Narcotics Anonymous Meeting

A students experience of an NA meeting

Category:

Education

Tags:

• NA
• Narcotics
• Anonymous
• meeting
• Brooke
• Ebbing

[kabob121810]

First of all you're thoughts and ideas in this video are completley plageraised. What you describe NA as is taken directly, word for word, from the NA.org webiste. You should take time out to speak with NA members and get their views about this sub-culutre instead of showing faces in your documentary that are so discriminitive of what society thinks addicts look like and plagiarizing what you speak about.

[cubbycab]

hey! that white girl turned into a black guy in only 8 months!

[AnimalCorrective]

what the shit just happened?

[LexeconKiddo]

@Roberto1234567ist I insist because people DO get better and completely recover, but are still shackled with the label of having a brain disease that is lifelong. It is an unnecessary stigma and very damaging. I also have seen this belief beaten into many people to their detriment, people who wanted help but were NOT willing to say they had a lifelong disease. It's great that some don't need something proven to them, no need to go overboard trying to prove it to others. In meetings. & rehabs.

[Roberto1234567ist]

@LexeconKiddo The ones with this disease know it exists. It doesn't have to proven to them. They already know. Why do you insist on proof?

[Roberto1234567ist]

@LexeconKiddo Think of it as diabetes. You are never healed, but you can live a pretty normal life if you take care of yourself and take your insulin daily.

[Roberto1234567ist]

@LexeconKiddo Really? Are you an addict? It sounds like you have no idea what it is like to be an addict in recovery.And, by the way, we are not patients. I suggest you do some research on this before you try to sound like you know what you are talking about. With all due respect...

[fletcer520]

People like this are why meeting s should be closed!!!!!

[heaveho94]

not the 1940s, but 1953 in July. Just saying. Thanks for sharing.

[LexeconKiddo]

@mariahselvidge It's not THAT difficult, & there are other non 12 step programs already available. Treatment is usually a moot point, as almost all are 12 step in the US. As for judges, frequently those sentenced are violent offenders--would you send your kids to meetings with rapists anonymously sentenced to them? Moot point, though, it's unconstitutional. That has been ruled on by almost every single court that has ruled on this. Violation of the 1st Amendment. Establishment Clause.

[mariahselvidge]

@LexeconKiddo It is true that NA/AA helps some. But what other option is there for judges? A lot of people are hurting financially right now and can't afford to go to a treatment center, narcotics therapy, etc. It's easy for us to acknowledge that something else needs to be done differently, but it is much more difficult to suggest exactly what kind of change we are looking for.

[LexeconKiddo]

@mariahselvidge Well, AA/NA are the main proponents of disease theory. I do attack that belief. I don't attack those who want to help, however, and believe that there are other ways to "get over it" all, however. But yes, these therapists and counselors (not to mention judges tho sentence people to meetings) are the biggest part of the problem. The 12 step near monopoly on treatment in this country has to stop.