For Home Group Members
Groups(aka Meetings) are places where two or more addicts meet together to share in their recovery. Some of us choose to commit our time and energy to one particular group, which we call our “home group.”
Each home group has but only one Primary Purpose: To Carry The Message To The Addict Who Still Suffers.
Our message is: An Addict, Any Addict, Can Stop Using Drugs, Lose The Desire To Use, And Find A New Way To Live
For newcomers, it is at the group level that we can start to experience our first exploration into service work. There are many ways to be of service in home groups around the world. Feel free to ask other members about opportunities in your home group for service. Many of us have found that being of service helps us in our journey of recovery.
Group Resources
Below are links that will help you in learning more about being of service at the group level. There are also links to help guide groups in their business structures.
Group Trusted Servants Roles and Responsibilities
For Area Service Body Members
Area Service Committees are ultimately responsible for the groups they serve. They are a vehicle that can be used to help with the Primary Purpose on a larger scale.
Area service committees are ultimately responsible to the groups they serve. Narcotics Anonymous groups send group service representatives (GSRs) to serve on the area committee. While still maintaining final responsibility and authority for area services, they invest enough delegated authority in their GSRs—and through them, in the area committee—for the necessary work to get done. NA groups also send money to the area committee, money needed to coordinate panels, maintain phonelines, and conduct public information activities. Through their contributions of money and manpower, the groups exercise both their responsibility and their authority for NA services. – A Guide to Local Service
What is an Area Service Committee?
An Area Service Committee (ASC) The area committee is the primary means by which the services of a local NA community are administered. The area committee is composed of Group Service Representatives(GSRs), administrative officers (Facilitator, Notes Taker, Treasurer, Website Coordinator, etc.), subcommittee chairpersons, and the area’s Regional Committee Members(RCMs). The area committee elects its own officers, subcommittee chairpersons, and RCMs.
The purpose of the ASC is to provide services and support to the many meetings in a designated area. They also handle duties that may take more effort than a single group can provide. Public Relations and Hospitals & Institutions are examples of subcommittees that provide services to the public outside of the reach of a home group. They typically meet once a month to discuss ideas(new and old) as well as any challenges that may be present.
Our area service committee is called the Dallas Area Service Committee(DASC). We have several meetings in the Dallas Metropolis that participate in DASC. You can find all our our participants in our Meetings schedule. The DASC meets once a month in a hybrid setting(in-person and virtual).
What is a Group Service Representative?
The GSR represents the group in area service committee (ASC) meetings. This trusted servant should attend the ASC regularly to report on the status of the group, including challenges the group faces or successes they experience. This helps the group develop a relationship of mutual support with other NA groups in the area. The GSR is the group liaison to the rest of the service community, carrying ideas and concerns from the group to local service bodies and helping keep the group informed about business at the area, region, and world services levels. The GSR carries the voice of the group to NA as a whole.
What are Subcommittees?
Just as groups create an area committee to help them fulfill their primary purpose, so the ASC creates subcommittees to do the actual work involved in delivering its direct services—H&I, PI, phonelines, activities, and the rest. If area subcommittees are to serve effectively, the ASC must delegate them sufficient authority to exercise their best judgment in fulfilling their duties.
Subcommittees maintain a clear and concise responsibility to the ASC. All of the subcommittees are open to all addicts for membership. However, you may find that there are clean time or other suggestions required to be a chairperson or another trusted member in the subcommittee.
You can find more information about DASC Subcommittees here.
Area Service Resources
DASC Hybrid Meeting
| When: | FIRST SUNDAY of EVERY MONTH at 1:30p CST |
| Where: |
The In-Person Meeting rotates locations every 3 months. Dallas Area Service Committee Monthly Meeting via ZOOMThis is not an endorsement of the product. |
For exact details such as addresses and password/links to the virtual platform, please contact the Website Coordinator.
Home Group Schedule Changes
Any changes that need to be made to the meeting schedule OR any new meetings that need to be added can be sent to the Meetings Schedule Email.
DASC Communication
We utilize the Google Groups platform as a form of communication. To be added, please fill out the form here. This is not an endorsement of the product.
Guidelines
The Guidelines is a document that is used to layout the structure for the Area Service Committee. You can find current version of the document in the link below.
Minutes
Here you will find monthly notes taken at the Area Meeting.
Resources From NA.org