Narcotics Anonymous
Founded in 1953 in Los Angeles, Narcotics Anonymous now has a network that stretches from the Western world to Islamic societies, with more than 20,000 metings in ninety countries every week.
Like Alcoholics Anonymous, NA uses the twelve steps as the central precept of its recovery programme. The organization emphasizes the therapeutic value of members working with each other to become free of drug addictions, rather than employing professional therapists with no personal experience of drug or alcohol problems. Those who commit to the rehabilitation process are encouraged to stay off drugs and alcohol as the best means of achieving recovery. Due to the dramatic increase in drug addiction in our societies, Narcotics Anonymous currently offers the most inclusive and cost-free way to tackle the problem.
Fact: Four million of Iran’s seventy million people are addicted to drugs, with opium being one of the most prevalent in the country.
Contact details
Narcotic Anonymous, 202 City Road, London EC1V 2PH
020 7251 4007
Helpline: 020 7730 0009
Fax: 020 7251 4006
Email: ukso@ukna.org
Website: www.ukna.org
For advice, information and counselling on drug addiction.
