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Category: Category 1
Date: 25 Dec 1998
Time: 04:55:01
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This Forum exists to allow members working on the NA Way of Life book to meet in open participation, share thoughts, feelings and ideas with one another along with new writings for the book.
From: BRUCE
Category: Category 1
Date: 08 May 2005
Time: 20:59:04
Remote Name: 24.183.187.213
The Na Traditions,,the Book It Works How And Why,,trad.8 Pg 188,,what Is Narcotics Anonymous,after All,but A Fellowship Of Addicts Freely Shareing With One Another The Simple Message Of Their Own Experience,,the Clarity Statements Suggest We Do Not Share Our Own Experience,it Suggests We Alter Our Own Experience.tradition 9 ,,pg.193,we Ought Not Create A Governing Hierachy,a Top Down Bureaucracy Dictating To Our Groups And Members,,def.of Dictate,transcribe,,def.of Transcribe,to Rewrite,,the Clarity Statements Dictate/transcribe,,our Own Experience.,/message ,trad.10.pg.198,even Our Leaders Are Only Trusted Servants,with No Power To Tell Individual Members What To Do Think Or Say,na Members Are Encouraged To Think For Themselves,to Develope Thier Own Opinians,and To Express Those Opinions As They See Fit.,the Clarity Statements Suggest That Na Has The Power To Tell Us What To Do ,think And Say,,trad.11 Pg.203,clearly Our Traditions Are Just As Concerned With Our Public Relations As They Are With Our Internal Relations,,pg 208,each Of Us Has Our Own Life,our Own Words ,and Our Own Story,all Adding Dimension And Color To The Message Of Our Fellowship,,the Clarity Statements Suggest We Do Not Use Our Own Words,,when Tradition 11 Suggests We Do ,,,,,,,,the Na Traditions Are About Freedom,,the Clarity Statements Are About Control,,the Definition Of Govern,,to Control,,na Groups Or Commitees That Use The Clarity Statements In Their Formats Are Suggesting That Na Governs,,,theres No Way Around It,,,if You Find A Way Around It In The Na Traditions ,,please Tell Me What Book An Page Number,, If Anyone Suggests That I Am Taken Any Of These Na Tradition Quotes Out Of Context,,explain Yourself,,be Spicific And Tell Me How Exactly,, How They Were Taken Out Of Context,,,,, Huggs Bruce