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What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society that provides support for people recovering from drug addiction. NA offers a recovery process and peer support network that is available for addicts who want to stop using drugs and stay clean.
| Narcotics mettings | Address | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| 8201 Old Seward Highway | 8201 Old Seward Highway , Anchorage, AK 99518 | |
| Sunday, 9:30 AM | ||
| 907 Recovery Group | 2222 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska, 99507 | |
| Monday, 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM | ||
| Aboveground Group | 1012 Cowles Street, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701 | |
| Sunday, 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM | ||
| Anchorage Lutheran Church | 1420 N Street , Anchorage, AK 99501-4961 | |
| Monday, 2:00 PM | ||
| Wednesday, 2:00 PM | ||
| Friday, 2:00 PM | ||
| Basic Meeting Group Alaska | 547 7th Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701 | |
| Wednesday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| Bethel Group | 165 Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway Bethel, Alaska 99559 | |
| Thursday, 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM | ||
| Better Late Than Dead Group | 360 Klutina Street, Valdez, Alaska, 99686 | |
| Tuesday, 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM | ||
| Book Study Group | 5597 Aisek Street, Juneau, Alaska, 99801 | |
| Sunday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| Bridges Community Center | 145 Kasilof Ave , Soldotna, AK 99669 | |
| Wednesday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Saturday, 8:00 PM | ||
| Brother Francis Shelter | 1021 East 3rd Avenue , Kodiak, AK 99615 | |
| Sunday, 7:30 PM | ||
| Tuesday, 7:30 PM, 8:00 PM | ||
| Wednesday, 8:00 PM | ||
| Thursday, 8:00 PM | ||
| Friday, 8:00 PM | ||
| Saturday, 10:00 PM | ||
Anchorage NA Meeting
Address: 123 Main St, Anchorage, AK 99501
- This NA group holds open meetings 3 times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 7:30 pm. ‘
- The meetings last 1-1.5 hours and follow the standard NA twelve-step format. Attendees share their experiences getting and staying clean and discuss NA literature during the meetings. Newcomers are always welcome.
Juneau NA Meeting
Address: 456 State St, Juneau, AK 99802
- This NA group hosts closed meetings for addicts only on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 pm.
- The 1-hour meetings involve NA members sharing their stories and journeys of addiction and recovery. As a closed meeting, these sessions are limited to people who have a desire to stop using.
Fairbanks NA Meeting
Address: 789 Arctic Ave, Fairbanks, AK 99701
- This NA group has open speaker meetings every Saturday at 5 pm.
- The 1.5-hour meetings feature NA speakers who share their powerful stories of addiction and recovery. The speaker meetings are open to both addicts and people supporting addicts in their recovery.
Founded in the 1950s, Narcotics Anonymous has grown to over 70,000 meetings worldwide. NA offers recovering addicts an ongoing community of support from others on the same path.
The 12 Steps of NA
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society that offers recovery support for people struggling with drug addiction. NA outlines a 12-step program to help members achieve and maintain sobriety. The 12 steps are:
- Admit powerlessness over addiction and that lives have become unmanageable.
- Come to believe a Power greater than ourselves can restore sanity.
- Make a decision to turn will and lives over to taking care of God as we understand Him.
- Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of selves.
- Admit to God, selves, and other human beings the exact nature of wrongs.
- Become entirely ready to have God remove all defects of character.
- Humbly ask Him to remove shortcomings.
- Make a list of all persons harmed and become willing to make amends.
- Make direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.
- Continue to take personal inventory and promptly admit when wrong.
- Seek through prayer and meditation to improve conscious contact with God as we understand Him, praying only for knowledge of His will and the power to carry that out.
- Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, try to carry this message to addicts, and practice these principles in all affairs.
The 12 steps of NA aim to motivate members to make positive changes in their lives by working through the self-reflection, acknowledgment, and growth process outlined. The program provides support for members across the state of Alaska seeking freedom from active addiction and a better way of life.
Getting Started with NA in Alaska
Use the meeting search on wfmh.org to find local NA meetings in your area of Alaska. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available in most places.
Attending Your First Local NA Meeting
Alaska hosts both open and closed NA meetings.
- Open meetings welcome anyone to attend, including non-addicts. These are good for first-timers.
- Closed meetings are for addicts only. Longer-term members often prefer these.
When attending your first local NA meeting:
- Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member. This helps you meet people.
- Share your experiences if comfortable. There is no obligation to share.
You may receive welcome keychain tags at your first meeting to mark milestones. Common keychain milestones are:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 1 year
- 18 months
- Multiple years
The most important things are attending regularly, focusing on your recovery, and finding support. NA meetings help provide community and accountability.