TAC XXVI Convention of Narcotics Anonymous. 

Thank you for helping to bring these eight areas closer: River Cities, Greater Buttes, Shasta Trinity, Mendocino, Lake County, Middle Mountain, Sierra Foothills and our host area, Shasta Trinity. What started out as a small convention continues to grow beyond our imaginations, in the spirit of unity and recovery from active addiction. 

The TAC Convention was conceived to promote and attract unity between these rural Areas, by furthering our primary purpose and carrying the message of recovery to the still suffering addict. 

Schedule Changes 

Any changes to the schedule will be announced at the beginning of the main speaker meetings. 

We Need Your Help! 

The convention committee asks you to help us maintain the condition of both the hotels and the fairgrounds. Please, smoke/vape only in designated areas. We need to remember that our personal conduct is a reflection of our program in action. This affects Narcotics Anonymous as we present ourselves to the public in an attempt to carry out our primary purpose. 

Fourth Tradition Statement: 

“It is also important to consider how we’re viewed by society. When NA meetings first began in many places, it was illegal for addicts to meet under any circumstances. Even where meetings are legal, the public often views groups of addicts with alarm. Until NA has established a good public reputation, it may be difficult for addicts to find meeting places. If our behavior as NA members is still destructive and selfish, we will once again have difficulty meeting openly. We help protect our reputation as a fellowship when we use our meeting facilities with respect, keeping them clean and in good repair. We should take care to act like good neighbors, conducting ourselves respectfully. Even the name a group chooses may reect on NA as a whole. If the public reputation of Narcotics Anonymous is somehow impaired, addicts may die.” 

- (It Works How and Why, pg.155). 

Regarding the Media: 

We want to remind you that anonymity serves a twofold function. It protects individual members from the pressure or temptation to speak for Narcotics Anonymous as a whole, as well as protecting the fellowship as a whole from being judged by the actions or words of one recovering individual. It is more than having your picture taken or using your last name. Everything you do at the TAC convention is a reection on the Narcotics Anonymous program. If you are approached by the media, we ask that you not grant them an interview, answer any questions or in other ways make statements for NA as a whole. Please refer or escort them to the convention registration table or the convention programming table where a representative of TAC may answer questions. 

Clarity Statement: 

“As a fellowship, we must continue to strive to move forward by not stubbornly clinging to one radical extreme or the other. Our members who have been unintentionally blurring the NA message by using drug-specic language such as‘sobriety,’ ‘alcoholic,’ ‘clean and sober,’ ‘dope end,’etc., could help by identifying simply and clearly as addicts, and using the words‘clean,’ ‘clean time,’and ‘recovery,’which imply no particular substance. We could help by referring to only our own literature at meetings, thereby avoiding any implied endorsement or aliation. Our principles stand on their own. For the sake of our development as a fellowship and the personal recovery of our members, our approach to the problem of addiction must shine through clearly in what we say and do at meetings.” 

- (An excerpt from world services board of trustees, bulletin #13). 

Convention Information: 

Marathon meetings will begin on Friday, January 16th, at 4:00 PM. These meetings will run for an hour and fifteen minutes, with breaks taken for the four main speaker meetings and during the Men’s and Women’s meetings. 

Topic meetings will begin on Friday, January 16th, at 12:30 PM and run throughout the weekend. Please see pages 9-19 for the Topic and Main meeting schedules. 

Badges will not be needed to attend any meeting within our program. We are not responsible for lost convention badges. 

Merchandise: 

TAC XXVI convention merchandise will be for sale, Merchandise will be closed an hour before and after all Main Speaker meetings and Men’s and Women’s meetings.

Hours will be: 

Friday: 12:00 - 5:00 PM & 9:00 - 10:00 PM

Saturday: 8:00 - 10:00 AM, 1:00 - 5:00 PM & 9:00 - 10:00 PM

Sunday: 8:00 - 9:00 AM (if there is still inventory)

Located on the Lower Level of the Host Hotel ( Red Lion)

(Closed an hour before and after all main speaker meetings) 

If you need to reach our Merchandise Chair, please contact: Jennine M. (530) 440-2225

We are Proud to Host 

SERENDIPITY RECOVERY SHOP -Jewelry Vendor of choice Located UPSTAIRS in the host hotel (Red Lion/Shasta Room)

WEST COAST AUDIO - Speaker recording located in the at the host hotel (Red Lion/Ballroom Foyer))

Hospitality: 

The Hospitality Room will be located in the Sequoia Room of the Host Hotel (Red Lion/Presidential Suite). 

If you have a willingness to be of service in the Hospitality room, please sign up at the registration table or contact our Hospitality chair: Chet M. (530) 638-1920 

(Closed an hour before and after all main speaker meetings) 

Registration: 

Registration will be in the Host Hotel, Ballroom Foyer (Red Lion). Hours will be: 

Friday: 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM 

Saturday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM 

If you need to reach our Registration chair, please contact Christine M. (530) 635-7711

(Closed an hour before and after all main speaker meetings) 

Newcomer Packets: 

We would like to thank all of you who made a donation for the newcomer, as the number of packets we can offer is contingent upon the donations received. In the belief that we can only keep what we have by giving it away, we offer this opportunity for members to donate. This special donation goes to pay for convention registration for newcomers with 30 days clean time or less. 

Newcomer packets are given on a first-come, first-served basis. They are available to newcomers with 30 days or less, who cannot afford the registration fee. They will be made available in the host hotel (Red Lion) Ballroom Foyer at the Registration table. 

If you would like to know more about Newcomer Packets, please stop by the registration table or contact our Registration chair. See above. 

Programming: 

Programming will be located at the Host Hotel in the Ballroom Foyer (Red Lion). If you have agreed to speak or secretary a meeting or have a willingness to be of service, please check in and let the programming committee know. 

Friday: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, 4:00 - 5:30 PM, 8:30 PM -10:00 PM

Saturday: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM 

(Closed 30 minutes before all main speaker meetings, as well as Women’s & Men’s meetings)

If you need to reach our Program Chair, please contact: Joe M (530) 401-8114