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| Formation | 1953 |
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| Founder | Jimmy Kinnon |
| Type | Mutual help addiction recovery |
| Purpose | Twelve-step program |
| Headquarters | NA World Service Office Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Website | na |
The NA logo designed by Jimmy K.
The NA Service symbol designed by Jimmy K.
Narcotics Anonymous (NA), founded in 1953, describes itself as a "nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem."[1] Narcotics Anonymous uses a 12-step model developed for people with varied substance use disorders[2] and is the second-largest 12-step organization,[3] after 12-step pioneer Alcoholics Anonymous.
As of May 2018[update] there were more than 70,000 NA meetings in 144 countries.[4]
- ^ Narcotics Anonymous. "What is the Narcotics Anonymous Program?" (PDF). Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
- ^ Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc., ed. (1986) [1976]. NA White Booklet (PDF). Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2007., reproduced in Who, What, How, and Why. Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. 1986. IP No.1. Archived from the original on November 19, 2007.
- ^ "NA History Workshop". Mwbr.net. June 5, 1999. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
- ^ "WCNA37 Program" (PDF). Narcotics Anonymous World Services.