Marijuana Anonymous

Life with Hope

“How can we tell you how to recover? We cannot. All we can do is share with you our own experiences and recovery through the Twelve Steps of Marijuana Anonymous. ” – Life with Hope, 3rd edition, Forward to First Edition, page xi.

Life with Hope: A Return to Living Through the 12 Steps and the 12 Traditions of Marijuana Anonymous, 3rd edition. The book fully describes the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of the program as they relate specifically to marijuana addicts. It is an essential resource for any marijuana addict seeking recovery through the Twelve Step recovery program of Marijuana Anonymous. It features the introductory article “A Doctor’s Opinion About Marijuana Addiction”, and fifteen stories that share the personal experiences of some of our members. The stories were written for the newcomer, for the addict who is still using, and for anyone interested in marijuana addiction’s effect on a person’s life.

Life with Hope 12 Step Workbook: A Return to Living Through the 12 Steps and the 12 Traditions of Marijuana Anonymous, 1st edition. The workbook includes exercises and includes worksheets and activities. This companion to the Life with Hope is designed for working the Twelve Steps of Marijuana Anonymous with a sponsor.

Marijuana Anonymous World Services’ primary purpose is to carry our message of recovery to the addict who still suffers. A New Leaf Publications is the publisher of all Marijuana Anonymous literature in their various formats. In support of that mission, these two PDFs contains the most current version of Life with Hope (3rd Ed.), MA’s foundational text and the Life with Hope 12-Step Workbook. A New Leaf Publications (ANLP) publishes, sells all of MA’s literature, and has made this PDF available for free for use by districts, regions, groups, meetings, and members, with certain limitations (explained within the PDFs). To purchase MA Literature, visit: ANLP12.org/Books

The Legal “Fine Print”

(sorry, our lawyers made us include this…)

As stewards of our intellectual property, we reserve all legal rights. To protect the integrity of our Conference-approved literature, printing, modification, and page extraction are restricted. However, members may display the text in online meetings, and copy passages for personal study. If you publish this text in any form, include the following notice:

  • Copyright © Marijuana Anonymous World Services. Life with Hope, 3rd Edition, page [xx]. All rights reserved.
  • Copyright © Marijuana Anonymous World Services. Life with Hope 12 Step Workbook, 1st Edition, page [xx]. All rights reserved.

Any such changes to MA’s Conference-approved literature may only be made by group conscience at the MA World Service business Conference (Service Manual, Chapter 19). Making changes to Life with Hope is a violation of MA World Services’ policies and procedures. Service Manual, Chapter 14 explains:

  • While it is permitted to read, reprint, screen-share, or excerpt MA Literature, it may not be altered in any way (besides excerpting) if it is being read, reprinted, “screen-shared…”
  • Examples of prohibited unauthorized alterations…include changing the text or wording of MA’s Conference-approved literature (such as removing or replacing any words)

This is not all of the information to know about MA’s Intellectual Property (IP) policies. The specific rules for the uses of MA’s Copyrighted materials are more thoroughly outlined in MA’s IP Policy in Service Manual, Ch 14, and at MA12.org/IP-Policy. For more information, read our comprehensive IP FAQ: MA12.org/IP-FAQ.

Questions? Email: [email protected]

Any questions about use of Life with Hope and the Life with Hope 12 Step Workbook in other languages should be directed to the Literature Translations Trustee at [email protected].