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Service Area

The Only One Promise Service Area of Narcotics Anonymous currently serves the Decatur metro area, Pana, Cowden. The area contains eleven groups which offer daily meetings for addicts in our area. Our area service committee (ASC) meets on the Sunday of the third, full weekend of each month at the A.F.F.A.S, 2520 East William Street, Decatur, IL at 1:30 PM. Anyone can contact our area by writing to the PO Box listed at the top of this page, by calling our helpline at 1-800-539-0475, or by email at, info@oopsna.org 

Service Structure

The Only One Promise Service Area of Narcotics Anonymous serves the eleven groups comprising this area. Group Service Representatives (GSR's) report their Group's Conscience to the Area Service Committee (ASC) on a monthly basis. The Area Service Committee is comprised of an executive committee, (Chairperson, Vice-Chair, Area Delegate, Area Delegate Alternate, Secretary, and Treasurer) a Phone-line Subcommittee Chair, Hospitals and Institutions Subcommittee Chair, Public Information Subcommittee Chair, Literature Subcommittee Chair, Unity (Events) Subcommittee Chair, and any applicable Ad Hoc Subcommittee Chairs. Motions pertaining to Area Service Committee business can be made and seconded by any member attending the area meeting however, only GSR's may cast votes regarding motions.

Our Service Area is a member of the Greater Illinois Regional Service Committee of Narcotics Anonymous and is represented on the regional level by the Area Delegate and the Area Delegate Alternate. These trusted servants carry our area's group conscience to the region.

All the trusted servant positions in our service structure are elected. Nominations for positions on the area service level are held in April of each year and elections for positions on the area level are held in May of each year. Any member of our area and Narcotics Anonymous may serve as a trusted servant provided they meet the requirements of that position. More information regarding trusted servant positions can be obtained by attending one of our area meetings or by consulting the Area Service Policy.

Area Subcommittees