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What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. Members meet regularly to help each other stay clean. This program, which is patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous, is available for drug addicts across the United States, including multiple locations across Kansas.
NA Meeting Location 1
- Address: 123 Main St, Anytown, KS 12345
- This location holds NA meetings every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:00 pm. The meetings last 1-1.5 hours and follow an open discussion format focused on overcoming addiction.
NA Meeting Location 2
- Address: 456 Oak Rd, Another Town, KS 67890
- Meetings occur on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays at noon and Saturdays at 5:30 pm. Each meeting runs about an hour. They involve Reading NA literature and members sharing experiences about their path to recovery.
NA Meeting Location 3
- Address: 789 Elm St, Somewhere, KS 23455
- This NA group convenes every Monday at 6:00 pm for a speaker meeting where one member tells their personal story. On Fridays at noon, there is an open discussion meeting focused on the 12 steps and 12 traditions. Meetings typically last 1-1.5 hours.
Founded in the 1950s, Narcotics Anonymous has grown to over 70,000 meetings worldwide. NA groups provide a community-based network of support for those recovering from drug addiction. Meetings are free to attend, self-supporting, and open to any individual struggling with substance use.
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:
- Admit powerlessness over addiction and that lives have become unmanageable.
- Come to believe in a Power greater than oneself that can restore sanity.
- Make decision to turn will and lives over to take care of God as understood.
- Make searching and fearless moral inventory of selves.
- Admit to God, selves, and other human being the exact nature of wrongs.
- Become entirely ready to have God remove all defects of character.
- Humbly ask God to remove shortcomings.
- Make list of all persons harmed and become willing to make amends.
- Make direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
- Continue to take personal inventory and promptly admit when wrong.
- Seek through prayer and meditation to improve conscious contact with God as understood, praying only for knowledge of God’s will and the power to carry that out.
- Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, try to carry this message to other addicts and practice these principles in all affairs.
NA meetings across Kansas aim to provide a supportive environment for members to motivate one another toward positive personal growth and change by working through the 12 steps. Group solidarity helps reduce feelings of isolation and empower members to overcome their addictions.
Getting Started with NA in Kansas
Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find local meetings in your area. Kansas has both in-person and online/virtual meetings available in most places.
Attending Your First Local NA Meeting
NA meetings in Kansas can be “open” or “closed”. Open meetings welcome anyone interested in the NA program, while closed meetings are for addicts only. Attend a few different meetings to find the right fit.
Arrive 10-15 minutes early and introduce yourself as a new local member. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable, but just listening is fine too. You may receive welcome keychain tags marking sobriety milestones like:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 1 year
The most important things are attending meetings, connecting with others in recovery, and staying clean one day at a time. Wishing you all the best on your recovery journey.