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Post Info TOPIC: Are the NA Basic Texts 5th and 6th editions causing a dilemma in NA?


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Are the NA Basic Texts 5th and 6th editions causing a dilemma in NA?


Are the NA Basic Texts 5th and 6th editions causing a dilemma in NA?

Are the NA Basic Texts 5th and 6th editions diluting/blurring the
clarity of the NA message.?
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NA,,BASIC TEXT,5th EDITION,,,,
PG.189,,DRINKING
ALCOHOL,,
PG.174,,ALCOHOLICS,
PG.133,,DRUGS AND ALCOHOL,,
PG.129,VODKA,
PG 135,ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS,,CLEAN AND DRY,,HAPPY AND SOBER,
PG. 162,,I BECAME SOBER AND CLEAN,,
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NA BASIC TEXT,,,6th EDITION,,,,
PG.135,,DRUGS AND ALCOHOL,
PG.148,,GETTING LOADED,
PG.137,,ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS,, CLEAN AND DRY,,HAPPY AND SOBER,
PG.135,,JUNKIE AND A JUICER,
PG.126,,I BECAME SOBER AND CLEAN,



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I don't have a problem with this language. It is okay to talk about specific drugs in NA. Drugs are part of my story, my addiction. Problems arise when we glorify or romanticize drug use, or dwell on it too much. In NA, we need to focus on recovery.

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evileye



-- Edited by avid on Friday 18th of November 2011 10:36:42 AM

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Uffda.

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