HISTORY OF NA LITERATURE

1953

· The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous were adopted into NA, and the words addict and addiction were substituted in place of alcohol and alcoholism.

· The Twelve Traditions were accepted and were later re-established in 1960 as guides.

1960

· Jimmy K. wrote WHO IS AN ADDICT?

· Jimmy K. wrote WHAT IS THE NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS PROGRAM?

· Jimmy K. and Sylvia W. wrote WHY ARE WE HERE?

· The second half of HOW IT WORKS in our NA pamphlet beginning with “This sounds like a big order” was written by Jimmy K.

· Jimmy K. wrote RECOVERY AND RELAPSE.

1961

· Jimmy K. wrote WE DO RECOVER.

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· Jimmy K. wrote ANOTHER LOOK © (date uncertain)

1962

· Phil P. wrote ONE THIRD OF MY LIFE out of The Little White Booklet.

· Penny K. wrote I CAN’T DO ANY MORE TIME.

· Gene H. wrote VICIOUS CIRCLE.

· Bob B. wrote SOMETHING MEANINGFUL.

1976

· Greg P. wrote I WAS DIFFERENT.

· Betty K. wrote FEARFUL MOTHER.

· Bill B. wrote FAT ADDICT.

· Our prayer, MY GRATITUDE SPEAKS WHEN I CARE AND WHEN I SHARE THE NA WAY, was written by Jimmy K.

At the sixth World Convention of NA, held in Ventura CA., the first World Service Conference was held, which established an ad hoc cte to review and revise the service structure that had been proposed for NA, called the NA Tree. That Ad Hoc cte presented the results of its labors to NA’s first independent WSC held in Van Nuys CA in the Spring of 1978. The Conference accepted that work  and the other suggestions and turned them all over to the newly established WSC Literature Cte for finalization. The Service Manual of Narcotics Anonymous was presented to the Conference in the Spring of 1979 for approval.

At the 1980 WSC, it was the World Service Office that brought up the motion that NA should cease and desist the selling and distributing of AA literature at our NA meetings.

The first foreign translation in Spanish of the NA pamphlet was prepared for distribution by the Office and presented to the Conference in 1981. The World Directory was typed and presented to the Conference for distribution to members at that time.