Seattle Area NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Newsletter Service Work Works! 1 Clean Time Birthdays 2 Recovery Word Search 2 Unity Day 2011 Events 2 Thoughts From a Fellow Addict 3 Service Page 4 Inside this issue: [email protected]Dec 2010 Jan 2011 The purpose of this newsletter is to keep Seattle Area Narcotics Anonymous members informed of the events and happenings of our fellowship. Every at- tempt is made to adhere to NAWS guidelines and SASC guidelines for news- letters. The content contained herein ex- presses the views and knowledge of it's con- tributors, not N.A. as a whole. We Need your submissions! The Seattle Area News- letter is in need of sub- missions. It can be a personal story of how you the Fellow- ship or your Higher Power helped to get you through a tough time, your views on a particular quote from the Narcotics Anonymous literature that you happen to like, or a simple expression of gratitude. You do not have to be a professional writer and please don't worry if you think you can’t write well enough, we will be happy to make any spelling or punctuation corrections for you. The important thing is that you will be sharing your recovery with another addict. After all, we can only keep what we have by giving it away. The length of your article isn’t important either. The only real criteria for submissions are that they reflect the message of Narcotics Anonymous and stick to the identifica- tion of ourselves as ad- dicts suffering from the disease of addiction. Submissions can be Emailed to newslet- [email protected]. My name is Nikki and I am an addict. I have been serving as the Newsletter Coordinator for just about one year now and I would like to say it has been an amazing experience. First I would like to thank all of my predecessors that started and contributed to the Newslet- ter over the many years it has been in print. I would not have had the opportunity to carry the message this last year with- out your experience, strength and hope hand delivered in each Newsletter. I would also like to thank each and every one of you for reading the Newsletter and supporting the changes we have made. When I chose to become part of the Newsletter committee I had become complacent in my pro- gram and was caught up in what I thought was my “normal” life. I was trying to convince myself that I got clean to live a “normal” life and what I soon realized (like my hus- band says) “normal is a setting on a washing machine”. I will NEVER be normal. What I needed to focus on again was my recovery and what better way to do that…SERVICE WORK! What I got from being involved with the Newsletter was fellow- ship, friendship, and the thing I least expected was self-esteem. I came here broken and feeling that I had nothing to offer and nothing to contribute. And what I have come to find out is that I have a lot to offer. I have many gifts that my Higher Power has yet to unfold to me. The longer I stay clean, the more things are revealed to me. Service work can do for me what I cannot do for myself, that is get connected. My term has come to an end at the end of December and we are looking for a new Newslet- ter Coordinator. I am here to tell you from my own experi- ence that this is a wonderful way to share YOUR experience, strength and hope with YOUR Seattle Area Narcotics Anony- mous family and a wonderful way to give back what was so freely given to you! If you are interested please show up at the Newsletter Meeting December 19, 2010 at 2pm, Ballard Swedish Hospi- tal, Conference Room C., or by calling me at 425-772-0707. I will be here every step of the way to mentor anyone into the position for as long as it takes. Thank you for allowing me to be of Service. It has truly been an amazing and humbling jour- ney! Nikki S.
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The purpose of this newsletter is to keep Seattle Area Narcotics Anonymous members informed of the events and happenings of our fellowship. Every at-tempt is made to adhere to NAWS guidelines and SASC guidelines for news-letters. The content contained herein ex-presses the views and knowledge of it's con-tributors, not N.A. as a whole.
We Need your
submissions!
The Seattle Area News-
letter is in need of sub-missions.
It can be a personal story of how you the Fellow-ship or your Higher Power helped to get you through a tough time, your views on a particular quote from the Narcotics Anonymous literature that you happen to like, or a simple expression of gratitude.
You do not have to be a professional writer and
please don't worry if you think you can’t write well enough, we will be happy to make any spelling or punctuation corrections for you. The important thing is that you will be sharing your recovery with another addict. After all, we can only keep what we have by giving it away.
The length of your article isn’t important either. The only real criteria for submissions are that they reflect the message of Narcotics Anonymous and stick to the identifica-tion of ourselves as ad-dicts suffering from the disease of addiction.