I’m an addict named ____________. I’d like to welcome everyone to the ___________ online meeting of Narcotics Anonymous. Help us open this meeting with a moment of silence for the addict still suffering followed by the serenity prayer.
Before we get started, there are a few things to cover in regards to an online meeting format.Your microphone should remain muted for the entirety of the meeting unless you are sharing to eliminate background noise. General meeting etiquette still applies to online meetings. Please, no cross sharing or outside discussion. I, as well as we, have a responsibility to maintain an atmosphere of recovery during this meeting.
(open meeting) Please use the “raise hand” feature on the bottom right side of your screen to acknowledge that you want to share. You can also use the “chat box” to acknowledge you want to share.
I will be managing the queue and keeping participants muted.
I have asked someone to read:
December 25, 2024 |
Anonymity and Self-Will |
| Page 375 |
| "The drive for personal gain... which brought so much pain in the past falls by the wayside if we adhere to the principle of anonymity." |
| Basic Text, p. 76 |
| The word anonymity itself means namelessness, but there's a larger principle at work in the anonymity of the NA program: the principle of selflessness. When we admit our powerlessness to manage our own lives, we take our first step away from self-will and our first step toward selflessness. The less we try to run our lives on self-will, the more we find the power and direction once so sorely lacking in our lives. But the principle of selflessness does a lot more than just make us feel better--it helps us live better. Our ideas of how the world should be run begin to lose their importance, and we stop trying to impose our will on everyone and everything around us. And when we abandon our "know-it-all" pretensions and start recognizing the value of other peoples' experience, we start treating them with respect. The interests of others become as important to us as our own; we start to think about what's best for the group, rather than just what's best for us. We start living a life that's bigger than we are, that's more than just us, our name, ourselves--we start living the principle of anonymity. |
| Just for Today: God, please free me from self-will. Help me understand the principle of anonymity; help me to live selflessly. |
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(open meeting) The floor is now open to share on the daily meditation, where you are at, or recovery in general. .
[Meeting Proceeds. Then after meeting time has been reached]
My name is ____________ and I am an addict. Are there any NA related announcements?
We do not have key tags at this time, but if you would like to raise your hand we will take a moment and recognize your clean time.
Does anybody have 0-29 days clean?
Does anybody have 30 days clean today?
Does anybody have 60 days clean today?
Does anybody have 90 days clean today?
Does anybody have 6 months clean today?
Does anybody have 9 months clean today?
Does anybody have 1 year clean today?
Does anybody have 2 or more years clean today?
The only one we ask twice, does anybody have 0-29 days clean today?
Who’s got today…
Thank you all for attending. We will close with the Serenity Prayer. After the prayer the meeting will remain open for another thirty minutes.