Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Oakland

What is 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 via a program of complete abstinence from all drugs.

There are several NA meetings available free of charge in Oakland and Alameda, California. Specific location details and meeting times are below.

First Presbyterian Church

• Monday at 8:00 pm (Discussion)
• Tuesday at 8:00 pm (Speaker Meeting)
• Thursday at 8:00 pm (Literature Study)

Rock Church

• Sunday at 6:00 pm (Traditions Meeting)
• Friday at 8:00 pm (Speaker Meeting)

East Oakland Recovery Center

• Wednesday at 6:00 pm (Step Study Meeting)
• Saturday at 11:00 am (Newcomers Meeting)

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:

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 people we had harmed and became willing to make amends with them all.
9. We made direct amends with 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, we 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.

Getting Started with NA in Oakland

Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in your area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available.

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA meetings in Oakland and Alameda can be “open” or “closed”.

When attending your first local Oakland or Alameda NA meeting:

• Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member
• Share your experiences if you feel comfortable

Receive welcome keychain tags at your first meeting to mark milestones in your recovery journey:

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

The most important things are to keep an open mind, listen with an open heart, and give the program an honest try. The NA community provides a supportive, judgment-free environment focused on recovery.