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Self-Support and Contributions: Enriching Our Recovery and Supporting NA Services

Learn why self-support is important, our role in supporting NA services, and how contributions from stable NA communities empower new and growing NA communities worldwide. Explore the fifth tradition and eleventh concept, and engage in discussions about our financial circumstances and ways to further our primary purpose at each level of service.

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Self-Support and Contributions: Enriching Our Recovery and Supporting NA Services

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  1. Self-Support in NA IP #24 and IP #28

  2. Self-Support and Contributions Why talk about self-support? • $1 isn’t what it used to be • Expenses have risen • 2 new IPs approved at WSC 2010

  3. Self-Support and Contributions Money can be both: • Hard to talk about • Important to help us fulfill our Vision

  4. Self-Support and Contributions Contributions from stable NA communities make it possible to support new and growing NA communities worldwide.

  5. Self-Support and Contributions IP #24, Money Matters: • Why self-support is important • Our personal role in supporting NA services • How self-support enriches our recovery

  6. Self-Support and Contributions IP #28, Funding NA Services • Graphical representations to highlight: • Ways our services further our primary purpose • How we fund those services

  7. Self-Support and Contributions Fifth Tradition: • Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry the message to the addict who still suffers. Eleventh Concept: • NA funds are to be used to further our primary purpose, and must be managed responsibly.

  8. Self-Support and Contributions “The individual efforts of our members can go a long way, but willingness alone will not get a letter from California to Alaska, Brussels to St. Petersburg, or Tehran to Dubai.” – IP #24

  9. Self-Support and Contributions Large Group Discussion: Question from IP #24 • Does the way we spend our money reflect what is valuable to us?

  10. “Our Fair Share” “There is a spiritual satisfaction in freely giving to support the fellowship that saved our lives. We give what we can, knowing that our contributions become part of a worldwide effort to share recovery.” – IP #24

  11. “Our Fair Share” Questions from IP #24: • How much did we put in the basket in our first 30 days clean? First year? Now? • How have our financial circumstances changed since we got clean? • What more can we be doing to help others, the way we were helped by NA?

  12. Funding NA Services “...and must be managed responsibly.” – Eleventh Concept Events and Merchandise: • Less reliable than contributions to fund our services • Can drain on resources from other service efforts

  13. Funding NA Services • How many of your groups contribute directly to different levels of service? • What models do your groups use? • How do group contributions compare to ASC/RSC expenses? Fund Flow Suggestion from IP #24 & #28

  14. Funding NA Services Small Group Discussion: Questions from IP #24: • Do our NA groups have the money they need to operate smoothly? • What more could be done to further our primary purpose at each level of service, if we had the money?

  15. Funding NA Services Our service efforts: • Support our groups • Make recovery available to addicts • Are made possible by our contributions

  16. Funding NA Services Our contributions also help make recovery more available worldwide.

  17. IP #24 lists some of the ways we can give back in NA. Can you add to the list?

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