Paperback: 425 pages
Publisher: World Service Office; 6 edition (June 30, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1557767351
ISBN-13: 978-1557767356
Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 6 x 8.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (247 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #39,427 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #59 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Addiction & Recovery > Drug Dependency #106 in Books > Textbooks > Social Sciences > Psychology > Psychopathology #109 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Addiction & Recovery > Alcoholism
This is not just a book, it is a way of life... It can Help anyone learn how to cope, and live life differently. With the help of a sponsor, a network, and the NA book, anyone can stop using drugs, lose the desire to use, and find a new way to live! Addiction does not care who you are: white, black, purple, rich, poor, male, female... but the people who wrote this book do. Written by addicts, for addicts... You can change your life, "one day at a time", and you never have to feel that way again! Ask your higher power for a moment of clarity, and pick up the book... I promise your life will change! Give yourself a break!
The Basic Text was released between my first clean time and this one. It is my bible. I still say they should return to the Third Edition Revised since it was the last one truly Fellowship Conscienced. Ah well.
This book offers practical help for anyone struggling with drug use problems. It does not go into the physiological causes of addiction but other books do a good job of reporting on such medical research. Instead it offers practical day to day help as well an introduction to the Narcotics Anonymous 12-Step program. There are a number of stories that tell of ordinary people who found this program to be a lifesaver.
This book helped put me on the path to saving my life and learning to live life without needing substances to numb my emotions. It provides so much more than just "quit using" advice. It helps addicts build a foundation for living and enjoying life without drugs. It includes many stories that every addict can relate toon some level.As a bonus, it came in softcover. I do outreach work, bringing NA meetings into jails and other institutions. The jails require softcover literature, so this book was perfect to donate for inmates' use.
I have long awaited the introduction of our literature in digital form. I love that passages can not only be highlighted, but I can go directly to any passage by simply typing in key words from the passage I'm looking for. It also has a built in dictionary. The only thing I am not happy about that I would like to see changed is that there are no page numbers that match the hard version. Overall, I am glad to have the kindle version of the Basic Text and the It Works, How and Why.
Narcotics Anonymous Big Book shares experience, strength, and hope from addicts who no longer use drugs and who are living successful lives in recovery. NA Big Book has excellent chapters on Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions, and Relapse and Recovery. NA Big Book has 28-page keyword index at back of book, which makes it easy to find topic specific information.
This is the "Basic Text " of Narcotics Anonymous, designed to help those suffering from the disease of Addiction to move into Recovery. It is an essential tool for that Recovery. WSO does an excellent job on delivery, and the price is as it should be. I will be ordering more of these, and highly recommend both book and Seller to anyone.
the N.A. handbook,is an awesome piece of litterature...Four years ago,it saved my life and helped me to find a better path.My humble thanks,for helping me deliver it to my Brother
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