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Concept Twelve:
In keeping with the
spiritual nature of Narcotics Anonymous, our structure should be
one of service, never of government.
As a guiding
principle, the Twelfth Concept teaches us that Public
Information services should be kept within the spiritual
boundaries which nurture our personal growth, and the growth of
the NA fellowship. When working with one another on a committee
or task team, we should express attitudes of cooperation, not
dictation.
As PI
committees, we seek to cooperate and facilitate our public
information efforts with other PI and other service committees
whenever service boundaries are crossed. We never take action to
“force” other PI committees to serve our will or accept our
actions as justified. In fact, by following the will of the
fellowship in doing PI work, we cover the range of most of the
spiritual principles we’ve learned about in our personal
recovery.
Two of these
spiritual principles are especially important for PI workers.
The first one is humility. Members of PI committees don't seek
accolades for the work they do. PI workers carry the message
anonymously, and most times, indirectly to those who still
suffer. Much of the work done by PI committees is unnoticed by
the average NA group member. However PI workers do see the gift
of practicing humility when a Higher Power reveals the greatest
gift of service; a newcomer who found NA through our PI efforts.
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The principle of selfless service also rings true for PI
workers. Those of us who succeed in putting what is best for NA
as a whole over our personal interests, are acting in a truly
selfless manner. The typical lessons experienced by most PI
committee members, such as learning to let go of one’s personal
problems before entering a committee meeting, listening to new
PI committee members with patience and respect, giving personal
time and resources to educate the fellowship about the value of
PI,—all truly show selfless service.
By faithfully applying the two principles, selflessness and
humility, PI workers serve their respective service committees,
as well as the groups, the public and the addict who still
suffers. For us to best serve those who have asked us to do so,
we must keep these spiritual principles in mind at all times.
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