Webinar Archive
Recordings of addicts sharing their experiences and information about service topics and material from previous NAWS webinars.
Below you will find material from the open web meetings hosted by NA World Services organized by year. The material includes audio recordings of the meetings, reports summarizing the content, and the PowerPoints shown during the meetings.
2023
Revitalizing H&I March 2024
Members from five communities around the world share their experience of H&I service. More about the Recovery Envoys service from the Mountain Area can be found here.
Sponsorship Day December 2023
To celebrate Sponsorship Day, 2023, six members from four countries shared their recovery. Over 400 connections from all over the world joined the meeting.
World Unity Day September 2023
Six members from four countries shared their recovery to celebrate World Unity Day, 2023. Over 1,000 connections joined the meeting, many of which were groups and recovery events.
New Meeting Finder Informational Webinar November 2023
This webinar recording walks through the new approach to the meeting finder and explains what information is needed from trusted servants. A presentation is followed by questions and answers.
- Video Recording (link coming soon)
2022
Sponsorship Day December 2022
Six members from the US, Ireland, and Australia shared their personal experience with sponsorship.
World Unity Day September 2022
Six members from five countries shared their recovery to celebrate World Unity Day, 2022. Over 1,000 connections joined the meeting, many of which were groups and recovery events.
New Ideas for Fellowship Development July 2022
Five NA communities shared. Topics included efforts to bring recovery to the First Nation communities of Northern Quebec, the Complete Transparency Project in the Greater Philadelphia Region that aims to help better inform NA members about the work of NA World Services, the use of social media as a fellowship development tool in Moscow, regional Fellowship development in Portugal, and Local Action Forums in Brazil that seek to involve and train members in local service efforts.
Attracting Members to Service March 2022
Members shared about the creation of the committee responsible for the Multi-Zonal Service Symposium in the US, efforts to create a welcoming atmosphere in the Sunshine Sisters virtual group’s meetings, encouraging members in service in Costa Rica, revitalizing PR service in the El Paso area in Texas, and the We Do Recover virtual area in the Chicagoland Region.
2021
Sponsorship December 2021
Ten members from the US, Iran, Sweden, Turkey, Rwanda, Brazil, and Australia shared their personal experience with sponsorship.
Creating a Safe and Welcoming Atmosphere in NA September 2021
To celebrate the 2021 World Unity Day, eight members were invited to share about efforts to address predatory behavior in NA and to welcome members who have not always felt safe and welcome. The meeting also featured a share from a newer NA member who got clean in virtual meetings.
Additional material related to addressing predatory, disruptive, or violent behavior can be found on the Locally Developed Service Material page.
Fellowship Development May 2021
Information about some of the many Fellowship development (FD) efforts undertaken by NA World Services was interspersed with shares from twelve NA members about the 24-hour marathon meeting based in Argentina, Indonesian FD efforts, services in the Brazilian Amazon to help NA grow, services provided in the Russian-speaking Zone, NA in Iran, Project P3 in the American Midwest, the European Service Learning Days event, the training videos created by three zones in the Eastern US, the creation of the Afri-Can Zone, and FD efforts in Nigeria, Latin-American virtual H&I panels, the efforts by the NA Support Team for Arabic Communities to start NA in countries where it currently doesn’t exist, and the Central Ohio Area efforts to get NA literature placed on inmate tablets.
- Video
- Audio recording (coming soon)
- PowerPoint | PDF
- Report PDF
- Central Ohio inmate tablets – full presentation
Virtual Meetings: Connecting to the Service System March 2021
This meeting focused on the Local Service Toolbox Project’s work to provide resources for virtual meetings. Members from five groups and two service bodies shared, including virtual groups from Philadelphia, Washington State, San Diego, Alabama, and New York, as well as a virtual support forum organized to share solutions amongst virtual groups, and a multi-national Arabic-speaking support group for virtual meetings.
2020
Carrying the Message Virtually December 2020
Four different service efforts were showcased in this meeting: “Presentation meetings” to introduce parolees to NA in Southern California, attendance at a virtual criminal justice conference by the Northeast Zonal Forum in cooperation with the Connecticut Region, bringing virtual panels into jails and prisons in New Mexico, and cooperative efforts between the Latin-American and Brazilian zones to bring virtual meetings into prisons in Mexico.
Virtual Meetings October 2020
Representatives from two virtual groups, a virtual area, and a virtual region shared about carrying the message effectively and virtually. Information was also provided about a survey of members’ experience of virtual meetings in Latin America, and from service bodies that provide virtual meetings in Montana, the UK, and Brazil.
- Audio recording
- PowerPoint | PDF
- Report PDF
- Russian-speaking Tranzit Region notes
- 7 am Coffee Time Meeting notes.pdf
NA in the time of Coronavirus July 2020
This meeting included experience from six NA communities focused on deciding whether or not to return to hosting in-person meetings, and organizing hybrid meetings.
The Journey Continues 2020 WNIRNA event
