Cumberland-Salem Area Subcommittee Information
Should I get involved?
We encourage you to choose a home group and become involved immediately. Many of us have found that our home group is the beginning of our service to NA. Many of us have also discussed being of service with our sponsor and found they are encouraging and may have other suggestions for our involvement. Being involved in service helps us to really feel like a part of something greater than ourselves. Most addicts with multiple years clean will tell you that they are or have been involved in service to NA in one form or another. Unity is the main principle of our First Tradition, and we welcome you to experience that unity through service to NA!
The purpose and function of the CSA Activities Committee is to put on activities for recovering addicts and have fun in a safe environment.
Activites Subcommittee meets the last Monday of each month at 6pm at Elmer Diner, 41 Front St, Elmer, NJ 08318.
The purpose of an H&I presentation is to carry the message to addicts who do not have full access to regular Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
The Hospitals and Institutions committee is always looking for support to help carry our message to addicts that can not attend our meetings.
H&I meets the 1st Sunday of each month at 12pm at Bridge The Gap 36 South Laurel Street Bridgeton, NJ 08360.
The purpose of the Learning Day Subcommittee is to host service-related learning days to provide NA members and
members of our community an opportunity to learn about the Narcotics Anonymous service structure and the services that
NA provides.
The following points are goals that we can strive to fulfill in making NA a visible and attractive choice for addicts:
1. To provide our members with an opportunity to learn more all levels of service in NA.
2. To give our members the tools they need to serve more effectively.
3. To encourage newer members to participate in service.
4. To strengthen our ability to serve the common welfare of our fellowship.
The CSASC Literature Review subcommittee serves as a communication link in all matters of literature review on behalf of the CSASC groups.
We provide a forum and atmosphere where members may contribute to the creation and development of NA literature.
The purpose of the literature sales chairperson is to maintain an adequate supply of literature in order to meet the needs of the CSASC groups.
The purpose of the Meeting List Chair is to provide and maintain an accurate local meeting list for all NA groups in the Cumberland Salem area.
The purpose of the Cumberland / Salem Area Policy Archives Subcommittee is to maintain, review, and update all policies adopted by CSASC groups.
The purpose of the Public Relations is to inform the public that Narcotics Anonymous exists, and that we offer recovery from active addiction.
We create, distribute and manage communications regarding Narcotics Anonymous throughout the Cumberland Salem Area.
The RCM and alternate are responsible for attending NJ regional service committee meetings to represent the conscience of the CSASC at the NJ region.
The purpose of the website committee is to provide a web based resource about the CSASC to those seeking information about Narcotics Anonymous.
Taken from It Works How and Why
Narcotics Anonymous groups join together, combining their resources to create service boards and committees that will help them better fulfill their primary purpose. Those boards and committees are not called to govern Narcotics Anonymous; they are called, rather, to faithfully execute the trust given them by the groups they serve. With a minimum of organization, our service boards and committees perform tasks on behalf of the groups, helping our groups remain free to do what they do best, simply and directly. Our fidelity to the Ninth Tradition assures that the simple, spontaneous atmosphere of recovery shared one addict to another in the NA group is never organized, legislated, or regulated out of existence.