What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of recovering drug addicts whose primary purpose is to help addicts stop using drugs. It’s available for free in cities across the United States, including Reading, Pennsylvania.
| Narcotics mettings | Address | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| First Presbyterian Church | 37 South 5th Street, Reading, PA 19602 | |
| Tuesday, 8:00 PM | ||
| Wednesday, 7:30 PM | ||
| Grupo Luz Y Esperanza | 125 South 5th Avenue, Reading, Pennsylvania, 19611 | |
| Wednesday, 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM | ||
| Holy Spirit Lutheran Church | 421 Windsor Street, Reading, PA 19601-2119 | |
| Sunday, 4:00 PM | ||
| Monday, 12:00 PM | ||
| Tuesday, 12:00 PM,7:00 PM | ||
| Wednesday, 12:00 PM | ||
| Thursday, 12:00 PM,7:00 PM | ||
| Friday, 12:00 PM,7:30 PM | ||
| Saturday, 3:00 PM,7:00 PM | ||
| Just for Today Group Reading | 2427 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading, Pennsylvania, 19606 | |
| Sunday, 08:30 PM - 09:30 PM | ||
| Lets Get Honest Group Reading | 435 Court Street, Reading, Pennsylvania, 19601 | |
| Saturday, 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM | ||
| Sunday, 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM | ||
| Wednesday, 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM | ||
| Living Room Group | 1320 Spruce Street, Reading, Pennsylvania, 19602 | |
| Wednesday, 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM | ||
| New Beginnings Group Reading | 745 North 6th Street, Reading, Pennsylvania, 19610 | |
| Thursday, 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM | ||
| New Way of Life | 5 Chestnut Street, Reading, PA 19607 | |
| Tuesday, 8:00 PM | ||
| Our Diversity is Our Strength Group Reading | 631 Washington Street, Reading, Pennsylvania, 19601 | |
| Sunday, 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM | ||
| Saint Marks | 231 West Greenwich Street, Reading, PA 19601 | |
| Monday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Wednesday, 7:00 PM | ||
NA Meeting Locations and Times in Reading
Reading Central Catholic High School, 301 S 4th St, Reading, PA 19602
- Monday at 7:30 pm (open, speaker)
- Tuesday at 7 pm (open)
- Friday at 7:30 pm (open)
Genesis Church 551 Museum Rd., Reading, PA 19611
- Wednesday at 7 pm (open)
- Saturday at 6:30 pm (open, candlelight)
Reading Hospital 6th and Spruce St, Reading, PA 19611
- Thursday at 7 pm (open)
The 12 Steps of NA
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship for people seeking recovery from drug addiction. NA offers a 12-step program outlined below that aims to motivate members toward positive change:
- 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 the people we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
- We made direct amends with such people wherever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.
- We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, we 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.
Getting Started with NA in Reading
Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find local Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in the Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available.
Attending Your First Local NA Meeting
NA meetings in Reading, Pennsylvania, can be either “open” or “closed.”
|
Meeting Type |
Description |
|
Open |
Anyone is welcome to attend, including non-addicts. Observers typically don’t share during the meeting. |
| Closed |
Only those with a desire to stop using drugs are welcome. Sharing is only done by addicts. |
When attending your first NA meeting, arrive early and introduce yourself to the leader or other members as a newcomer. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable, but there is no obligation to speak.
You may receive welcome keychain tags marking various clean time milestones, such as:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 1 year
- 18 months
- Multiple years
These tags represent a commitment to staying clean, one day at a time. NA can provide community support through the recovery process.