What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship for people struggling with drug addiction. NA support groups provide a community of support and accountability to help members achieve and maintain abstinence from drug use through regular group meetings, shared experiences, and recovery literature.
There are several NA meetings held regularly across El Paso, including:
| Narcotics mettings | Address | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Candlelight Get For Real Group | 9915 Montwood Drive, El Paso, Texas, 79925 | |
| Saturday, 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM | ||
| Dopeless Hopefiend Group | 8001 Magnetic Street, El Paso, Texas, 79904 | |
| Sunday, 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM | ||
| Dreamcatchers Group | 9241 Socorro Road, El Paso, Texas, 79907 | |
| Sunday, 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM | ||
| Eleventh Step Sit Down and Shut Up Group | 3501 Hueco Avenue, El Paso, Texas, 79903 | |
| Sunday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| Getting Started Group | McKelligon Canyon Road, El Paso, Texas, 79930 | |
| Sunday, 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM | ||
| Grupo Que Esta Pasando | 7000 Edgemere Boulevard, El Paso, Texas, 79925 | |
| Wednesday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| Grupo Solo Por Hoy | 9915 Montwood Drive, El Paso, Texas, 79925 | |
| Tuesday, 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM | ||
| High Hopes Group | 4425 Byron Street, El Paso, Texas, 79930 | |
| Wednesday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| I AE Building | 800 Montana Avenue, El Paso, Texas, 79902 | |
| Thursday, 5:30 PM | ||
| In the Here and Now Group | 2718 North Campbell Street, El Paso, Texas, 79902 | |
| Wednesday, 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM | ||
Centennial United Methodist Church
710 E San Antonio Ave, El Paso, TX 79901
- Monday – Friday at 12:00PM
- Open discussion meeting
Aliviane Women’s Treatment Services
7722 North Loop Dr, El Paso, TX 79915
- Tuesday at 6:30PM
- Closed women’s meeting
Faith Christian Fellowship
1300 George Dieter Dr Suite B, El Paso, TX 79936
- Saturday at 6:00PM
- Open speaker meeting
Founded in 1953, Narcotics Anonymous now hosts over 70,000 meetings in 139 countries worldwide. NA meetings provide a supportive community and resource for anyone seeking recovery from drug addiction.
The 12 Steps of NA
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship for people seeking recovery from drug addiction. NA outlines a 12-step program to help members achieve and maintain sobriety. The 12 steps are:
- 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 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 aims to motivate members toward positive change across communities in order to help members achieve and maintain freedom from active addiction. The program offers support and a path to recovery.
Getting Started with NA in El Paso
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
El Paso offers both open and closed NA meetings:
- Open meetings welcome anyone interested in the NA program to attend. These are good for first-timers.
- Closed meetings are only for those who have a desire to stop using.
Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member. Share your experiences if you feel 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
The most important things are to keep an open mind, listen, and share only what you feel ready to. The group will welcome you with support and no judgement. NA provides a community to help each other through addiction and onto the path of recovery.