Newcomer Workshop

SCINA is presenting a Newcomer Workshop on Sunday, January 19, 2025.

The January Intergroup Meeting will be held from 10 am to 11 am.
The workshop will commence at 11 am.

Free Lunch will be served, and a 7th Tradition will be taken.

The Meeting site is an In-Person Only location;

The Burbank Group
2216 W. Magnolia Blvd., Suite B (a storefront)
Burbank, CA 91506

For more information, contact: Bill H at 818-800-3449

Here’s a link to a flyer you can download.
Same Information, fancier flyer.

Did you know?: The second Friday of January is called Quitter’s Day, because this is when most people who set new year’s resolutions give up on them. Don’t give up! Come experience the (higher) power of group support.

An NEW IN-PERSON ONLY Meeting started in Burbank!

The new Meeting in Burbank has moved to a new location. Please see the flyer below for the Meeting Information and Address!

For those of us who have been looking for a place where we see each other in real life this is an excellent place to be on a Saturday afternoon! The Meeting information is in the Flyer below.

SCINA Meeting List

COVID-19 precautions may still be keeping some of us in our homes, but that won’t stop you from participating in a Meeting. Find an On-Line Meeting to attend in the Calendar. Instructions on how to connect are in the Calendar and the Meeting Listing.

Some Meetings are again returning to In-Person, and it may be expected that more will become in-person since the Pandemic Emergency Declaration was ended.

To keep informed on any changes from Virtual to In-Person Meetings, check the Meeting Directory and the In-Person Quick Reference for latest changes.

The printed Meeting Directory is still published to send to local Health and Institution recipients.

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline to have any changes or updates included in the printed Directory is the 10th of the month preceding the cover date. Updates received after that date will usually be published in the Directory published in the next month and dated two months after changes are received.

The online Directory continues and has added video conference call information on Meetings that have arranged video conferencing. Please attend Meetings via video conferencing if possible as outlined in the Calendar. Call the Phone Contact for each Meeting for the most current information.

The Directory linked below has some of the video conference Meeting information as well, though the Calendar Link may have more complete instructions. Many in person Meetings continue to be suspended for “Safer at Home” precautions. Please call a Meeting you plan to attend for information specific to that Meeting.

Meeting List

 PLEASE make and keep your quit stronger than any virus.

Newcomers Booklet

There is a Newcomers Booklet Available!

This is a shortened pocket size book that is just perfect to help you while you are starting out in Nicotine Anonymous. You can get information by clicking here now.

General Information

Southern California Intergroup Nicotine Anonymous (SCINA)
19744 Beach Blvd. #247
Huntington Beach, CA  92648

To Notify SCINA about Meeting Schedules or Changes:  
Email:  scinaregistrar@gmail.com;
USPS (snail) Mail:  
Rick Wood
7657 Winnetka Ave #171
Winnetka, CA  91306-2677  

Phone:  (818) 882-6952 (Voice Mail)

For Telephone Information Regarding Meetings, call 1-877-TRY-NICA (1-877-879-6422) and leave a voice mail message; someone will call you back.  Please remember to say your name and phone number clearly.  You can also email your request to scinaregistrar@gmail.com.

For information about Hospitals and Institutions Panels, either participating or having one at your location call Angela at (949) 302-8465 or email us at angela.socal9@gmail.com.  Please remember to say your name and phone number clearly if leaving a voicemail message.

National Internet Site:  http://nicotine-anonymous.org
Email:  info@nicotine-anonymous.org
Southern California Web Site:  http://www.scina.org or http://QuitNowLA.com

For information about Nicotine Anonymous Online Meetings and Telephone Meetings, go to:  http://www.nicotine-anonymous.org and click on 'Meetings,' and then 'Internet Meetings'

NOW AVAILABLE! - Downloadable Audio Speaker Shares from the Original Meeting of Nicotine Anonymous

The Original Meeting (Group 001) of Nicotine Anonymous Recently elected to record Speaker Shares from their7:30 pm Monday Night Meetings (for all those Speakers who consent) and to make those available via the internet as an additional tool in our fight against Nicotine Addiction.  You will Be able to Fund them under the " Meetings" tab on this page.

On our path to freedom, joy, and serenity, we are guided by the Twelve Steps of Nicotine Anonymous, which allow us to successfully steer the treacherous curves of craving, emotionality, turmoil and unmanageability. Our spiritual life is not a theory; we have to live it. 

We are also working on making these available as a Podcast download - which you can subscribe to - though iTunes or other podcasting applications.  We hope these can bring additional "portable" support to many who use them.

Once these files are ready to be uploaded, you will be able to stream them from the website, as well as down load them to your own computer, audio player or Smart Phone.  Stay tuned!

You can find them all on the website under the Meetings Tab - Go there now.

CARRY THE MESSAGE

January is a fresh start for most people so that's why we call it Carry The Message Month.  We expect to see new faces in our meetings, and want to make them feel welcome. We also want to get the word out as much as possible all year long.  Please think about purchasing some extra pamphlets or making extra copies of meeting lists and giving them to your personal doctors and dentist, asking that they put a few out each day for their clients. For this to truly work, please think about committing to stopping by their offices each month with updated information, new meeting lists, and/or pamphlets and business cards.

Come to the December 18, 2016 Intergroup meeting and your group could win 1 of 5 Nicotine Anonymous - The Book that are being given away in a drawing. Your Intergroup Representative's presence is required.  All Intergroup Reps attending will receive $10 worth of pamphlets and sets of NicA business cards for members to distribute.

Tradition 5:  Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the nicotine addict who still suffers.

Click here for the Carry The Message flyer

Four Titles of NicA Books on Kindle Reader! Plus Seven Minutes!

    Good News!  Four Nicotine Anonymous books are now available as Kindle eBooks:

• A Year of Miracles - meditation book for nicotine addicts. 

• 90 Days 90 Ways - meditation book for nicotine addicts.

• Our Path to Freedom, 12 Stories of Recovery.

• Nicotine Anonymous: the Book - the fellowship's basic text. 

      Don't have a Kindle Reader?  No problem; Ebooks can be read using free Kindle reading apps for Android, BlackBerry and iPhone devices -- click here.
         

                Seven Minutes, NicA's quarterly newsletter, is now on our website so everyone can read it online.  It's an invigorating read.  The paper copy is still mailed to subscribers.

The Nicotine Anonymous Book now on Kindle!

The fellowship's basic text, Nicotine Anonymous: the Book, is now in electronic form as well as hard copy. Both versions contain the updated 7th Step prayer and discussions of all the Traditions as well as sections on the nature of nicotine addiction, results of an addiction survey, and an examination of the Twelve Steps of Nicotine Anonymous. You can order the electronic version at the Amazon Kindle website. Don't have a Kindle Reader? No problem; ebooks can be read on free Kindle reading apps for Android, BlackBerry and iPhone devices.