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Narcotics Anonymous: Its History and Culture

N A - Narcotics Anonymous

by William White, Chris Budnick and Boyd PickardCounselor, April 2011, 12(2), 22-27  Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) stands as the benchmark by which all other addiction recovery mutual aid societies are measured due to its longevity, national and international dispersion, size of its membership, adaptation of its program to other problems of living, influence on professionally-directed addiction…

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Narcotics Anonymous: New Beginnings

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By William White, Chris Budnick, Boyd Pickard  Betty T. left treatment at the Narcotic Farm in 1950 and shortly thereafter began correspondence with Houston S., Danny C., and AA co-founder Bill W. about her interest in starting a support group meeting for addicts in Los Angeles. Betty, a nurse, was addicted to narcotics and then…