Nar-Anon Family Groups
Nar-Anon meeting readings and literature
Official Nar-Anon links in one place: the readings used at meetings, where newcomers can start, and where to get the literature.
Meeting readings
The readings often read aloud at Nar-Anon meetings, on the fellowship's own site.
- Newcomer's Welcome
(opens in a new tab)Read after the opening silence and Serenity Prayer when anyone is at their first, second or third meeting. Otherwise the Preamble is read instead.nar-anon.org - Guidelines for Healthy Meetings
(PDF document, opens in a new tab)The healthy-meetings pamphlet. It prints the Preamble, which is read when no newcomer is present.nar-anon.org - Twelve Steps of Nar-Anon
(PDF document, opens in a new tab)Read by members after the introductions.nar-anon.org - Twelve Traditions of Nar-Anon
(PDF document, opens in a new tab)Read immediately after the Steps.nar-anon.org - Keeping Our Meetings Healthy
(PDF document, opens in a new tab)The reading the format calls for after the Traditions.nar-anon.org - Our principles
(opens in a new tab)Nar-Anon's Twelve Steps, Traditions and Concepts on one page.nar-anon.org - Sample format for Nar-Anon meetings
(PDF document, opens in a new tab)The chairperson's script. It reads from the Blue Booklet by page number; the readings above are the same texts published separately.nar-anon.org
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