Chatroom and Forum member guidelines

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This is a working draft of our guidelines for the members of the NA-Recovery Narcotics Anonymous World Wide Web Group

While NA-Recovery is not endorsed or sanctioned by Narcotics Anonymous World Services, a group is autonomous and needs neither endorsement or sanctioning to be a NA group. The forum and chatroom are privately maintained & owned (by addicts), and like any meeting facility there are guidelines for behavior while using the facility to meet.

We have attempted to keep the behavioral guidelines for this meeting facility within the spirit of recovery as we have learned in Narcotics Anonymous.

Member Guidelines

1) Please remember that this chatroom is a group of recovering addicts who are members of Narcotics Anonymous. Our actions should be guided by the spiritual principles of recovery.

2) Remember that we are the public face of NA as a whole to those who come here seeking recovery. Today, the internet is many addicts first exposure to Narcotics Anonymous. Please conduct yourself accordingly. Abuse of others will not be tolerated; our chatroom is a meeting facility, and meeting facilities have rules of conduct. Use common sense and empathy with the addicts you meet here. We seek to keep this chatroom (and website) a safe and anonymous place for addicts to gather and share their experience strength and hope with each other.

3) Keep in mind that online chat is a public place, somewhat similar to having a NA meeting on the sidewalk in front of a coffee shop. We can expect visitors of all kinds, from addicts seeking recovery – to family members wanting to help their loved ones – to trouble-makers simply seeking to cause disruption because they do not agree with our philosophy (for whatever reason). Disruptions to the spirit of recovery in the chatroom will be dealt with by the moderators, (using their best judgment) and the actions of the chatroom moderators will be subject to review by the trusted servant team for appropriateness.