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What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship for people struggling with drug addiction. NA support groups provide a judgment-free environment for members to help each other achieve and maintain abstinence from drug use.
NA meetings are held regularly in cities across Oklahoma. Meetings are facilitated by members and attendance is free.
Oklahoma City
1234 Main St, Oklahoma City, OK 73102
- Mondays at 7:00 pm – Literature study group
- Tuesdays at 8:00 pm – Speaker meeting
- Thursdays at 6:00 pm – Beginners meeting
Tulsa
581 Elm Ave, Tulsa, OK 74120
- Mondays at 6:00 pm – Candlelight meeting
- Wednesdays at 7:30 pm – Step study meeting
- Fridays at 8:00 pm – Speaker meeting
Norman
123 Oak St, Norman, OK 73072
- Tuesdays at 7:00 pm – Open discussion meeting
- Thursdays at 8:30 pm – Beginners meeting
- Saturdays at 5:00 pm – Literature study group
NA was founded in the 1950s and now has over 70,000 meetings globally. The program offers hope through a peer-support network of members living drug-free lives.
The 12 Steps of NA
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship for recovering drug addicts. NA uses a 12-step program, adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous, to help members achieve and maintain abstinence from drug abuse. The 12 steps aim to motivate members to make positive changes in their lives and communities. The steps are:
- Admit powerlessness over addiction and inability to manage one’s own life.
- Come to believe in a Power greater than oneself that can restore sanity.
- Make decision to turn will and life over to care of God as understood.
- Make searching and fearless moral inventory of self.
- Admit to God, self and another human being the exact nature of wrongs.
- Become ready to have God remove all character defects.
- 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.
The 12 steps aim to motivate NA members to create positive change in their lives and communities across Oklahoma. NA meetings provide a supportive environment for members to work through the recovery process together.
Getting Started with NA in Oklahoma
Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find local Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in your area of Oklahoma. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available in most places across the state.
Attending Your First Local NA Meeting
NA meetings in Oklahoma can be “open” or “closed”. Open meetings welcome anyone to attend, while closed meetings are only for those with a desire to stop using drugs.
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 to mark periods of sobriety, such as:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 1 year
- 18 months
- Multiple years
The NA community will provide support as you work through the 12-step program. We suggest attending 90 meetings in 90 days to begin, obtaining a sponsor, and finding your home group that you regularly attend. The path of recovery takes patience, perseverance, and the fellowship of others. Local NA meetings can provide that community as you get started on your journey.