🌐 For Professionals
A credible resource about NA for doctors, counselors, and community leaders.
🌺 About NA
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a worldwide, community‑based fellowship offering recovery from addiction through a spiritual program of the Twelve Steps.
- Membership is open to anyone with a desire to stop using.
- NA is non‑professional, self‑supporting, and peer‑driven.
- Our literature is written by addicts, for addicts, making it authentic and relatable.
🌊 Benefits to Clients & Patients
- Peer support — addicts helping addicts.
- Accessibility — meetings are free and available worldwide.
- Accountability — daily connection through meetings and sponsorship.
- Belonging — a safe, welcoming fellowship that reduces isolation.
🌸 Credible Resource for the Community
NA is recognized globally as a credible recovery resource. We collaborate with professionals through presentations, open meetings, and information packets.
🛡️ What NA Can and Cannot Do
What NA Can Do:
- Provide peer support and fellowship.
- Offer free meetings and literature.
- Share experience, strength, and hope.
- Complement professional treatment by reinforcing abstinence and recovery principles.
What NA Cannot Do:
- Provide professional counseling or therapy.
- Offer medical or psychiatric services.
- Give housing, employment, or financial aid.
- Endorse outside enterprises or take positions on public issues.
🌍 Worldwide Fellowship & Statistics
- NA is present in 139+ countries.
- Over 70,000 weekly meetings worldwide.
- Literature translated into 55+ languages.
- NA Guam is part of this global fellowship, offering local meetings while connected to worldwide recovery resources.
📖 Open vs. Closed Meetings
- Open meetings: anyone may attend, including professionals, family, and community members.
- Closed meetings: reserved for addicts seeking recovery.
This distinction helps professionals engage respectfully while observing NA in action.
📚 Professional Resources
NA World Services provides pamphlets and guides specifically for professionals, such as Information About NA. These resources explain how NA works and how professionals can collaborate with the fellowship.
🌺 Local Context — NA Guam
- Meetings across the island.
- Outreach to hospitals, treatment centers, and correctional facilities.
- Service efforts rooted in Guam’s culture of family, respect, and community.
📞 Contact & Collaboration
Professionals are welcome to contact NA Guam for literature, presentations, or to attend an open meeting.