# NA History Tree > Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it Website: https://nahistorytree.com Language: en (UTF-8) Charset: UTF-8 Generated: 2025-11-12T13:20:08-08:00 --- # Detailed Content ## Posts ### Chuck G - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/conversation-with-chuck-g-1970-01-25/ - **Published:** 2025-10-02 - **Modified:** 2025-10-02 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** NA Predecessors June 11, 2025 Tom: Hi Chuck. Danette again. Thanks for doing this. What an honor it is to get to have a conversation with you and Tom, especially at the same time. First of all, I want to say thank you for your years of service back when NA was just getting its legs under itself and for sticking with it when many other people would have just walked away. You stuck with it. Thank you.  I ran across a document recently that said you were the very first treasurer of the San Fernando Valley Area Service Committee. Is that right? Chuck: That's true, yeah. Tom: And that was the very first ASC, I believe, wasn’t it? Chuck: It was, yeah. As I recall, we got some heat for that. Tom: What kind of heat did you get? Chuck: People were upset that we broke away. Some of the people that were, I think, removed from the board got upset. Of course, that's... Danette: What did you break away from at that time? Chuck: From the rest of the area there. Tom: I think it was more of a case of breaking in. It was the beginning of a new service structure that other people objected to. Chuck: Exactly, yeah. We got objections on anything that was new that came up. People objected. Danette: I’m curious though, I need clarity. What was it before? Was it nothing or just a group of the board? Chuck: There was only one area. So to break off, that’s where the controversy came in. Danette: Was it just the Southern California area or the whole region? What was it called? Chuck: I don’t remember what we were called then. Tom: I believe they called it the San Fernando Valley, Danette. The ASC became the representational force for all the groups when it came to meetings at the region or, in essence, the world. People were going to throw mud at that idea. But Chuck's memory says that San Fernando Valley broke off from the rest of Southern California. Danette: So the San Fernando Valley was the first entity that declared itself an area service committee? Got it. Tom: And Chuck got to hold all the money. Chuck: I don’t know how much there was then, but it wasn’t much. Tom: What year did you get clean, Chuck? Chuck: 1970. Tom: What’s the date? Chuck: March 11th, 1970. Tom: Congratulations. Chuck: Thank you. Tom: So what’d you have then? Just the white book and a couple of IPs? Chuck: No IPs. The only thing we had was the white book, which was actually more of a tan book and narrower. And of course, we used the AA literature, the big book. Tom: Were there any service guidelines? Chuck: I don’t recall. The Tree was probably the first thing I remember. Tom: Yeah, the Tree came out in 1976, I believe. Tom: How many years did you serve on the World Service Office Board of Directors?... --- ### 2 Ron H - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/ron-h-2/ - **Published:** 2025-07-17 - **Modified:** 2025-07-17 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** NA Predecessors May 26, 2025 Danette: Okay, we're recording. Hi Ron. Thom and I were trying to remember exactly where we left off last time—what we covered, and what new things came up since then. Before we jump in, is there anything you recall from last time or anything you’d like to make sure we get recorded? Ron: Not really. I haven’t had time to reflect much. But as I looked over the list you sent, there are a few items that could be interesting to discuss. Tom: Great—thanks, Ron. I think of these as conversation starters more than formal questions. It’s about opening the door and letting your piece of history come through. One topic that keeps coming up is the direction NA service has taken. Your long experience might shed light on things I don’t fully understand—like court-mandated meeting attendance. Do you think that’s been a benefit to NA? There was a former AA trustee near me—Sabrina Carpenter, I believe—who was also a judge. She’s retired now and has publicly said she regrets using the fellowship that way. Her concern is that we’ve essentially become agents of the state by verifying attendance for people in the system. Since you were involved back when that started, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Ron: That kind of thing actually began before I was involved. The “nudge from the judge” has been around for a long time. When I was on the Board, we did talk about it—not to come up with a directive, because we can’t really issue enforceable policies—but to understand our posture. From our view, it wasn’t something we were doing, it was something we were responding to. A broader part of our strategic planning every cycle was to ask two main questions: (1) What’s happening inside the fellowship that requires strategic attention? And (2) What’s happening outside the fellowship that might affect us? For example, internally, we might deal with something like the Baby Blue situation. Externally, it could be a shift in treatment approaches, like Suboxone. We’d ask: “How do we position ourselves while staying true to the principle of total abstinence?” Not because we’re going to change it—but because we have to respond to external pressure in a clear, principled way. The court slip issue falls into that second category: something coming from outside the fellowship. People walk into a meeting with a paper and ask, “Will you sign this to prove I was here?” It’s not something NA created—it’s something we’ve had to figure out how to navigate. Danette: That makes sense. Ron: My stance has always been this: If someone in a meeting asks you to sign a paper, you’re doing it for them. You’re not entering into a relationship with the court, parole office, or treatment center that gave them that paper. You’re just verifying their presence. The moment we initiate collaboration with those outside entities—like accepting phone calls or confirming attendance—we’ve crossed the line. Then it becomes affiliation, not cooperation. Tom: Yeah, we... --- ### 1 Ron H - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/ron-h-1/ - **Published:** 2025-07-17 - **Modified:** 2025-07-17 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** NA Predecessors May 7, 2025 NA: Hi Ron, thank you again for doing this. It's been a long time since we've talked—I think it was '87 or '88—and I really appreciate you taking the time. You've been an intricate part of NA World Services for a long time, both as a special worker and a trusted servant. We want to hear your words. I could ask questions or talk all day about the things you've done, but it'd be better to hear from you. Probably the best place to start would be when you met Bob Stone or when you applied for the job at the WSO. How about that? Ron: All right, I'll start there. I never applied for a job at the WSO. What happened was, I was in graduate school and I had five years clean. I was living in Fargo, North Dakota. I was working nights at a halfway house for ex-offenders. My job was really simple: I sat at the front desk and made sure nobody ran away in the middle of the night. It was a sit-there-all-night-and-do-nothing job, which was perfect for graduate school—I could do my homework there. I was also really engaged with the people who wrote the Basic Text. I’d been following the process the whole time they were writing the book and even after. When they started the NA Way magazine, I subscribed. Before that, I subscribed to “The Voice of NA,” which was the precursor. I read everything I could get my hands on. We had just started a region in the Upper Midwest—Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Manitoba. We were doing everything we could to get NA going. I was just one of those young, on-fire-for-NA kind of guys. I was writing regularly for the NA Way in response to their calls for articles—usually at night on my typewriter. One day I was sitting at home and got a call. The guy on the phone was Greg Ranlett who I’m sure Danette remembers well. I didn’t know Greg yet. He just had a couple of questions: “How long have you been clean?” I said, “Five years.” Then, “Do you have a degree?” I said, “Yes, English degree. I’m also in grad school for guidance and counseling.” That was pretty much it—then he said, “Can I put you on hold?” So, Greg puts me on hold, and next thing I hear is, “Hello, I'm Bob Stone.” I knew who Bob Stone was because he was writing a Monday Morning Report every week, and I was devouring every word of it. So, when I say I “knew” him, I mean I followed his work closely. I knew what challenges he faced and how he approached leadership. Bob started asking me questions—feeling me out, seeing if I had a clue about what was going on. I was able to go toe-to-toe with him on everything he brought up. I was voracious when it came to reading anything NA World Services put out.... --- ### 4 Danette B. | 12/8/1977 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/4-danette-b-12-8-1977/ - **Published:** 2025-07-15 - **Modified:** 2025-07-17 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** NA Predecessors March 23, 2025 NA: Danette, again, thank you for doing this. It’s good to see you. I sure appreciate the—what— four hours, three or four, maybe five hours we’ve been talking. You’ve been enlightening me about the history of the Board of Trustees, the office, and the early days of N.A. in Southern California. My last few questions would just be general questions about your time working in the office—what you did for fun—and maybe some insight into how the office became more of a part of the instrument, the literature development, and that type of thing, you know, during your time there and who was in charge. I should probably just let you go and let’s hear your final words on all of that stuff. Again, thanks for doing this. Danette: Oh, you’re very welcome. It’s been wonderful getting to know you.I look forward to actually being able to participate in some of your interviews with other people that we’re going to line up. So, let’s see here. My final words… I think we’ve kind of covered my timeline as far as getting involved with World Services. I guess it was because I was just involved with service all along—and all of us were back then. It was a much smaller, very much smaller, population of people. We didn’t hang out, but we kind of knew each other—or at least knew of each other—in Southern California, and a lot in Northern California, too, because there was that migration from Southern California up to the San Jose area and beyond. The way I got into formal service at World Services was because Bob Stewart, who was the Southern California RSR, contacted me, and I started as the alternate for Southern California. Whoever his alternate was, I don’t remember, had been unable to complete the alternate term. Then I continued on and became the RSR, or as they now call it, a delegate. (And, you know, I don’t understand— not just in N.A., but in the world—why they have to keep changing the names of things. They never seem to really improve. But anyways, whatever—that’s old fogey stuff.) From that point, I got recognized by everybody at the World Service Conference, obviously. Southern California was “where it all started”, (specifically the San Fernando Valley which is technically part of the City of Los Angeles but completely different from that L.A. proper), so it seemed to carry extra weight with a lot of people. As we talk about in our traditions, that extra weight is a responsibility. The way I was raised, it needs to be taken seriously and practiced with humility, always remembering why I’m there: to help carry the message to the still-suffering addict—not just those who haven’t arrived, but those who are already in the room and still suffering. Bob Stewart had the same upbringing in N.A. service, and we made a great team. He’s a great person. I finished that term… and there’s some fuzziness there about the... --- ### 3 Jack B. | 6/15/1972 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/3-jack-b-6-15-1972/ - **Published:** 2025-07-15 - **Modified:** 2025-07-17 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** NA Predecessors May 28, 2025 Tom M. - Good morning, Danette and Jack. Thanks again for doing this—what is this, our third conversation? Danette:: Yes. Tom M. - Fantastic. I need both of you to fully understand how lucky I feel to be talking to you. And I’m not a person that blows smoke. Jack B. [laughs] Good clarification. Tom M. - But really—when I look at the big picture of NA history, the two of you played a major role. One thing that keeps coming up is how people who were active in building NA often get demonized. From Jimmy K. on down—anyone who got involved and didn’t just sit on the sidelines got some heat. And Jack, I think you unfairly got your share of that during your time as a trustee. You stood up and called out dysfunction—especially around the Joint Administrative Committee. It seemed like no one else did at the time, but you did. Can you talk about that? Was it about power? Were they disconnected from the fellowship? Jack B. All I had to do was look in the mirror every morning to be reminded. [laughs] Honestly, I don’t remember doing that. I don’t remember being demonized, except when someone actually told me I was. Early on, there was this line in the minutes of one of our first meetings—something about how the Board of Trustees overestimated the fellowship. I don’t think we overestimated anything. I don’t think we gave a shit what the fellowship thought of us, or what we were doing. I really doubt it. Eventually, I became one of those people who didn’t care either. After I was no longer in a position of service, I noticed the demonizing came partly because people gave us credit for being way more powerful than we were. Some of the things we were accused of—we couldn’t possibly have orchestrated. We just weren’t that clever. And honestly, I don’t think it was the fellowship doing the demonizing. Most members had no idea what was going on and didn’t care. Danette:: Yeah, that makes sense. Jack B. What you two have done—staying involved without holding office—that’s meaningful. You’ve brought me back into this, and I’m okay with that. But still, I don’t think it matters much. Either I’m naïve or unaware—I’m not sure which—but I still believe in a loving God expressing Himself through our group conscience. And here we are, 54 years later. The fellowship has grown. It’s still doing some of the same dumb stuff it was doing back when we were on the board—and yet, we’re still here. We’re flourishing. So, was any of it important? I don’t know. Tom M. - Maybe “demonized” is the wrong word. But people were definitely questioned, and not always fairly. Today, I see a kind of groupthink at the World Board—everyone voting in unison. But back then, trustees had their own opinions. I’ve looked through the old minutes—you’d vote yes on one thing, someone else would vote no.... --- ### 2 Conversation with Jack B. | 6/15/1972 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/2-conversation-with-jack-b-6-15-1972/ - **Published:** 2025-07-15 - **Modified:** 2025-07-17 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** NA Predecessors May 21, 2025  Danette - Jack, thanks again for doing this—and good morning, Tom. I think I sent out a few conversation starters to everyone. They may not have gotten there until today, but I tried. Tom M. - Do you remember where we left off, by chance? Jack B. - [laughs] That’s a funny question. No. But I’ve got the rough transcript in front of me. Let’s see… I know we were talking about setting up another conversation. And before that, Jack, you were sharing what you went through when Bill and Bob Stone came to Narcotics Anonymous. Danette - Right, and you mentioned that Bill asked you to do something you decided you couldn’t do. Then, Thom, I think you asked about a conference and the board. You made a comment—well, not reading it exactly—but I remember you said, “Nobody showed up, right?” And Jack replied, “Yeah, everyone who attended was considered a conference participant at the time.” Tom M. - Jack, I’m curious—what’s your clean date? Jack B. - June 15, 1972. Danette - Wow. Congratulations. Jack B. - Thank you. Tom M. - Did you save any old documents from back in those days? Jack B. - The only things I still have were from my time as a trustee. When I was packing to move, I gave all the boxes to the World Service Office. The only things I’ve kept are the Yellow and White Book, and a few other things—but I don’t have minutes or anything like that. Danette - So the boxes you gave were mostly minutes and official documents? Jack B. - You know what? I have no idea what was in them. I opened one box, started looking, and said, “Nope, nope, nope.” Closed it right back up and sent everything to World Services. Tom M. - You figured that was the best place to have them archived? Jack B. - Yeah. I hope they’ve been able to put them to good use. Danette - Have you ever looked at NAHistoryTree.com? Jack B. - No. Danette - A lot of your documents—minutes, board meetings, conference agenda reports—they’re all archived there in a really organized way. It’s useful if you ever want to look something up. I scan documents I come across, and if someone wants them back, I mail them. Then I try to make sense of them for the History Tree. Tom M. - One of the things you were involved in as a Board of Trustees member was observing what NA was doing as a whole. And we were growing fast. You got clean in ’72—you must have seen it explode, especially during your time as a trustee. What happened to all those expectations that NA would outgrow AA back in the ’80s? Jack B. - No idea. I don’t think I ever had those expectations or cared about them. It didn’t matter to me whether we were bigger, smaller, or the same size. I never paid attention to that,... --- ### Conversation with Jack B. | 6/15/1972 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/conversation-with-jack-b-5-14-25/ - **Published:** 2025-07-15 - **Modified:** 2025-07-17 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** NA Predecessors May 14, 2025 Tom M. - Well, thank you, Jack, for sitting down to talk with us about the history of Narcotics Anonymous and the significant role you’ve played in its development. You’ve served on the Board of Trustees for over a decade and were deeply involved in shaping the organization as it grew from its infancy. We’re grateful to have this conversation and to hear your insights. Jack B. - Let me start by saying something I didn’t include in the written responses I sent you. When I was on the Board of Trustees, we had a lot of conversations — both formally and informally — with people involved in World Services. One thing I noticed was that the board, in my opinion, often overestimated how much most members actually cared. I used to say, “Most of them just don’t give a damn.” And after I stepped down, I became one of them. I stopped following what was going on. I didn’t call in to ask for updates — not daily, not weekly, probably not even once a year. I trusted the process. I believed, and still believe, that NA was going to be just fine whether I was involved or not. The truth is, this stuff only really comes to mind when people like Danette ask me about it. Danette - (Laughs) That’s fair. Jack B. - I ran into Chris and Boyd — I think those are their names? — at the World Convention in Washington last year. We talked briefly. One of them said they’d give me a call, but that’s happened a few times and no one ever calls. They’ve done the NA history project but never talked with me about it. We did finally have a short conversation and he gave me his number, but I lost it. So maybe I still have something to add to the process. Anyway, I just want to say: since stepping down in ’92, I really haven’t followed things. So if your questions are about anything that happened after that, I probably won’t have answers. Tom M. - Well, I think they’ve missed out by not talking to you. You were involved at such a critical time in NA history. When did you actually join the board? Jack B. - Early 1981, and I stayed on until 1992. Tom M. - So, over a decade — and right in the middle of some of our most important growth. One of the questions I had was: how did your perspective on the board change between the early ’80s and the early ’90s? Jack B. - Not a lot changed from my personal perspective, but the board’s responsibilities definitely grew. By the ’90s, being a trustee was a lot more demanding. That’s actually part of why I didn’t seek a third term, even though some people encouraged me to. I seriously considered it, because I thought I had a good chance of being elected despite term limits. I always tried... --- ### Thom and Phil | 12/21/1977 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/thom-and-phil-5-2-2025/ - **Published:** 2025-07-15 - **Modified:** 2025-07-17 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** NA Predecessors 5-2-2025 Thom: Phil, thank you for doing this. With all the knowledge you possess of early NA history, I feel lucky to be part of this conversation. Phil: Thanks. Yeah, I’m going to go back to 1982. I was 30 years old at the time—though I got clean in 1972. We were working on putting out the Basic Text. I was elected to the World Service Office Board. Just to clarify, there were two boards: the World Service Office Board, and the Board for Narcotics Anonymous. Two separate things. Thom: Got it. So you chaired the WSO Board? Phil: Yeah. I used to joke that I became chair because I got along with everybody. We had folks like Doug Forsmith, Kevin Fay, Fawn, Jerry Polcaro, and my sponsor Chuck Gates—we always voted as a unit. Thom: So how did the literature process really get rolling? Phil: It actually started with the Literature Committee in Atlanta—Craig Pierce was involved. We wanted to get the proofs from the Basic Text, but we had to get Jimmy [Kinnon] out of the way because some were afraid he’d want to change everything. But honestly, Jimmy supported us writing our own literature. He wanted us to find our own voice. Thom: So what was the issue with the printing? Phil: We didn’t take bids. We just used a printer who was a friend of Jimmy’s. He’d done our white pamphlets and flyers. Jimmy even married him and his wife—he had a license for that. But the guy strung us along. Eventually, we discovered all his printing machines were repossessed. We had given him about $7,000, and nothing got printed. Danette: Oh wow. Phil: Yeah, it was humiliating. I told Jimmy I’d go in front of the World Service Conference, explain everything, and resign. They say I had other jobs lined up—but I didn’t. I was just trying to take the heat so we could move forward. Thom: That’s a huge burden. Phil: It was. I went into a depression for about 10 years after that. I shut down, didn’t answer my phone. I carried so much shame for letting the fellowship down. Thom: I just want to acknowledge how brave it is for you to talk about that now. The shame you carried, the pain—it’s heavy. But it wasn’t all on you. Phil: Thanks. It took me a long time to see that. I think I went from 1983 to about 1995 without attending a World Service Conference or anything like that. I isolated. Then one day, I saw that people were still using the Basic Text. That’s when it hit me: We didn’t fail. The work we did mattered. It survived. Thom: That’s powerful. And true. The text is still here. The fellowship is still here. Phil: Yeah. And I started coming around again. I got invited to speak at a few conventions. People welcomed me. I realized I wasn’t some pariah. That helped me heal. But I’ll tell you—those early years, they shaped... --- ### Danette B. with Tom M. | 12/8/1977 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/danette-b-with-tom-m-03-08-25/ - **Published:** 2025-07-14 - **Modified:** 2025-07-17 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** NA Predecessors TOM: - Okay, we’re recording. And this is our second sit down and bringing back the conversation  to the World Service Office and the changes that took place. I guess as a result of the inventory  and the resolution, the Resolution group didn’t seem to get the respect that they really  deserved or commanded - I hate to use that word, but they picked you guys to do it - And then  you did it - And some of the resolutions were never acted on or adopted, but never  implemented? Or what’s your take on the adoption?  DANETTE: - They weren’t implemented in the way we had written them, at all. Resolution A, which I mentioned  before, was what we had decided was the beginning. It had to happen first. - I mean, our work was based on a premise that if A wasn’t adopted, the remainder of the work needed to wait. But that was not taken as hoped. It was piecemeal and, to this day, has not been used as intended.  TOM: - So they went, they, you know,   DANETTE: - and I don’t really even know who they  is composed of. The powers that be, there  were people at the office, in the conference, there were, you know, that implementation group  or whatever they were. I don’t know even who was on that- Was there a transition group too?  TOM: - Transition group, yes.  DANETTE: - And then implementation. There were both. It was picked  apart and stretched over such a long period of time that, looking back now, and I hadn’t  really, I’ve never said this before. I think it’s become easier as time went on.  We do reinvent the wheel over and over because people don’t stay involved  and they leave and new people come in who don’t really ever get a historical perspective. So, by  the time that there was something that was really presented to the conference, and I know this  isn’t exactly accurate, but some things, I think, took another full conference year and a half, maybe, two, I think. It was a full year before the  transition. Oh, three.  TOM: - I’m thinking three or four. Didn’t they switch over to the two-year cycle right about then?  DANETTE: - I don’t remember. I don’t know. So, by the time these things were put out for actual  conference approval, time had passed - And the regional delegates representing the fellowship who were first there were no longer  there, at least most of them. And “world services”{ presented what they all agreed on, finally, after a  transition group had torn it apart and then the implementation group had put it back together,  really. And so, it was very disappointing. I mean, resolution A was not, I can’t remember now,  there might have been the one, I can’t remember which letter point included consensus-based  decision-making that was used. I’d have to look again. Consensus based decision making was adopted for discussion and adopted years... --- ### Danette B. with Tom M. | 12/8/1977 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/danette-b-with-tom-m-03-01-25/ - **Published:** 2025-06-10 - **Modified:** 2025-07-17 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** NA Predecessors March 1st, 2025 Okay, so we’re recording.  Tom M. - Hi, Danette. Thank you. Thank you for doing this. I appreciate you taking the time to, or  consenting to even talk about the history of N.A. back in the prehistoric days.  Danette - Oh, migosh!.  Tom M. - Well, you know, they call people dinosaurs.  Danette - Yeah, so this was back in the dinosaur days.  Tom M. - And have you been asked to do an interview for WSO as part of their history project?  Danette - No. And I have not made contact with those two people that Lori suggested might  be helpful. I got called back to my previous job to repair a lot of damage that was done.  Tom M. - Yeah, you were  telling me about that. Danette - So, my time and my energy and resources have been less than when you and I first talked. As far as the prehistoric times, I sometimes say that N.A. was started for me  because it started in 53, as we know it today. And I was born in 54, so it was like, oh, it was  getting ready just for me.  Tom M. - Perfect.  Danette - Yeah, really.  Tom M. - Well, the idea here is, I mean, your clean date is December 8, 1977, and you got clean in  the Los Angeles area, North Hollywood, San Fernando Valley, and went to work at the World  Service office in the early 80s. Bob Stone hired you shortly after he took over the office, and you  worked at the World Service office for several years. And then in 1989, after terms  as an RSR from Southern California and alternate, and no telling how many other service  positions around Southern California, you became a Board of Trustees member for the World  Service office.  Danette - No, back up. That is a little reversed. I had just come up on five  years clean when Bob Stewart, who was the RSR for Southern California at the time, needed an  RSR alternate because his had not been able to complete. So, I started at World Service  Conference as Bob Stewart’s alternate. Then I took the RSR position for another couple of years.   Tom M. - Right then, which I think we decided probably was 82, is when Jimmy was being let go. Danette:  Right.  Bob Stone was hired.  And at that time, from the WSC minutes I read, part of what the conference was looking for in Jimmy’s replacement was someone with bookkeeping skills and business skills. Also, somewhere in some minutes, it was requested that an accounting of the WSO financial situation be done. Bob Stone didn’t really have bookkeeping skills, but he was a business type person.  He knew he needed help with the bookkeeping stuff and management also.  So right then, before he ever hired me as a WSO employee, he hired me as a  contractor to do a forensic accounting of the most recent financial report that the... --- ### 1 Conversation with Danette B. | 12/8/1977 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/1-conversation-with-danette-b-12-8-1977/ - **Published:** 2025-06-10 - **Modified:** 2025-07-17 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** NA Predecessors March 1st, 2025 TOM M. - Hello again, Danette. Thanks for doing this—it’s great to see you again. This is our third tape, and  I appreciate you just letting me come up with questions out of nowhere and looking for a response. I  was recently looking over the old trustee minutes and reports and noticed that there was an effort by  the board to work on public relations—or public information—as a separate entity. Not as the public  information at WSC, but as the trustees. So how did you go about that whole process of deciding how to  do it, where to do it, and who’s to do it?  DANETTE - Well, you know, as you asked that, I realized I don’t have a specific memory. I’m kind of  guessing here as to why the trustees formed a committee of their members to do this external… what  was it called? The External Committee on Public Relations? Whatever it was called, it was separate or  different from the World Service Conference. I can’t recall at this point.   TOM M. - Was there already a WSC Public Relations or Public Information committee?  DANETTE - Yes there was definitely a WSC P.I. Committee. So, I mean, I know we, as trustees, didn’t just decide, “Oh, we’re  just going to start doing this.” I’m imagining—and this may not make sense—but I’m imagining that the  WSC PI Committee (it was Public Information at the time, and sometimes we used the term “Public  Relations”) may have been focused more on the United States or North America. And perhaps they  weren’t confident about taking on this worldwide attempt at spreading the positive image for NA. I’m  just guessing at that—that feels right. But it should be recorded somewhere in WSC minutes if that’s the  case. You know, something like, Hey, we want the trustees to look at this more carefully or use their  spiritual experience and insight on how to address this without compromising our traditions. So that’s  my take. I’m not positive why or how the Board of Trustees decided to form a committee for  public information.  TOM M. - Okay.  DANETTE - It appears to me from reading some of the minutes you sent me—and from what I do  remember—is that we were being very careful. It felt like we were just putting a toe in, trying to  determine: What is out there? What do we want to get out there? How many organizations are doing  this on an international level? Do we want to become associated with them? If so, how far do we want  to go with that association? Yes, exactly. There was a lot of caution—not really trepidation, but moving  forward cautiously.   TOM M. - There were a couple of things you pointed out that could be interpreted as contradictory.   DANETTE - I think what was going on was: as we found out more about these other organizations— how they were portraying addiction, how they were talking about 12-step recovery—we made decisions  to... --- ### South Florida RSC Questions - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/south-florida-rsc-questions/ - **Published:** 2022-07-25 - **Modified:** 2025-07-15 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** News Before I submit my views and facts about these two questions, “Are our literature prices too high and Should they be lowered” I want to offer some background information. The importance of following the Traditions has been proven vital since our earliest existence. Jimmy K. said this about that necessity in 1973 at the celebration of NA’s 20th Anniversary Dinner. “The Traditions must be followed if we were to grow, and grow as a fellowship that could stand on its own feet… I resigned one time as chairman of NA before I really got going again, because of the very thing I’m talking about. I resigned because we were not following the Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous… So when we stopped using the Traditions and became a one-man-rule proposition there was no longer any NA.” He goes on to elaborate about what happened. “I mention this for two reasons, because it died out the fact that this program, once we began to live it, we can’t let it go; it’s going to grow again. This program is not going to die out if all of us in this room now don’t make it; this fellowship is not going to die out. Not because I say so, but because that’s the very nature of recovery. That once there is the knowledge that something can be done it is never lost.” The two questions are profoundly related to our Traditions. Facing the questions head on means we need to examine how we spend our money. I have prepared and attached (#1) a 10 year record of expense averages from 2006 to 2016. The information was found in the Narcotics Anonymous World Services Inc. (NAWS) budgets that were proposed at the biannual World Service Conferences (WSC). For some reason or another, these documents are no longer available on NA.org, but you can find many other historical documents dating back to the World Board beginnings. If Narcotics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, how can our primary service center spend over $3.3 million a year in salaries alone? If our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion why are we spending over $93,000 every year on Public Relations/Professional Events? Since WSC 2000, the NAWS budgets are proposed every two years in an item called the Conference Approved Track (CAT). Here is the way it was described on page 3 of the 2002 Conference Agenda Report (CAR). “This practice, known as the Conference Approval Track, is new to us all as it was just adopted at the last conference.” However, when you review the 2000 WSC summary of decisions you will not see any mention of this item. Apparently this practice was created through the approval of the following at WSC 2000. “Motion 5 item B: Conference approved materials are those items approved by the World Service Conference that are intended primarily for use by service boards or committees. This type of material will be sent to conference participants at least ninety days prior... --- ### A Guide to Serve Us - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/a-guide-to-serve-us/ - **Published:** 2022-07-25 - **Modified:** 2025-07-15 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** News On April 26th, 1984 the Chairman of the World Service Conference (WSC) appointed himself and six others to a Select Committee “to prepare a draft Service Manual that will contain detailed description of the service structure of the Fellowship.”i i Prior to this we were working from a version of The NA Tree or A Temporary Guide to Our Service Structure (TWGSS). The need to clarify things was deemed necessary because every year the WSC was making amendments to the TWGSS. When the Select Committee took a look at their task it was determined they could have a finished product ready for Fellowship approval “at the World Service Conference in April 1986.”ii ii This product was not presented to the fellowship in 1986; in fact we continued using the TWGSS for eighteen years. The delay in producing a detailed description of our Service Structure caused immense harm to our Fellowship. The harm came at great expense and carries on to this day; it’s time to take a closer look at the events. In 1985 A Guide to Service in Narcotics Anonymous was released to the Fellowship for Review and Input. However, the Guide was missing three chapters, with a cover letter explaining how the Select Committee was proceeding. “A new approach is reflected in this draft. An effort has been made to explain how the experience of the Fellowship has pointed to change and how our Traditions exist as the foundation for most of the duties and procedures. Some will say, of some parts of this draft, that an attempt is being made to change something that works and it should not be changed. The committee has been brave enough to believe that putting forth the ideas from the Fellowship, be they the same ideas or new ones, will result over time in the formulation and approval of a complete manual on service.” iii This approach expanded the Committee’s aforementioned authority which was, “to prepare a draft Service Manual that will contain detailed description of the service structure of the Fellowship,” iv into authority to change the service structure of the Fellowship. Three years later the committee was proposing in the May 1987 Newsline that the work will be a full three years late. “The Committee will continue to receive written input from members, groups, and service committees c/o the WSO, until December 1, 1987… The motion adopted at the WSC, directs the committee to produce a final draft by July 1, 1988 to be considered at WSC 1989.” v In fact, this cycle of extending the project went on at every WSC using the, “same old story with a new set of words” vi, until 1993. The WSC continually funded this project from 1984 to 1993. At the 1988 WSC the Select Committee name was changed to the Ad Hoc Committee on NA Service. Over the years this committee was primarily chaired by the WSC Chairperson – A total of only five different Chair people - with a committee... --- ### About Us - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/about-us/ - **Published:** 2022-07-22 - **Modified:** 2025-07-15 - **Author:** NA History Tree **Categories:** News The NA History Tree was orchestrated for one reason, facts. It was the hope of Paul Stuart that as many NA members as possible could have access to our written history. If you spend much time on the corporate web site you would think that NA began when the corporate Board of Directors took over World Services in 1998. Paul believed in finding evidence and the best place to discover evidence is in researching Primary Documents. Due to his untimely death, assembling the documents has fallen to Paul's friends in the Fellowship. In an effort to fulfill his wishes we've searched for as many original documents as possible and organized them in a way that we think he might appreciate. Enjoy your visit and share them with as many members as you want, but please don't try to reprint them and pass them off as originals and sell for a profit. All of these documents are scanned copies of original Primary Documents that belong to all the members of NA. In memory of Paul, we hope that you use this research tool to discover the facts and then keep what you have by giving it away.~ This was written by Paul who wrote this as a forum topic for ASC. Tradition Four: Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or NA as a whole. The Basic Text says, “This means our groups are self-governing, and not subject to outside control.” In their 1988 report to the WSC the The Select Committee on Service Structure said this: “Group autonomy gives each group the right to accept or reject any decision made in its behalf, even if that decision is otherwise supported or rejected by the vast majority of other NA groups.” The Select Committee also said this: “If we take a step back and look closely we may conclude that the WSC (nor any service body) cannot speak as an ultimate authority. It is only meant to be the collective voice of our Fellowship, determining the mainstream of NA experience, which it has properly been delegated to do. The groups, utilizing their group conscience as an ultimate authority, in reality decide the force of any of our service decisions, not the participants of the WSC.” But what about, “ . . . except in matters affecting other groups or NA as a whole.” It is obvious that every group affects NA as a whole no matter what it does so what is the sense of this? It Works How and Why directs us to consider our spiritual principles in matters affecting other groups and how the world perceives us. The text gives us the freedom to ponder and consider the affect a group might have, on “other groups or NA as a whole” by any action, is given to the member’s spiritual connection and group conscience. Let’s go to the horse’s mouth about this Tradition Four since this is where our Traditions come from who would know... --- ## Pages ### 2000 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-2000/ - **Published:** 2025-02-05 - **Modified:** 2025-02-05 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2265"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1999 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1999/ - **Published:** 2025-02-05 - **Modified:** 2025-02-05 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2231"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1998 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1998/ - **Published:** 2025-02-03 - **Modified:** 2025-02-03 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2174"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1996 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1996/ - **Published:** 2025-02-03 - **Modified:** 2025-02-03 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2172"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1995 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1995/ - **Published:** 2025-02-03 - **Modified:** 2025-02-03 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2166"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1994 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1994/ - **Published:** 2025-02-03 - **Modified:** 2025-02-03 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2160"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1993 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1993/ - **Published:** 2025-01-31 - **Modified:** 2025-01-31 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2154"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1992 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1992/ - **Published:** 2025-01-31 - **Modified:** 2025-01-31 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2149"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1991 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1991/ - **Published:** 2025-01-31 - **Modified:** 2025-01-31 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2143"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1990 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1990/ - **Published:** 2025-01-31 - **Modified:** 2025-01-31 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2138"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1989 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1989/ - **Published:** 2025-01-31 - **Modified:** 2025-01-31 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2127"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1988 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1988/ - **Published:** 2025-01-31 - **Modified:** 2025-01-31 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2117"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1987 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1987/ - **Published:** 2025-01-31 - **Modified:** 2025-01-31 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2105"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1986 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1986/ - **Published:** 2025-01-31 - **Modified:** 2025-01-31 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2093"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1985 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1985/ - **Published:** 2025-01-31 - **Modified:** 2025-01-31 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2079"] [elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1984 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1984/ - **Published:** 2025-01-31 - **Modified:** 2025-01-31 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2070"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1983 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1983/ - **Published:** 2025-01-30 - **Modified:** 2025-01-30 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2057"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### 1982 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/newslines-and-fellowship-reports/newslines-1982/ - **Published:** 2025-01-30 - **Modified:** 2025-01-30 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2040"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### NA History Day 2015 - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/na-history-day-2015/ - **Published:** 2024-11-12 - **Modified:** 2024-11-12 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="2017"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Annual Tax Report Travel - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/annual-tax-report-travel/ - **Published:** 2024-06-17 - **Modified:** 2024-06-17 - **Author:** NA History Tree [ninja_tables id="2005"] --- ### The NA Way Magazine - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/the-na-way-magazine/ - **Published:** 2023-01-09 - **Modified:** 2023-01-09 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1765"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### The NA Tree & Etcetera - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/the-na-tree-etcetera/ - **Published:** 2023-01-09 - **Modified:** 2023-01-09 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1743"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### World Meeting and Phoneline Directories - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/world-meeting-and-phoneline-directories/ - **Published:** 2023-01-06 - **Modified:** 2023-01-06 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1724"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### WSO News - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/wso-news/ - **Published:** 2023-01-06 - **Modified:** 2023-01-06 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1708"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Legal Documents - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/legal-documents/ - **Published:** 2023-01-04 - **Modified:** 2023-01-04 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1602"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Annual Tax Report - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/annual-tax-report/ - **Published:** 2023-01-04 - **Modified:** 2024-06-20 - **Author:** Ann Premazon The Narcotics Anonymous World Services Inc, based in Chatsworth, CA, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Established in May 1978, the financial footprint, with revenues and expenses detailed in their Form 990 tax filings is quite surprising. Contributions and inventory sales are major sources of revenue. Key financial data, such as total assets and liabilities, are available on the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. For more details, visit their ProPublica page [ninja_tables id="1593"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Annual Report Income - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/annual-report-income/ - **Published:** 2023-01-04 - **Modified:** 2023-01-04 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1571"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Annual Expense - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/annual-expense/ - **Published:** 2023-01-04 - **Modified:** 2024-06-17 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1543"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Annual Audit Statement - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/annual-audit-statement/ - **Published:** 2023-01-04 - **Modified:** 2023-01-04 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1515"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Annual Report - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/annual-report/ - **Published:** 2023-01-04 - **Modified:** 2023-01-04 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1493"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### World Service Office Board Of Directors - Minutes & Etcetera - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/world-service-office-board-of-directors-minutes-etcetera/ - **Published:** 2023-01-03 - **Modified:** 2023-01-03 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1390"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### WSO vs Moorhead - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/wso-vs-moorhead/ - **Published:** 2023-01-03 - **Modified:** 2023-01-03 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1344"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Issue Discussion Topics - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/issue-discussion-topics/ - **Published:** 2022-11-29 - **Modified:** 2022-11-29 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="671"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Fellowship Intellectual Property Trust (FIPT) - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/fellowship-intellectual-property-trust-fipt/ - **Published:** 2022-11-28 - **Modified:** 2022-11-28 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1332"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### NA Concepts - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/na-concepts/ - **Published:** 2022-11-28 - **Modified:** 2022-12-21 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="674"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### World Service Conference Board Of Trustees - Bulletins - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/world-service-conference-board-of-trustees-bulletins/ - **Published:** 2022-11-28 - **Modified:** 2022-11-28 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1287"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### World Service Conference Board of Trustees - Minutes & Etcetera - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/world-service-conference-board-of-trustees-minutes-etcetera/ - **Published:** 2022-11-28 - **Modified:** 2022-11-28 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1259"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Bob Stone - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/bob-stone/ - **Published:** 2022-11-28 - **Modified:** 2022-11-28 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1054"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### World Service Inventory - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/world-service-inventory/ - **Published:** 2022-11-23 - **Modified:** 2022-11-23 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="1028"] [elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Miracles Happen Book - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/miracles-happen-book/ - **Published:** 2022-10-19 - **Modified:** 2022-10-19 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="843"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Living Clean Book - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/living-clean-book/ - **Published:** 2022-10-19 - **Modified:** 2022-10-19 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="840"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Literature IP's - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/literature-ips/ - **Published:** 2022-10-19 - **Modified:** 2022-10-19 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="835"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Just for Today Daily Readings - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/just-for-today-daily-readings/ - **Published:** 2022-10-19 - **Modified:** 2022-10-19 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="802"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### It Works and Why - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/it-works-and-why/ - **Published:** 2022-10-19 - **Modified:** 2022-10-19 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="799"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Group Readings - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/group-readings/ - **Published:** 2022-10-19 - **Modified:** 2022-10-19 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="782"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Basic Text - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/basic-text/ - **Published:** 2022-10-17 - **Modified:** 2022-10-19 - **Author:** Ann Premazon [ninja_tables id="672"][ninja_tables id="712"][ninja_tables id="724"][ninja_tables id="673"][ninja_tables id="771"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Literature & Newsletters - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/literature-newsletters/ - **Published:** 2022-07-25 - **Modified:** 2022-07-25 - **Author:** NA History Tree [ninja_tables id="392"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Public Information & Phoneline Service - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/public-information-phoneline-service/ - **Published:** 2022-07-25 - **Modified:** 2022-07-25 - **Author:** NA History Tree [ninja_tables id="382"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### A Guide Service (Ad-Hoc) - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/a-guide-service-ad-hoc/ - **Published:** 2022-07-25 - **Modified:** 2022-07-25 - **Author:** NA History Tree [ninja_tables id="362"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Temporary Guide to Service Structure - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/temporary-guide-to-service-structure/ - **Published:** 2022-07-22 - **Modified:** 2022-07-25 - **Author:** NA History Tree [ninja_tables id="344"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Guide to World Services - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/guide-to-world-services/ - **Published:** 2022-07-22 - **Modified:** 2022-07-22 - **Author:** NA History Tree [ninja_tables id="329"] [elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Convention & Outreach - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/convention-outreach/ - **Published:** 2022-07-22 - **Modified:** 2022-07-22 - **Author:** NA History Tree [ninja_tables id="320"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Hospitals & Institutions - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/hospitals-institutions/ - **Published:** 2022-07-22 - **Modified:** 2022-07-22 - **Author:** NA History Tree [ninja_tables id="312"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### Insights - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/insights/ - **Published:** 2022-07-22 - **Modified:** 2022-07-22 - **Author:** NA History Tree --- ### World Service Conference Report - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/world-service-conference-report/ - **Published:** 2022-07-11 - **Modified:** 2022-07-11 - **Author:** NA History Tree [ninja_tables id="289"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### World Service Conference Digest - **URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/world-service-conference-digest/ - **Published:** 2022-07-11 - **Modified:** 2022-07-11 - **Author:** NA History Tree [ninja_tables id="261"][elementor-template id="221"] --- ### World Service Conference Minutes - 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**URL:** https://nahistorytree.com/ - **Published:** 2021-10-02 - **Modified:** 2025-10-24 - **Author:** NA History Tree NA History Tree Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it Welcome to the NA History Tree Welcome to the NA History Tree, your premier resource for historical documents of Narcotics Anonymous. For decades, our fellowship has sought detailed historical records, and our mission is to satisfy this growing interest. By providing access to original documents, we illustrate the Group Conscience process that has driven the growth of NA.If you have any documents to contribute, please fill out our submission form. Note that sources will remain anonymous. We hope you find this comprehensive archive both informative and engaging. Newslines and Fellowship Reports Conversations with NA Predecessors Conversation withDanette B. #1Clean Date 12/08/1977 Conversation withDanette B. #2Clean Date 12/08/1977 Conversation withDanette B. #3Clean Date 12/08/1977 Conversation withDanette B. #4Clean Date 12/08/1977 Conversation withThom and PhilClean Date 12/21/1972 Conversation withJack B. #1Clean Date 06/15/1972 Conversation withJack B. #2Clean Date 06/15/1972 Conversation withJack B. #3Clean Date 06/15/1972 Conversation withRon H. #1 Conversation withRon H. #2 Conversation withChuck GClean Date 01/25/1970 Service Manuals Hospitals AndInstitutions Convention AndOutreach Guide to World Services Temporary Guide toService Structure A Guide Service(Ad-Hoc) Public InformationPhoneline Service Literature AndNewsletters The NA Treeand Etcetera Miscellaneous Bob Stone Fellowship Intellectual Property Trust (FIPT) NA Concepts Issue Discussion Topics WSO vs Moorhead WSO News World Meeting and Phoneline Directories World Service Office Board of Directors (Pre WSC 1998) Minutes & Etcetera NA History Day NA History Day 2015 World Service Conference World Service Inventory Conference Agenda Reports Conference Approval Track Material ConferenceMinutes World Service Conference Digest World Service Conference Report World Service ConferenceBoard of Trustees World Service Conference Board of Trustees - Bulletins World Service Conference Board of TrusteesMinutes & Etcetera Literature The NA Way Magazine Basic Text Group Readings It Works and Why Just for Today Daily Readings Literature IP's Living Clean Book Miracles Happen Book World Service Office Documents Annual Report Annual Report Audit Statement Annual Report Expense Annual Report Income Annual Tax Report Legal Documents Annual Tax Report Travel Interested in Contributing? 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