Purchase NA Literature

NA literature is available both locally through our Area Service Office and online through NA World Services.

If you need literature right away, you may find it convenient to purchase locally during our office hours. You can also order directly online from NA World Services.

Find office hours and information about purchase literature locally, including the Basic Text, It Works: How and Why, and the Step Working Guides.

Purchase NA books, information pamphlets, medallions, key tags, and other NA materials online.

Free Literature for Inmates

The Public Relations Subcommittee is actively working with correctional leadership and incarcerated individuals to build strong relationships and expand access to NA resources. Through this collaboration, we are providing NA literature directly on facility tablets and creating new opportunities for incarcerated members to participate in PR service. We are also piloting virtual NA meetings within correctional institutions to further support connection and recovery. If you are interested in getting involved or learning more, please reach out to the PR Subcommittee.

Besides being able to get free issues of Reaching Out (click here for details), COASCNA recently learned from NA Fellowship Services about other free literature available to inmates. We are pleased to share that NAWS will provide free literature after receiving a request directly from an incarcerated person. Please see the NAWS response below:

RE: Inmate Literature Request dated March 10, 2019

Thank you for writing to NA World Services.
In response, I encourage you to invite those incarcerated addicts who are interested in NA literature to write to use directly. We provide literature and information, free of charge, in response to any direct requests from inmates. This includes Starter Kits for inmates who want to start their own meetings on the inside.

The first letter yields an introductory packet of NA literature and information. Upon receipt of a second letter from the inmate, we will provide them with an NA Basic Text. The inmate must specifically request a copy of the text in their second letter to us. Here is a list of the items that we send to inmates when they first write to NAWS and request information or a book:

• FAQ document
• H&I version (i.e., no staples) of “Behind the Walls”
• H&I version (i.e., no staples) of “The Little White Booklet”
• An Introductory Guide to Narcotics Anonymous
• The current issue of “Reaching Out”
• A contact sheet, which includes information on their nearest ASC (Area Service Center) and information on how to obtain sponsorship

Again, upon receipt of a second letter from the inmate, in which they specifically request a copy of the Basic Text, we will send one to them free of charge. Please share this information with any interested addict. Inmates must write to us directly at the address below.

For a starter kit, the incarcerated individual can make that request in the same letter as the one in which they request the Basic Text (the second letter).
NA Fellowship Services

PO Box 9999

Van Nuys, CA 91409-9099