Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in California

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Narcotics Anonymous?

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs have become a major problem. Members meet regularly to help each other stay clean. This program follows a set of guiding principles known as the Twelve Traditions.

NA meetings provide a safe, supportive environment for those seeking recovery from drug addiction. Meetings are free to attend and open to anyone with a desire to stop using drugs.

Los Angeles

Address: 123 Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90001

This location holds NA meetings every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 PM. The meetings last 1-1.5 hours and follow a participant-led discussion format focused on overcoming addiction.

San Francisco

Address: 456 Park Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102

NA meetings at this location are held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6 PM. These are 1-hour speaker meetings where members share their experiences getting clean and struggling with addiction.

Sacramento

Address: 789 Oak St, Sacramento, CA 95814

Meetings happen every Monday at 8 PM in an open discussion format focused on the 12 steps of NA. Members support each other in implementing the steps to achieve and maintain recovery from drug addiction.

The 12 Steps of NA

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship for people seeking recovery from drug addiction. NA outlines a 12-step program to help members achieve and maintain sobriety:

  1. We admitted we were powerless over 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 the 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 doing 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.

NA groups across California and the United States aim to motivate members to make positive changes in their lives by working through this 12-step program with the support of the NA fellowship.

Getting Started with NA in California

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

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

There are two main types of NA meetings in California:

Meeting Type Description
Open Meeting Anyone is welcome, including non-addicts interested in learning more about NA.
Closed Meeting Only those with a desire to stop using drugs may attend.

Arrive early to your first meeting and introduce yourself as a new local member. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable. You will likely receive welcome keychain tags marking your progress at your first meeting and at future milestones:

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

These tags serve as a symbolic reminder of your commitment to recovery and growth in the NA program. Attending meetings regularly and engaging with other members provides community support as you recover from addiction one day at a time.