HLSC 1003
Mitch Jenkins
14 April 2007
The Use of Narcotics Anonymous for Drug Addiction Treatment
Admitting “we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become

unmanageable” is the first of twelve steps in the second largest drug treatment and recovery

program in the United States, Narcotics Anonymous. Narcotics Anonymous is modeled after

Alcohol Anonymous and describes itself as a nonprofit “fellowship or society of men and

women for whom drugs have become a major problem.” While the abuse of certain drugs in the

United States may be declining; the high relapse rate is due largely in part to the lack of

professional treatment and rehabilitation options. Therefore, in my opinion, Narcotics

Anonymous is single handedly the most important, successful, and rewarding part of a drug

addicts recovery process and permanent sobriety.

Research has long shown that the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs is the single......

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