Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in North Dakota

What is Narcotics Anonymous?

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society that offers recovery support for people struggling with drug addiction. NA support groups hold regular meetings across cities in the United States, providing a free program for addicts seeking help.

Fargo

Meetings:

• Monday – Friday: 12:00 PM (Discussion)
• Tuesday & Thursday: 8:00 PM (Discussion)
• Saturday: 10:00 AM (Discussion)

Bismarck

Meetings:

• Sunday: 6:00 PM (Discussion)
• Tuesday: 8:00 PM (Discussion)
• Friday: 8:00 PM (Candlelight)

Grand Forks

Meetings:

• Monday: 8:00 PM (Candlelight)
• Wednesday: 8:00 PM (Topic Discussion)
• Saturday: 6:30 PM (Basic Text Study)

Founded in the 1950s, Narcotics Anonymous now holds over 70,000 meetings globally. The program follows a 12-step model to help members achieve and maintain abstinence from narcotics and other drugs.

The 12 Steps of NA

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs have become a major problem. NA members follow a set of guiding principles known as the 12 steps to achieve and maintain addiction recovery. 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 decided 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 people 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.

Following the 12 steps helps NA members take control of their addiction and lives. The spiritual principles guide members to make positive changes within themselves and ripple out to make positive changes in their families, relationships, and communities across North Dakota.

Getting Started with NA in North Dakota

Use the meeting search on wfmh.org to find local meetings in your area. North Dakota offers both in-person and online/virtual NA meetings in most places.

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA meetings in North Dakota may be “open” or “closed.” Open meetings welcome anyone interested in attending, including non-addicts. Closed meetings are for addicts only.

Arrive early to your first meeting and introduce yourself as a new local member. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable, but there is no pressure to participate. Listen with an open mind.

You may receive welcome keychain tags marking periods of sobriety at your first meeting or when you reach future milestones:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 90 days
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 1 year

Keep attending meetings for support. With help from your Higher Power and NA fellowship, recovery is possible. Progress begins with a single step – maybe at your first meeting.