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Abstract
NA is an offshoot of Alcoholics Anonymous and uses the same type of group therapy and mutual support to help its members. It sees alcoholism, overeating and other obsessive behavior as mere symptons of deep neurosis.
* Jesus G staggered to his first meeting seven years ago with a monumental hangover in which he confused NA with AA. His arrival illustrated the first rule for new members. "You have to admit you are beaten, that you can't handle your emotions, that you need help," he says.
* The lean, intense Maximino turned to NA eight years ago. He was a twitching, sleepless wreck. At work he labored like three men. At home he could not stop picking things up, taking them to pieces, putting them together, cleaning and polishing, washing and scrubbing. He was, in his own words, "like a robot that could not be turned off."