“NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean.” Basic Text Page 9
The South West Iowa Area of Narcotics Anonymous is an Area within the Iowa Region of Narcotics Anonymous. SWINA is the abbreviation for South West Iowa Narcotics Anonymous. SWINA was formed in May 1985 by combining the Council Bluffs, Glenwood, Red Oak and Creston Areas of the Iowa Region of Narcotics Anonymous. The Areas joined together so the message could be carried to the small rural communities of Southwest Iowa. By uniting, the stronger groups were able to support and help the weaker groups. In June 1985 the SWINA Area Service Committee set its boundaries to include Harrison, Pottawattamie, Cass, Adair, Montgomery, Mills, Adams, Union, Page, Taylor, Fremont and Ringgold Counties. In April 1986 Shelby County was added; and in November of the same year Audubon and Guthrie Counties were included also. In July of 1995 Carroll County groups started to attend the ASC. This brought the total to 16 counties. The Carroll County groups along with counties from the Siouxland Area of NA left to form their own area in August 2009. This brought us back to our November 1986 boundaries of 15 counties that we continue to have today.
The domain name www.swina.org is owned by the Southwest Iowa Area of Narcotics Anonymous. The SWINA Area Service Committee has the responsibility of maintaining this web site. All content is approved by the SWINA Public Information Sub-Committee. The SWINA Area also does not endorse any web-page links on this site nor is it responsible for the contents of any subsequent links from those pages. It is our goal to link to pages, which adhere to The Twelve Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous and WSC Internet Guidelines. Please contact the web servant at info@swina.org for comments, questions or concerns.
Narcotics Anonymous; the stylized initials NA, appearing alone, within a single or double circle, or as part of any other graphic; and the circle-diamond symbol are registered trademarks of Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
