What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of recovering drug addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. This free program, founded in the 1950s, now has over 70,000 meetings globally.
In Spring, Harris, Texas, there are a few NA meeting locations to support those struggling with drug addiction:
| Narcotics mettings | Address | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Happy Joyous and Free Group | 2200 Lake Woodlands Drive, Spring, Texas, 77380 | |
| Monday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| Show Up and Grow Up Group | 2403 Rayford Road, Spring, Texas, 77386 | |
| Wednesday, 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM | ||
| Woodlands Group | 1202 North Millbend Drive, Spring, Texas, 77380 | |
| Saturday, 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM | ||
| Tuesday, 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM | ||
Serenity Shack Group
- Mondays at 7:00 pm (Discussion)
- Wednesdays at 12:00 pm (Just for Today/Open)
Harris County Serenity House
- Tuesdays at 6:00 pm (Step Meeting)
- Fridays at 7:30 pm (Speaker Meeting)
Hope Not Dope Group
- Saturdays at 10:30 am (Big Book Study)
- Sundays at 5:00pm (Candlelight Meeting)
The 12 Steps of Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship for people seeking recovery from drug addiction. NA offers a 12-step program to help members achieve and maintain abstinence from mind- and mood-altering substances. The 12 steps are:
- Admit powerlessness over addiction and that lives have become unmanageable.
- Come to believe a Power greater than oneself can restore sanity.
- Make decision to turn will and lives over to taking care of God as understood.
- Make searching and fearless moral inventory of selves.
- Admit to God, selves, and another human being the exact nature of wrongs.
- Become entirely ready to have God remove all defects of character.
- Humbly ask God to remove shortcomings.
- Make list of all those harmed and become willing to make amends.
- Make direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.
- Continue to take personal inventory and promptly admit when wrong.
- Seek through prayer and meditation to improve conscious contact with God as understood, praying only for knowledge of God’s will and the power to carry that out.
- Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, try to carry this message to other addicts and practice these principles in all affairs.
NA meetings in the Spring, Harris, and Texas areas provide a supportive environment for members to share experiences, build relationships, and learn to live clean and sober lives through working the 12 steps. The fellowship aims to motivate members toward positive change in their communities.
Getting Started with NA in Spring
Use the meeting search on methadone.org to find local Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in the Spring area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available.
Attending Your First Local NA Meeting
NA meetings in Spring can be “open” or “closed.”
| Meeting Type | Description |
| Open | Anyone is welcome to attend |
| Closed | For admitted addicts only |
If you’re new to NA, arrive early and introduce yourself to the leader or members 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
- 90 days
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 1 year
- 18 months
- Multiple years
