What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society that provides support for people struggling with drug addiction. It hosts free regular meetings across cities in the United States and globally, offering group support and a 12-step program towards recovery.
| Narcotics mettings | Address | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| A New Way Group | 10929 Nacogdoches Road Unit 12, San Antonio, Texas, 78217 | |
| Monday, 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM | ||
| Saturday, 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM | ||
| Sunday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| Thursday, 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM | ||
| Tuesday, 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM | ||
| Wednesday, 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM | ||
| Alive & Free | 9355 Bandera Road, San Antonio, TX 78240 | |
| Friday, 10:30 PM | ||
| Baptist Church | 5820 Old Pearsall Road, San Antonio, TX 78242 | |
| Monday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Basic Recovery Group San Antonio | 5909 West Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas, 78237 | |
| Thursday, 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM | ||
| Beacon Hill Presbyterian Church | 1101 West Woodlawn Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78201 | |
| Monday, 7:30 PM | ||
| Thursday, 7:30 PM | ||
| Church in the Streets | 9897 Marach Road, San Antonio, TX 78245-1826 | |
| Tuesday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Core Group | 1 Haven for Hope Way, San Antonio, Texas, 78107 | |
| Saturday, 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM | ||
| Drug Dependents Association | 3701 West Commerce, San Antonio, TX 78207 | |
| Wednesday, 7:30 PM | ||
| East End Church Of God | 2711 East Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX 78203-2111 | |
| Monday, 12:00 PM | ||
| Tuesday, 12:00 PM | ||
| Wednesday, 12:00 PM | ||
| Thursday, 12:00 PM | ||
| Friday, 12:00 PM | ||
| Easy Does It Group San Antonio | 7575 Tezel Road, San Antonio, Texas, 78250 | |
| Wednesday, 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM | ||
First Baptist Church
515 McCullough Ave, San Antonio, TX 78215
- Monday at 8:00 PM
- Tuesday at 8:00 PM
- Friday at 8:00 PM
Alamo Heights Methodist Church
825 Basse Road, San Antonio, TX 78209
- Wednesday at 6:00 PM
- Saturday at 10:30 AM
Community Bible Church
2477 N. Loop 1604 E., San Antonio, TX 78232
- Sunday at 5:30 PM
- Thursday at 7:00 PM
Founded in the 1950s, Narcotics Anonymous now hosts over 70,000 meetings globally. Its program and meetings provide judgment-free support for people seeking help and recovery with drug addiction.
The 12 Steps of NA
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship for recovering drug addicts across San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States and worldwide. NA offers a 12-step program towards recovery and living drug-free. The 12 steps are:
- 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 aim to motivate members toward positive change across communities to achieve recovery from addiction. NA offers group meeting support and sponsors to help members work through the steps.
Getting Started with NA in San Antonio
Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find local meetings in your area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available in most places.
Attending Your First Local NA Meeting
San Antonio offers both open and closed NA meetings:
- Open meetings welcome anyone interested in the NA program to attend.
- Closed meetings are only for those who identify as addicts.
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