the project: www.na.org/conference/bt/index.htm .

3. Contribute to the draft Service IP

Service members are invited to contribute to the development of the Draft Service IP.

Initial work has been done in the UK; some work has been done locally on the content and on abbreviating stories. Ideally stories should be replaced with local content. For the web address, e-mail the RSC at .

4. Contribute to youth literature

If you are an NA member and under 18, please contact with Jonno of Cape Town to help write literature on youth in recovery.

5. Contribute to anything

"Narcotics Anonymous World Services are requesting names of NA members interested in working on various workgroups.

This could be translations, writing new literature etc. or any workgroups that they might form.

Please pass this on to your areas ASAP.

Please send the details to .

Thank you"

OTHER

For NA members only.

None.