What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society for men and women seeking recovery from drug addiction. Modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous, NA is a free program with regular group meetings held across the United States, including in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County, Missouri.
Narcotics Anonymous has several active meeting locations in Saint Louis. The following are the details of these meetings:
| Narcotics mettings | Address | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| A New Influence Group | 11645 Benham Road, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63136 | |
| Thursday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| A New Way of Life Group | 8327 South Broadway Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63111 | |
| Tuesday, 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM | ||
| A Time for a Change Group | 3000 North Kingshighway Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63115 | |
| Sunday, 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM | ||
| Another Chance Group | 1452 Dielman Road, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63132 | |
| Wednesday, 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM | ||
| Are You Ready for Some Recovery Group | 9801 Olive Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63141 | |
| Monday, 06:45 PM - 07:45 PM | ||
| BAD 2 Group | 2707 North Taylor Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63113 | |
| Sunday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| Bank of Recovery Group | 3000 North Kingshighway Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63115 | |
| Tuesday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| Bread of Recovery Group | 3800 Garfield Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63113 | |
| Wednesday, 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM | ||
| Came to Acceptance Group | 5347 Donovan Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63109 | |
| Sunday, 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM | ||
| Circle of Fire Group | 2761 Telegraph Road, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63125 | |
| Wednesday, 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM | ||
The Salvation Army
- Address: 1130 Hampton Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63139
- Meetings: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8:00 PM
The Salvation Army location in Saint Louis hosts Narcotics Anonymous meetings three times a week. These meetings provide a safe and supportive environment for individuals to share their experiences and work towards recovery.
First Congregational Church
- Address: 6501 Wydown Blvd, Clayton, MO 63105
- Meetings: Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00 PM
The First Congregational Church in Clayton, Missouri, a suburb of Saint Louis, hosts Narcotics Anonymous meetings twice a week. These meetings are open to individuals seeking support and community in their recovery journey.
Webster Groves Presbyterian Church
- Address: 45 W Lockwood Ave, Webster Groves, MO 63119
- Meetings: Saturday at 6:30 PM
The Webster Groves Presbyterian Church in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of Saint Louis, hosts a Narcotics Anonymous meeting on Saturday evenings. This meeting provides an opportunity for individuals to connect with others in recovery and work towards sobriety.
NA was founded in the 1950s as a support group to help those struggling with addiction. There are now over 70,000 NA meetings held in 144 countries worldwide. Though originally formed to help those with opioid addiction, NA today has meetings for people recovering from all types of drug addictions. The meetings provide a supportive community and fellowship for people seeking to live drug-free lives.
The 12 Steps of NA
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had 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:
- We admitted we were powerless over 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.
The 12 steps aim to motivate NA members toward positive change for addiction recovery and personal growth in Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, across Missouri, and the entire United States.
Getting Started with NA in Saint Louis
Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find local meetings in your area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available.
Attending Your First Local NA Meeting
NA offers both open and closed meetings in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County. Open meetings welcome anyone interested in the NA program, while closed meetings are only for those with a desire to stop using.
When attending your first 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 marking sober time milestones:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 1 year
- 18 months
- Multiple years