What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit support group program for people struggling with drug addiction. It hosts free regular meetings in cities across the United States and in over 130 countries worldwide.
| Narcotics mettings | Address | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Alive in Saint George Group | 56 Bay Street, Staten Island, New York, 10301 | |
| Sunday, 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM | ||
| Back to Basics Group Staten Island | 300 Genese Avenue, Staten Island, New York, 10312 | |
| Sunday, 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM | ||
| Baley Seton Hospital | 75 Vanderbilt Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10304-2604 | |
| Saturday, 7:30 PM | ||
| Bethal Community Church | 51 Van Duzer Street, Staten Island, NY 10301 | |
| Friday, 7:30 PM | ||
| By the Book Group Staten Island | 2205 Richmond Road, Staten Island, New York, 10306 | |
| Sunday, 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM | ||
| Camelot Center | 263 Port Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10302-1704 | |
| Wednesday, 6:45 PM | ||
| Carrying the Message Group | 186 Decker Avenue, Staten Island, New York, 10302 | |
| Sunday, 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM | ||
| Clean Machine Group Staten Island | 50 Maguire Avenue, Staten Island, New York, 10309 | |
| Monday, 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM | ||
| Clean on the Bay Group | 56 Bay Street, Staten Island, New York, 10301 | |
| Monday, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | ||
| Clean Times Group | 345 Guyon Avenue, Staten Island, New York, 10306 | |
| Tuesday, 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM | ||
Staten Island, New York NA Meetings
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
720 Woodfield Rd, Staten Island, NY 10309
- Monday 8:00 pm
- Thursday 8:00 pm
- Literature Study meeting
Community Health Action of Staten Island
55 Stuyvesant Pl, Staten Island, NY 10301
- Tuesday 7:30 pm
- Friday 7:30 pm
- Speaker/participation meeting
Redeemer Lutheran Church
289 Forest Ave, Staten Island, NY 10301
- Sunday 7:00 pm
- Wednesday 7:00 pm
- Beginners meeting, open discussion
Founded in the 1950s, NA now hosts over 70,000 meetings globally. The Staten Island meetings welcome those seeking help and community support around addiction recovery.
The 12 Steps of NA
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) outlines a 12-step program to help members achieve and maintain recovery from drug addiction. The steps aim to guide members to accept their addiction, surrender to a higher power, take personal inventory, make amends, and help others in recovery.
- 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.
The 12 steps of NA provide a spiritual path to recovery that aims to motivate members to make positive changes in their lives and help others in the Staten Island, Richmond, New York community achieve freedom from active addiction. The program fosters honesty, open-mindedness, faith, willingness, humility, self-discipline, and helping relationships.
Getting Started with NA in Staten Island
Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find local Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in the Staten Island area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available.
Attending Your First Local NA Meeting
NA meetings in Staten Island can be either “open” or “closed”.
- Open meetings welcome anyone interested in the NA program to attend.
- Closed meetings are only for those who identify as addicts.
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:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 1 year
The NA community will support your recovery journey. Keep attending meetings to connect with members, find a sponsor, and learn more about the program.