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:
May 14, 2026 |
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| Page 140 |
| "Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results." |
| Basic Text, p. 23 |
| Mistakes! We all know how it feels to make them. Many of us feel that our entire lives have been a mistake. We often regard our mistakes with shame or guilt--at the very least, with frustration and impatience. We tend to see mistakes as evidence that we are still sick, crazy, stupid, or too damaged to recover. In truth, mistakes are a very vital and important part of being human. For particularly stubborn people (such as addicts), mistakes are often our best teachers. There is no shame in making mistakes. In fact, making new mistakes often shows our willingness to take risks and grow. It's helpful, though, if we learn from our mistakes; repeating the same ones may be a sign that we're stuck. And expecting different results from the same old mistakes--well, that's what we call "insanity." It just doesn't work. |
| Just for Today: Mistakes aren't tragedies. But please, Higher Power, help me learn from 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.