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“Every NA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.”
Commitment and Contribution
When we were using, most of us looked out for ourselves and ourselves alone, not giving any thought for one another’s welfare. An NA recovery group, on the other hand. is founded on it’s members’ commitment to one another. Many of us have tried to find a way of making it on our own, but without success. We’ve found we need one another to survive and to grow.
The NA group is both the expression and the fulfillment of that need we have for one another’s support.
— It Works: How and Why, page 178
We ask that only NA members contibute to the 7th tradition. It is a violation of our traditions to accept donations from non-members.
By encouraging our group to pay its own way, the Seventh Tradition gives our group the freedom to share its recovery as it sees fit, not obligated to outside contributors. Further, it gives our group the freedom that comes from inner strength, the strength that develops through applying spiritual principles.
This is the Portland Area Service Committee (PASC) — the Area, not an individual group and not the PACNA convention. Your contribution here helps fund Area-level service: the 24-hour phone line, literature and printing, this website, workshops, and support for Area subcommittees like PR. If you're looking to support your home group instead, that basket stays with your group.
We ask that only NA members contribute to the 7th tradition. It is a violation of our traditions to accept donations from non-members.
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