I’m an addict named ____________. I’d like to welcome everyone to the ___________ Zoom meeting of Narcotics Anonymous. Help us open this meeting with a moment of silence for the addict still suffering followed by the serenity prayer.
Zoom provides users with the ability to “raise your hand” and we will use this feature for sharing as well as recognizing clean time. To raise your hand simply go to “Participants”, find your name, and click “Raise Hand”. You can also “lower your hand” this way. Please keep your hands raised to remain in the queue. Please lower your hand to be removed from the queue.
Please note that your microphone should remain muted for the entirety of the meeting unless you are sharing to eliminate background noise. Please avoid unmuting your microphone to recognize members at the start and end of their share. Instead we suggest you acknowledge members using ‘jazz hands’ or via the chat feature.
I will be managing the queue and keeping participants muted.
I have asked someone to read:
April 05, 2026 |
Identification |
| Page 99 |
| "Someone finally knew the crazy thoughts that I had and the crazy things I'd done." |
| . |
| Addicts often feel terminally unique. We're sure that no one used drugs like we did or had to do the things that we did to get them. Feeling that no one really understands us can keep us from recovery for many years. But once we come to the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous, we begin to lose that feeling of being "the worst" or "the craziest." We listen as members share their experiences. We discover that others have walked the same twisted path that we've walked and still have been able to find recovery. We begin to believe that recovery is available to us, too. As we progress in our own recovery, sometimes our thinking is still insane. However, we find that when we share the hard time we may be having, others identify, sharing how they have dealt with such difficulties. No matter how troubled our thinking seems, we find hope when others relate to us, passing along the solutions they've found. We begin to believe that we can survive whatever we're going through to continue on in our recovery. The gift of Narcotics Anonymous is that we learn we are not alone. We can get clean and stay clean by sharing our experience, our strength, and even our crazy thinking with other members. When we do, we open ourselves to the solutions others have found to the challenges we face. |
| Just for Today: I am grateful that I can identify with others. Today, I will listen as they share their experience, and I'll share mine with them. |
The topic for tonights meeting will be __________. The meeting is now open for sharing.
[Meeting Proceeds. Then after meeting time has been reached]
We do not have key tags at this time, but if you would like to raise your hand we will take a moment and recognize your clean time.
Thank you for attending. We will close with the serentiy prayer. After the prayer the meeting will remain open for another thirty minutes.