Narcotics Anonymous (1983)

SUPPOSEDLY WRITTEN BY MANY INCAPACITATED HUMANS THAT WHEN THEY FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS (STEPS) HEREIN THEY BECOME LESS SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE. GOOD FAST READ. BOUGHT IT TO GIVE TO THE NUT THAT LIVES NEXT DOOR. HER ANTICS DRIVE EVERYONE IN THE HOOD NUTZ.

I lent my book out to a friend in need. So I needed it to survive my self. Thank you NA. I love the stories in the back also

For anyone who has been in recovery & relapsed or is trying to recover from addiction or for that matter someone trying to understand addiction, this is easily one of the best tried & true books ever marketed. It can be a positive step in right direction and helps addicts understand that they are not alone; there's no shame in asking for help & there really is help available from others who understand what it's like. The first part of this book is self-help steps to getting drug-free and the second part tells life stories from addicts both pre & post addiction. It includes harrowing tales of those with the strongest/longest addictions, the hell of rehab facilities, jails & prisons, the triumph in overcoming addiction and the much needed support from NA (narcotics anonymous) with additional help from sponsors found at NA meetings. Throughout this awesome book of help and healing from addiction is a constant reminder to take each day just one step at a time with mottos such as "JUST FOR TODAY". You can worry about tomorrow when it gets here. If you can stay clean just for today, you're a success. If you can't do it for a day, try half a day. You can do it "just for today". Additionally, this book has great resources listed in the back of the book to aid in the road to recovery. For any addict reading this review, you are not alone, addiction does not discriminate, there is help available and you can do it. The Narcotics Anonymous book is written for you, others who are like you, and those that will surely come after you. Get this book, find a meeting, take a step - just for today!

I'm a mom of a an addict who began using at just 12 y/o & reeled out of control so quickly at 13 that I felt my only option was a rehab facility in order to save my son. Due to the increasing problems w/our managed health care system, we were turned down because "he didn't meet the criteria". Not willing to give up, I found local chapters of NA & AA (narcotics & alcoholics anonymous) and began taking him to each of the meetings daily. Were it not for the guidance/support from both NA & AA, I'm certain I would have lost my son at some point. He just celebrated his 14th birthday, is back in school & actually participates, and has even had one of his friends decide to follow suit and just last night surprised us when he showed up at our nightly NA meeting and asked for help overcoming his addictions. It's so ironic because this kid was my son's biggest drug source for the past year or so. I'm proud of both of them and hope that the example they set will affect others of all ages in a positive fashion.

This book saves lives. If you have never read it, read it now! If you have read it before, you know, so read it again! I will always be grateful to those who wrote this book. I found it in 1991 and have tried to live the spiritual principals found within its pages ever since. So far I have not found a reason important enough to use over, because this book said I never had to use again.

This book will be used at a new meeting in Vallejo, CA. The Where's the Cotton Go! group will read out of it for a book study once a month and help the addict who still suffers find the freedom our program promises.

Dennis 8-)

This is the last fellowship approved version of the Basic Text.All versions after this edition Naw$ made changes to the wording without fellowship approval. This book is supposed to be fellowship approved in other words for addicts by addicts. All editions after the 3rd revised are a mockery of Narcotics Anonymous. So if you are looking to buy a basic text please consider this edition or an earlier version if you truly looking for real recovery.

Very informative book. A great buy for anyone interested in self-help or just interested in learning about addiction and recovery.

One of the best books on how to live ever written. Do not have to be an addict to learn from it.

I bought it to give it away to someone who did not have nor afford one.

It just keeps getting better every time I read it.
I still say, I don't remember that being in there.
If your a addict, read this book. You will say
Wow! I thought I was the only one who thought, felt or did that.
If your a fan of the Big Book, who owe it to yourself to read this
one too.

The book was very informative, About addiction and other sustabtence . This book is patented after the Alcohol Anonymous Big Book. Many of us have duel adductions and is book is a great text to look ath both problems .A drug is a drug Narcoticss as well as alchol. Points this out very good.

WHEN A SELLER HERE ON E-BAY COMES ACROSS A BOOK IN A GOODWILL STORE THEY WANT TO SELL HERE ON E-BAY , THEY SEARCH E-BAY LISTINGS AND SEE HOW MUCH THEYGO FOR, AND THINK THEY HAVE A GOLD MINE! THEY BECOME MIS-GUIDED AT THE VALUE OF THE ONE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE IN THEIR HANDS. YES, OLDER EDITIONS ARE SELLING AT A PREMIUM, BUT THE ONES COMMONLY SOLD ON THIS PART OF E-BAY ARE UN-EDUCATED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES IN THE EDITIONS-SOOOO.. THEY ENTER THE ISBN NUMBER, AND OUT POPS "4TH EDITION" (BECAUSE IT'S E-BAY'S INCORRECT DEFAULT INFO) BUT THEY DON'T SPECIFY IT'S INCORRECT!. THEN THE BUYER GETS ANGRY WHEN THEY RECIEVE A FIFTH EDITION THAT CAN BE FOUND DIRT CHEAP ANYWHERE IN ANY BOOKSTORE. REASON FOR MY RANT??? I HAVE BEEN SOLD BOOKS FROM REGULAR BOOKSELLERS (THAT HAVE NO IDEA WE COLLECT PREMIUM COPIES OF THE BASIC TEXT, AND A.A. MEMORBILIA)THAT WERE DESCRIBED AS "MINT" AND "lIKE NEW" AND THEY COME, AND THERE WATER DAMAGED, THE WRONG EDITION, WRITTEN IN....AND- ASK SELLER TO ID THE BOOK BEFORE BUYING,AND THEY GET SNOTTY AND SAY "IT'S IN THE DESCRIPTION" YOU CAN'T READ? JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE SURE WHAT WERE BUYING. ALSO, MOST OF THE TIME THEY DON'T EVEN SPRING FOR THE .15 CENTS FOR A PICTURE, AND DON'T EVEN DESCRIBE THE BOOK AT ALL. BOTTOM LINE..IF YOU NOT SURE ABOUT THESE COLLECTABLE RECOVERY BOOKS, GO BACK TO STEVEN KING BOOKS, AND ROMANCE NOVELS. EITHER THAT, OR DON'T GET MAD WHEN WE ASK ABOUT THE BOOK YER USING A STOCK PHOTO TO SHOW!

This fantastic book saved my life! It's an easy to read book about recovery from the disease of addiction, and it speaks directly to the heart of addicts, as it's written by addicts, for addicts... So, if you are an addict, give your self a cnance, and read this book! It might change your life completely!

Keep coming back, it works if you work it!

Friendofjimmyk

The book "Narcotics anonymous" was advertised as a 4th edition and was not sent for 2 weeks - when it arrived it was a 5th edition but the seller did the best they could - the book is lovely in its own sense.