Canadian Assembly of Narcotics Anonymous
The History of Narcotics Anonymous in B.C.
The location of the first NA meeting which took place in late
September of 1967
Return to top NA Grows By late 1979 an N.A. meeting was started in Vancouver, and in 1981 the NA World Directory listed 11 meetings in BC . The publishing of the Basic text was responsible for the rapid growth of NA world wide including BC and it wasn't long before there were several meetings throughout the Province. The 1983 the world Directory contained 48 meetings, and by 1989, 112 meetings were taking place in BC. Return to top The Pacific Northwest In the early 1980's British Columbia, Washington State, Oregon, and northern Idaho formed what was then known as the Pacific Northwest Region of Narcotics Anonymous. Members from BC and these States met throughout the Pacific Northwest to hold regional meetings.  The PNWRSC Meeting List for Spring - Summer 1983
By 1981, the meetings in Vancouver continued to grow and by October 1985, 6 groups joined together to form the Fraser Valley Area Service Committee. Below are images of two of our earliest surviving meeting
lists.
Graph of meetings 1967 - 2004 
Number of meetings in BC
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