Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Louisiana

What is Narcotics Anonymous?

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of recovering drug addicts whose global membership meets regularly to help each other stay clean via a 12-step program, including regular attendance at group meetings.

NA of Greater New Orleans

• Address: 12345 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118
• This location holds open NA meetings every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 PM. The Tuesday meetings are open discussion while the Thursday meetings follow a speaker/participation format.

NA of Baton Rouge

• Address: 561 Lafayette St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
• NA of Baton Rouge hosts meetings Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8:00 PM. These are one hour open discussion meetings for those going through addiction recovery.

NA of Shreveport

• Address: 9432 Youree Dr, Shreveport, LA 71115
• This Shreveport NA location has meetings on Mondays at 6:00 PM, following a speaker meeting format. They also host open discussion meetings every Saturday at 10:00 AM.

Founded in the 1950s, Narcotics Anonymous hosts over 70,000 meetings globally today. Louisiana NA meetings aim to provide welcoming support groups and community for those recovering from drug addiction.

The 12 Steps of NA

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a recovery program that helps members abstain from drug use through a 12-step program. The steps aim to motivate members toward positive change across Louisiana.

1. We admitted we were powerless over addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable. This first step asks members to honestly face their lack of control over addiction.
2. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Step 2 asks members to open themselves to faith in a higher power that can aid their recovery.
3. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Members commit to trusting their higher power to guide them in recovery.
4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Here members take an honest look inward at their own behaviors and flaws.
5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. This step calls for members to openly share with another person the shortcomings they uncovered in step 4.
6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Members become willing to have their higher power transform them and rid them of their flaws.
7. We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Building on step 6, members directly petition their higher power to remove the undesirable aspects of themselves.
8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. Here members catalog those they have harmed through their addiction and commit to making things right.
9. We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Members begin acting on their commitment by making amends.
10. We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Ongoing self-evaluation and honesty are built into members’ new way of living.
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. Through this step members foster a stronger connection with their higher power.
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. Having undergone positive transformation, members spread the program’s message and make its principles part of all aspects of life.

Getting Started with NA in Louisiana

Use the meeting search on Metadone.org to find local meetings in your area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available in most places across Louisiana.

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA meetings in Louisiana can be “open” or “closed”:

• Open meetings welcome anyone to attend, including non-addicts interested in learning more about NA.
• 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. You may receive welcome keychain tags marking sobriety milestones like:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 1 year