What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society for recovering drug addicts with regular meetings across the world.
There are several NA meetings held regularly in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee open to anyone seeking help with drug addiction. Attendance at NA meetings is always free.
| Narcotics mettings | Address | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Absolute Word Church | 3220 Keith Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37921-6621 | |
| Saturday, 1:00 PM | ||
| Central United Methodist Church | 201 3rd Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917 | |
| Sunday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Wednesday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Dopeless Hope Fiends Group | 6113 Ball Road, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37931 | |
| Thursday, 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM | ||
| Tuesday, 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM | ||
| Fifth Avenue Baptist Church | 2500 East Fifth Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37914-5213 | |
| Monday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Thursday, 7:00 PM,8:00 PM | ||
| First Christian Church | 211 South Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 | |
| Monday, 5:30 PM | ||
| Tuesday, 5:30 PM | ||
| Thursday, 5:30 PM | ||
| Friday, 5:30 PM | ||
| Good Samaritan | 425 North Cedar Bluff Road, Knoxville, TN 37923 | |
| Monday, 8:00 PM | ||
| Friday, 7:30 PM | ||
| HOPE Group Knoxville | 413 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37902 | |
| Monday, 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM | ||
| Thursday, 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM | ||
| Just for Today Group Knoxville | 1629 North Central Street, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37917 | |
| Monday, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | ||
| Saturday, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | ||
| Thursday, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | ||
| Tuesday, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | ||
| Wednesday, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | ||
| Let Go Group | 220 North Campbell Station Road, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37934 | |
| Wednesday, 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM | ||
| Macedonia United Methodist Church | 4630 Holston Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914 | |
| Saturday, 7:00 PM | ||
Serenity House
Address: 501 W. Bridge Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917
Meeting Times:
- Monday at 8:00 PM
- Tuesday at 8:00 PM
- Saturday at 10:00 AM
Open discussion meetings using NA approved literature.
Knox County Health Department Addiction Recovery Program
Address: 140 Dameron Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917
Meeting Times:
- Wednesday at 6:30 PM
- Friday at 6:30 PM
Candlelight meeting format focused on the 12 steps of NA.
Volunteer Ministry Center
Address: 511 North Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917
Meeting Times:
- Sunday at 6:00 PM
- Thursday at 6:00 PM
Discussion style meeting with speaker meetings on the last Thursday of every month.
Founded in the 1950s, Narcotics Anonymous has grown to over 70,000 meetings held in 139 countries worldwide. NA remains a free resource providing group support meetings for anyone seeking help with drug addiction.
The 12 Steps of NA
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of recovering drug addicts whose primary purpose is to help addicts stop using drugs. NA groups use a set of principles called the 12 steps to guide their 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.
NA groups follow these 12 steps to help members achieve and maintain sobriety from drug addiction, with the goal of motivating members toward positive change in Knoxville and across Knox County, Tennessee, and the whole United States.
Getting Started with NA in Knoxville
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 Knoxville:
- Open meetings welcome anyone interested in the NA program.
- Closed meetings are for addicts only.
Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member. Share your experiences if comfortable. You may receive welcome keychain tags at your first meeting to mark milestones in your recovery:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 1 year
- And more