For Professionals
About NA
Narcotics Anonymous sprang from the Alcoholics Anonymous Program of the late 1940s, with meetings first emerging in the Los Angeles area of California, USA, in the early Fifties. The NA program started as a small US movement that has grown into one of the world's oldest and largest organizations of its type.
For many years, NA grew very slowly, spreading from Los Angeles to other major North American cities and Australia in the early 1970s. In 1983, Narcotics Anonymous published its self-titled Basic Text book, which contributed to tremendous growth. Within a few years, groups had formed in Brazil, Colombia, Germany, India, the Irish Republic, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Today, Narcotics Anonymous is well established throughout much of the Americas, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Newly formed groups and NA communities are now scattered throughout the Indian subcontinent, Africa, East Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Narcotics Anonymous books and information pamphlets are currently available in 34 languages, with translations in process for 16 languages.
You can use the links below to download pamphlets that will privide you with useful information about us.
NA: A Resource in Your Community
Information About NA
NA Membership Survey
Resource Requests
As a part of an ongoing effort to improve communication between the South Vancouver Island Area of Narcotics Anonymous and our local communities, Narcotics Anonymous provides information and sessions on a variety of topics. In order to effectively engage in dialogue, both preparation and time are needed. This means letting us know what you are interested in and how much time is available on the agenda. It is also important that you provide us with information about what types of sessions you would like Narcotics Anonymous to facilitate and the estimated time for each session. Background information on issues particular to your group is also helpful for our planning.
If you or your organization would like NA to provide information sessions, public or community presentations or round table discussions, please download our Resource Request Form. Please complete the form and submit it to admin@sviasc.org.
24 Hour Helpline
250-383-3553
Outside Greater Victoria
1-866-664-3511
South Vancouver Island Area of NA
P.O. Box 8284
Victoria BC, V8W 3R9
Public Relations Chair
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