Literature
Nar-Anon Recovery Literature
Recovery literature used in meetings is available in either paper or downloadable electronic format.
Blue Booklet - readings used in meetings - Paper | Kindle | iTunes | Nook
SESH - Our daily reader with a topics index - Paper | Kindle | iTunes
Nar-Anon 36 - A workbook used to go through the Twelve Steps - Paper
4th Step Inventory worksheet - A companion with Step 4 in the Nar-Anon 36 - Paper
Pamphlets
An Open Letter to My Family - Paper
Boundaries and Consequences - Paper
Detachment - Key to Survival - Paper
More informative literature available
The Nar-Anon Twelve Step Program - overview of the Nar-Anon Twelve Steps - Paper
Thirty-One Days in Nar-Anon - a collection of Nar-Anon stories - Paper | Kindle | iTunes
Sharing Recovery - a collection of articles from the Serenity Connection - Paper | Kindle |iTunes
Questions on Sponsorship - booklet about sponsorship - Paper | Kindle | iTunes
Visit the Nar-Anon webstore for many more books and pamphlets!
One concern expressed regarding virtual meetings is this is not easy for newcomers to get literature. However, there are ways to help the newcomers.
1) The electronic versions can be purchased by the newcomer and immediately downloaded. For example, the Blue Booklet is available from Kindle for $0.99 US, and can be immediately downloaded by the purchaser.
2) A group can give a newcomer a copy of the Blue Booklet by using the "gift" option in the electronic bookstores.
3) The newcomer can go to the Nar-Anon webstore and buy literature for themselves, though shipping takes time.
4) A group can ship Nar-Anon literature to a newcomer, though, again, shipping takes time.
What a group cannot do is photocopy, scan, take a picture of, or retype Nar-Anon literature to share with anyone else.
Online Nar-Anon recovery literature suitable for use in a meeting
Some Nar-Anon recovery literature is viewable online.
The webpage "What is Nar-Anon/Narateen" contains:
The Newcomer's Welcome
Mission Statement
Vision Statement
The Nar-Anon 20 Questions are available by clicking on the "Is Nar-Anon for Me?" link.
The Nar-Anon 20 Questions is also available as a PowerPoint on the World Service Outreach page.
The webpage "Our Principles" contains:
Twelve Steps
Twelve Traditions
Twelve Concepts of Service
Newcomers and members can view all of these items, simultaneously, if each person opens a browser.
Downloadable Nar-Anon recovery literature suitable for use in a meeting
Some Nar-Anon recovery literature is available for free download.
The webpage "Newsletter" contains downloadable versions of the Nar-Anon Serenity Connection newsletter.
Current and back issues of the Serenity Connection are available to download in several languages. Articles in the Serenity Connection can be read in a Nar-Anon meeting and are considered "Conference Approved Literature."
The webpage "Outreach" contains both service oriented literature and literature that can be used in a recovery meeting. Two items members often find especially helpful are:
Every newcomer and member can simultaneously download, open, and read any of these items.
Online materials suitable for use in service work
There is an abundance of service literature available for download from the world service website. Service literature, however, is best used in service work rather than in a recovery meeting.
The webpage "Fellowship Review" has downloadable drafts of Nar-Anon service literature
Fellowship Review service literature can only be used outside of a Nar-Anon recovery meeting, such as in a committee meeting, service meeting, or in a "meeting-after-the-meeting."
Fellowship Review recovery literature is not posted on the world service website. It is only available from your regional delegate or from the world service literature committee (LitCom@Nar-Anon.org). Fellowship Review recovery literature is not approved for use in a recovery meeting, but can be reviewed in a meeting which is considering the World Service Conference motions, or in a "meeting-after-the-meeting."
The webpage "Narateen" has many downloadable resources regarding Narateen
The webpage "Outreach" has downloadable materials to help inform others about Nar-Anon.
The webpage "Service Literature" contains the following:
Group Conscience and Business Meetings (S-305) PDF | Purchase
World Service Narateen Safety Policy & Guidelines (S-332) PDF | Purchase
Narateen Facilitator Registration Form (S-333) PDF
Reproduced with permission from Robert P