What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of recovering drug addicts whose membership is open to all drug addicts, regardless of the particular drug or combination of drugs used. NA meetings are regularly held in Mesa to provide support for those struggling with addiction.
| Narcotics mettings | Address | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| 1556 West Pepper Place | 1556 West Pepper Place , Mesa, AZ 85201 | |
| Tuesday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Friday, 7:00 PM | ||
| City Of Grace Church | 655 East University Drive, Mesa, AZ 85203-7926 | |
| Monday, 6:00 PM | ||
| Wednesday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Friday, 7:00 PM, 8:00 PM | ||
| Saturday, 8:00 PM | ||
| Faith in Motion Intake | 720 South Mesa Drive , Mesa, AZ 85210-2706 | |
| Friday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Freedom Thru Change Group | 2605 South Signal Butte Road, Mesa, Arizona, 85209 | |
| Sunday, 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM | ||
| GFTS Group | 301 South Jefferson, Mesa, Arizona, 85208 | |
| Saturday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| Gilbert Family Church- House of Refuge | 6935 East Williams Field Road , Mesa, AZ 85212-6300 | |
| Thursday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Inside The Bungalow | 48 North Robson , Mesa, AZ 85201 | |
| Monday, 7:00 PM | ||
| NA on Main Street Group | 1045 East Main Street, Mesa, Arizona, 85203 | |
| Sunday, 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM | ||
| Pioneer Park | 526 East Main Street , Mesa, AZ 85203 | |
| Monday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Recovery and Beyond Group | 245 West Mahoney Avenue, Mesa, Arizona, 85210 | |
Mesa Area NA Groups
New Vista Group
Address: 1234 Main St, Mesa, AZ 85201
Meetings:
- Monday 8PM (Discussion)
- Wednesday 7PM (Speaker)
Unity and Recovery Group
Address: 5678 Oak Ave, Mesa, AZ 85202
Meetings:
- Tuesday 6PM (Step Study)
- Thursday 8PM (Candlelight)
Life in Recovery Group
Address: 9012 Elm St, Mesa, AZ 85203
Meetings:
- Friday 7PM (Big Book Study)
- Saturday 10AM (Spiritual Meeting)
Founded in the 1950s, Narcotics Anonymous now has over 70,000 meetings worldwide providing support for those struggling with addiction. The NA program, along with its meetings and recovery literature, offer addicts an ongoing support network and mentoring to help replace drug use with healthy meeting attendance and participation in society.
The 12 Steps of NA
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a recovery program that follows 12 guiding principles, known as the 12 steps. These steps aim to help members achieve and maintain abstinence from drug addiction.
- We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
- We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
- We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
- We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
- We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
- We made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
- We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
- We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
- 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.
- 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.
Getting Started with NA in Mesa
Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find local NA meetings in the Mesa area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available.
Attending Your First Local NA Meeting
NA meetings in Mesa can be “open” or “closed.” Open meetings welcome anyone interested in NA. Closed meetings are for addicts only. Arrive early to meetings and introduce yourself as a new local member.
If comfortable, share your experiences at the meeting. You may receive welcome keychain tags at your first meeting to mark sobriety milestones like:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 1 year
- etc.