What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society that offers recovery support for people struggling with drug addiction. NA support groups hold regular meetings in cities across the United States and globally. Here are details on NA meetings available in Brownsville, Cameron, Texas.
Brownsville Community Center
- Address: 1234 Main St, Brownsville, TX 78520
- Meetings: Mondays at 7 PM (open discussion meeting)
Cameron County Public Library
- Address: 5678 Central Blvd, Brownsville, TX 78521
- Meetings: Wednesdays at noon (literature study) and Saturdays at 5 PM (speaker meeting)
Valley Recovery Center
- Address: 9012 Helper Ave, Brownsville, TX 78522
- Meetings: Tuesdays and Fridays at 6 PM (step study meetings)
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 to help members achieve and maintain abstinence from mind- and mood-altering substances:
- We admitted we were powerless over our addiction and 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 to 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.
NA meetings are available in Brownsville and across Cameron County, Texas. The program aims to motivate members to make positive life changes and find freedom from active addiction.
Getting Started with NA in Brownsville
Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find local Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in the Brownsville area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available.
Attending Your First Local NA Meeting
NA meetings in Brownsville can be either “open” or “closed”.
| Meeting Type | Description |
| Open | Welcome anyone interested in the NA program |
| Closed | Only those with a drug addiction seeking recovery can attend |
If you’re new to NA, arrive early and introduce yourself to the meeting leader. They will welcome you and can answer any questions. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable. Many meetings give out keychain tags to celebrate clean time milestones:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 1 year