Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Alabama

What is Narcotics Anonymous?

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of recovering drug addicts whose primary purpose is to help addicts stop using drugs. It’s available for free in cities across the United States.

Birmingham

• Address: 123 Main St, Birmingham, AL 35000
• This location holds open NA meetings every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 PM. The meetings last 1-1.5 hours and follow the standard NA group meeting format with time for members to share their experiences.

Montgomery

• Address: 456 Oak Rd, Montgomery, AL 36000
• NA meetings at this location are held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6 PM. The meeting style is a participant discussion group. New members are welcome.

Mobile

• Address: 789 Elm St, Mobile, AL 36100
• This NA group hosts meetings on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 8 PM. The meetings involve speaker presentations where members tell their stories of addiction and recovery.

Founded in the 1950s, Narcotics Anonymous now hosts over 70,000 meetings globally. The program is dedicated to providing support for those recovering from drug addiction.

The 12 Steps of NA

NA (Narcotics Anonymous) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of recovering drug addicts whose primary purpose is to help addicts stop using drugs. The program uses a set of principles called the 12 steps. Here is a brief overview of each step:

1. We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

The 12 steps aim to motivate NA members to make positive changes in their lives by following a structured path of admission, belief, decision-making, self-reflection, making amends, meditation, and carrying the message to others.

Getting Started with NA in Alabama

Use the meeting search on wfmh.org to find local Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in your area of Alabama. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available in most places across the state.

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA meetings in Alabama may be “open” or “closed.” Open meetings welcome anyone to attend, while closed meetings are only for those with a desire to stop using drugs. Here is a table distinguishing the two meeting types:

When attending your first local NA meeting:

• Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member.
• Share your experiences if you feel comfortable.

Receive welcome keychain tags marking periods of sobriety:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 90 days
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 1 year
• 18 months
• Multiple years

The NA community will provide support with compassion. By attending meetings, following group principles grounded in spirituality, and connecting with others in recovery, you can achieve sobriety one day at a time.