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{{Short description|Mutual help 12-Step organization}} {{About|the twelve-step program of '''Narcotics Anonymous'''| the related twelve-step program for friends and family of those affected|Nar-Anon}} {{Citations needed|date=September 2024|reason=multiple sections have no sources}} {{Original research|date=April 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Use American English|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox organization | name = Narcotics Anonymous | image = NA group logo Jimmy K.jpg | alt = | caption = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 = | map2_size = | map2_alt = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = | formation = {{start date and age|1953|paren=yes}} | founder = [[Jimmy Kinnon]] | type = Mutual help addiction recovery | purpose = [[Twelve-step program]] | headquarters = NA World Service Office<br />[[Chatsworth, Los Angeles|Chatsworth]], [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S. | location = | coords = <!--{{coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}}--> | region = | services = | membership = | sec_gen = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | board_of_directors = | key_people = | main_organ = | parent_organization = | subsidiaries = | affiliations = | budget = | staff = | volunteers = | slogan = | website = {{URL|na.org}} }} {{multiple image | align = | direction = vertical | width = 100 | alt1 = The "Group Symbol" logo designed by Jimmy K. | caption1 = The "Group Symbol" logo designed by Jimmy K. | image2 = NALogo.svg | alt2 = The NA logo designed by Jimmy K. | caption2 = The NA logo designed by Jimmy K. | image3 = Narcotics Anonymous symbol.svg | alt3 = The NA Service symbol designed by Jimmy K. | caption3 = The NA Service symbol designed by Jimmy K. }} [[File:Explanation of The Group Logo.jpg|thumb|The Group Logo explained]] '''Narcotics Anonymous''' ('''NA'''), founded in 1953, describes itself as a "nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/litfiles/us_english/misc/What%20Is%20the%20NA%20Program.pdf|title=What is the Narcotics Anonymous Program?|last1=Narcotics Anonymous|publisher=Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc.|access-date=June 8, 2013}}</ref> Narcotics Anonymous uses a [[Twelve-step program|12-step model]] developed for people with varied [[substance use disorders]]<ref>{{cite book|editor=Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc.|title=NA White Booklet|orig-year=1976|url=http://www.na.org/pdf/litfiles/us_english/Booklet/NA%20White%20Booklet.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206004515/http://www.na.org/pdf/litfiles/us_english/Booklet/NA+White+Booklet.pdf|archive-date=February 6, 2007|year=1986|publisher=Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc.|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}, reproduced in {{cite book|title=Who, What, How, and Why|url=http://www.na.org/ips/eng/IP1.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119033428/http://www.na.org/ips/eng/IP1.htm|archive-date=November 19, 2007|year=1986|publisher=Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc.|id=IP No.1|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and is the second-largest 12-step organization,<ref name="NAHistoryWorkshop">{{cite web|url=http://mwbr.net/narchive/nahisws.htm|archive-date= February 8, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208140652/http://mwbr.net/narchive/nahisws.htm|title=NA History Workshop|publisher=Mwbr.net|date=June 5, 1999|url-status=usurped|access-date=March 5, 2009}}</ref> after 12-step pioneer [[Alcoholics Anonymous]]. {{as of|May 2018}} there were more than 70,000 NA meetings in 144 countries.<ref name="NASIZE">{{cite web|title=WCNA37 Program|publisher=Narcotics Anonymous World Services|url=https://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/wcna/WCNA37_ProgramFinal_WEB.pdf}}</ref>
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