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Paul F, a sober heroin addict in AA, received a phone call on July 26, 2004 from Mike S, a fellow heroin addict. Mike asked Paul, "How come there is no Heroin Anonymous?" It was at that moment it was decided to start HA so we heroin addicts could have our own fellowship where we could be with
others who truly understood our experience with heroin addiction.

On July 28, 2004, Paul and Mike located a place for a meeting and began distributing fliers to all of the heroin addicts they knew in the other 12 step
fellowships. They found several sober heroin addicts who were enthusiastic about having their own program.

The first HA meeting was held on Thursday, August 12, 2004 at the Hope House, a half-way house for alcoholics and addicts, at 316 N. 11th Way in Phoenix, Arizona. Present were Paul F, Mike S, Nancy R, Tom M, David T, Rebekah B and Mark T.

In that first meeting, Paul F was elected as the Literature Chairperson and he began writing pamphlets and meeting formats for our fellowship.

In no time more and more HA meetings were being started and Phoenix HA Intergroup was formed on November 11, 2004.