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12/06/2024

https://pyetta.com/self-obsession/

Self-Obsession is the Core of Our Disease. Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text, 2nd edition, Chapter 5 ’What Can I Do?’, line 38. The title of this blog is a line from the Basic Text and this informatio…

08/05/2024

https://pyetta.com/the-promulgator-of-narcotics-anonymous/

My wife and I discussed cults when I first started attending Narcotics Anonymous meetings. One of her coworkers had attended the NA Fellowship and assured my wife that NA was not a cult and the peo…

19/04/2024

https://pyetta.com/the-forgotten-experience-of-our-members/

“With the help of our sponsor or spiritual advisor, gradually we learn to trust and depend on our Higher Power.” Basic Text, Sixth Edition, Chapter Seven – Recovery and Relapse, page 86 Such is the…

12/04/2024

https://pyetta.com/the-smoking-addict/

I was glad when I came to NA that I could stand outside a meeting and smoke ci******es. It was fun to be a part of and connect with other addicts. I first started attending meetings in 2002, in Bri…

26/03/2024

Two new blog posts on Pyetta

https://pyetta.com/change-in-recovery/

https://pyetta.com/actions-of-my-obsessions/

I find that the most difficult aspect of the disease of addiction is obsessive thoughts. The obsessions combined with compulsive behaviors fueled many strange and unusual situations in my life. I b…

10/03/2024

https://pyetta.com/arrested/

The disease concept of addiction treatment was quite new in the 1950’s.  Many alcoholics had achieved sobriety by attending Alcoholics Anonymous since the 1930’s.  The version of Narcotic…

10/02/2024

https://pyetta.com/the-grace-of-god-2/

God The concept of God is a difficult hurdle for many people who come to twelve step programs.  Narcotics Anonymous is a spiritual organization and the literature refers to the word God. …

23/01/2024

https://pyetta.com/the-twelve-traditions-and-narcotics-anonymous-conventions/

I’ve been reflecting on the standards we set for our conventions. Conventions aren’t NA, this we know and have been told. There’s an uproar recently regarding the registration for the World Convent…

07/01/2024

https://pyetta.com/sick-people/

In about 2016 I had hit a low point in my recovery. I realized I had replaced drugs with lifestyle. A using addict attracts addicts who are using. It was a very subtle transition over years of tryi…

29/12/2023

https://pyetta.com/unity-and-autonomy/

Autonomy is the right to govern oneself and one’s actions. I spent a lot of time in early recover learning about my behaviors and accepting the consequences of those behaviors. I learned to take re…

16/12/2023

https://pyetta.com/all-else-is-not-na/

The Narcotics Anonymous known globally was started in 1953. In 1972 the World Service Office was formed and a 1976  World Service Conference was organized.  The World Service Office was s…

09/12/2023

New post from one of our regular bloggers!

I was reading the Sixth Step in our Basic Text for days, continuously. Going through this round of steps I’ve been working steps through the Basic Text with a new sponsor instead of working out of …

27/11/2023

https://pyetta.com/the-recovery-process/

The early years of Narcotics Anonymous were full of efforts to document what worked. Those involved believed literature was important and could ease the journey of those who still suffered. Addicts…

18/11/2023

https://pyetta.com/for-all-intents-and-purposes/

My purpose in coming to Narcotics Anonymous was to explore a solution to a problem that had presented itself in my life. My purpose in using drugs had been lost for many years. Using drugs was a so…

12/11/2023

Our blog site has been updated with a search bar and we have a new blog post from one of our regular bloggers

The last year has been quite interesting because I have been living without anxiety. I still suffer from anxiety during certain instances like public speaking or if I make a fool of myself by sayin…

31/10/2023

New Blog Post from one of our writers;

The Thursday night meeting I attended last week was such a powerful experience. I’m still processing the feelings. The feelings are becoming familiar as I attend regularly. I chair my home gr…

28/10/2023

https://pyetta.com/qa-two-members-experience-with-writing-and-compiling-our-basic-text/

After coming to NA, we found ourselves among a very special group of people who have suffered like us and found recovery. In their experiences, freely shared, we found hope for ourselves. Basic Tex…

04/10/2023

We have a new blog post;

Addiction often focuses on drug use but using can take on lots of forms. When does using become a problem? There are obvious examples of the disease including addiction to s*x, gambling, and food. …

23/09/2023

New blog post;

I read the new ‘Group Booklet’ produced by the NAWS Corporation and was offended by the addition of a footnote; Virtual NA meetings that meet regularly can choose to be an NA group if they meet the…

10/09/2023

New blog from 'Rebelsmed'

https://pyetta.com/subject-to-revision/

30/08/2023

New blog post from one of our regular writers;

I’ve been spending a lot of time recently (it feels like months…) looking at a feeling I have. Maybe ‘feeling’ is not the best word, it might be a puzzle, or maybe a bit of self-deception, I am not…

16/08/2023

https://pyetta.com/the-12-corruptions-of-narcotics-anonymous/

08/08/2023

New blog post from one of our writers;

I argued with members a lot about what the word ‘addict’ meant when I started attending Narcotics Anonymous in 2002. I remember one member saying to me, “if you took half an aspirin this morning, a…

07/08/2023

Added a video to our website;

30/07/2023

A new blog post is available. Please share;

https://pyetta.com/the-sponsor/

03/07/2023

https://pyetta.com/attraction-and-promotion/

I remember when I was young, and I would party a lot. We would laugh about how intoxicated we got and how intoxicated we were going to get next time. Getting ‘messed up’, ‘baked’ or a dozen other e…

21/06/2023

https://pyetta.com/the-spiritual-foundation/

Anonymity might be one of the most misunderstood words used regularly at meetings in Narcotics Anonymous. Two of the Twelve Traditions in NA specifically reference the word. At meeting after meetin…

15/06/2023

A new blogger has started on our site;

As a recovering addict who’s moved to a country where going to treatment is free, there seems to be more of a desire to live drug free lives free of an NA program than I’ve seen in other groups bef…

22/05/2023

https://pyetta.com/the-price-of-complacency/

What is Complacency? Complacency is used seven times in the Gray Book of Narcotics Anonymous. In the Fifth Edition of the Basic Text (Published by the NAWS Corporation), the word is used five times…

21/04/2023

https://pyetta.com/disunity/

Defects and Shortcomings. I lacked a lot of self-awareness when I came to Narcotics Anonymous in 2002. I had a general sense of being less than, and I had behaved in ways that lowered my self-estee…