When I had thought of jails before, I thought of other 12 step groups going in. When I was in Dayton OCNA (Ohio Convention of Narcotic Anonymous a few years ago, I was approached by a NA member when he knew about the Naranon meeting being there. He asked me if I had reached out to our county jail, I had said no. He gave me the name and number of the contact there and said that they had been interested for awhile about the family members. I called when I came home, scheduled a meeting thinking they will not be interested, I spent 45 minutes there and it was very positive. With 80% of the people in Medina County Jail in due to drug issues, she thought Naranon would be a positive. I gave her pamphlets, which are displayed when you walk into the jail and our group donated a SESH book. I then asked within the group would anyone be interested in going to the jail and sharing the Naranon message, I had a volunteer, she went to jail for training and now speaks to the inmates the Naranon message. My point is even though we may think of places that would not be open to the Naranon, you just never know. So even though you are not talking to families, from what I have heard from our out reach person who goes there, is that Naranon is received very well there.
Judy
Judy
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