Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Maryland

What is Narcotics Anonymous?

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of recovering drug addicts whose purpose is to help its members stay clean. It’s available for free in cities across the US, including multiple locations across Maryland.

Baltimore, MD

St. John’s United Methodist Church

• Address: 2640 St. Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218
• Meetings: Monday-Friday at noon & Saturday at 10:30am
• Open discussion meetings using NA literature

Annapolis, MD

Home of Hope

• Address: 2601 Solomons Island Rd, Annapolis, MD 21401
• Meetings: Tuesday & Thursday at 7:30pm
• Closed meetings for addicts only using 12-step study format

Silver Spring, MD

Trinity United Methodist Church

• Address: 7900 Flower Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Meetings: Wednesday at 6:30pm & Sunday at 7pm
• Open speaker meetings with guest speakers sharing experience

Founded in the 1950s, Narcotics Anonymous now hosts over 70,000 meetings globally with the goal of supporting those recovering from drug addiction. Meetings provide a judgment-free space focused on peer support.

The 12 Steps of NA

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship for recovering drug addicts. NA outlines a 12-step program to help addicts achieve and maintain abstinence from mind- and mood-altering substances. The 12 steps are:

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.

NA meetings provide a supportive environment for members to share their experiences in staying clean and overcoming addiction. The program aims to motivate members toward positive change across Maryland.

Getting Started with NA in Maryland

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

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA meetings in Maryland may be “open” or “closed.”

• Open meetings welcome anyone interested in NA’s program of recovery from drug addiction.
• Closed meetings are limited to those who have a drug addiction or think they may have a problem with drugs.

There are a few different types of NA meetings in Maryland to choose from:

• Discussion Meetings: Attendees talk about their experiences and challenges staying clean.
• Speaker Meetings: One or more experienced members share their stories and journeys.
• Newcomer Meetings: Geared towards those new to NA.

When attending your first local NA meeting in Maryland, consider arriving 10-15 minutes early to introduce yourself to some of the other attendees as a new local member. If you feel comfortable, share a little bit about what brings you there.

At many meetings, you may receive welcome keychain tags marking clean time milestones like 30 days, 60 days, or 1 year clean. Collecting these tags serves as encouragement to keep making progress in your recovery.