What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of recovering drug addicts whose primary purpose is to help addicts stop using drugs. It offers recovery from the effects of addiction through working a twelve-step program, including regular attendance at group meetings.
Mission Fellowship Hall
1201 Conway Ave, Mission, TX 78572
- Monday 7:30pm – Open Discussion
- Tuesday 7:00pm – Step Study
- Thursday 7:30 pm – Open Discussion
- Saturday 7:00 pm – Open Discussion
First United Methodist Church
1212 Conway Ave Mission, TX 78572
- Sunday 6:00 pm – Open Discussion
- Wednesday 7:00 pm – Literature Study
Palmer Drug Abuse Program
120 W. Expressway 83, Mission, TX 78572
- Monday 7:00 pm – Open Discussion
- Friday 7:00 pm – Open Discussion
- Saturday 11:00 am – Open Discussion
The 12 Steps of NA
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a 12-step program designed to help people recover from drug addiction. The 12 steps aim to guide members to change their mindsets and behaviors related to substance abuse. The steps are:
- Admit powerlessness over addiction and that lives have become unmanageable.
- Come to believe in a Power greater than oneself that can restore sanity.
- Make the 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 character defects.
- Humbly ask God to remove shortcomings.
- Make list of all persons 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 are available throughout Mission and the surrounding Hidalgo County area to provide support and guidance for following this 12-step program.
Getting Started with NA in Mission
Use the meeting search on methadone.org to find local Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in Mission, Hidalgo, Texas. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available.
Attending Your First Local NA Meeting
There are two main types of NA meetings in Mission, Hidalgo, Texas:
| Meeting Type | Description |
| Open | Anyone is welcome to attend, including non-addicts. These are good for first-timers. |
| Closed | Only addicts can share at the meeting. Observers must be addicts as well. |
Arrive early to your first meeting and introduce yourself to the leader as a new local member. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable. You may receive welcome keychain tags marking your sobriety milestones:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 1 year
Keep attending meetings and collecting tags as you progress on your road to recovery. The NA community will provide much-needed support. With the local Mission, Hidalgo, Texas NA group beside you, sobriety is possible.
