What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. Members meet regularly to help each other stay clean through a program of complete abstinence from all drugs.
NA is a global, community-based organization with over 70,000 weekly meetings in 139 countries worldwide. NA groups hold meetings that provide a setting where recovering addicts can share their recovery experiences. The program is free.
| Narcotics mettings | Address | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Addicts R Us Group | 1314 East Oltorf Street, Austin, Texas, 78704 | |
| Wednesday, 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM | ||
| Christs Workshop | 212 Monroe Street, Austin, TX 78701 | |
| Monday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Clean and Free Group | 1314 East Oltorf Street, Austin, Texas, 78704 | |
| Tuesday, 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM | ||
| Courage to Change Group Austin | 5206 Balcones Drive, Austin, Texas, 78731 | |
| Thursday, 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM | ||
| Eastside Group | 4301 Tannehill Lane, Austin, Texas, 78721 | |
| Sunday, 06:15 PM - 07:15 PM | ||
| Faith United Methodist Church | 2701 South Lamar Boulevard, Austin, TX 78704 | |
| Friday, 8:00 PM | ||
| First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin | 4700 Grover Avenue, Austin, TX 78756 | |
| Thursday, 8:00 PM | ||
| Free at Last Group | 209 West 27th Street, Austin, Texas, 78705 | |
| Sunday, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | ||
| Grupo Desencadenados | 1206 East 9th Street, Austin, Texas, 78702 | |
| Saturday, 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM | ||
| Grupo El Nuevo Camino | 1111 Montopolis Drive, Austin, Texas, 78741 | |
| Wednesday, 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM | ||
Austin Recovery Group
- Address: 8402 Cross Park Dr #104, Austin, TX 78754
- Meetings: Mon – Fri, 12PM & 5:30PM; Sat & Sun, 10AM
Westlake NA Group
Northland NA
- Address: 9616 Grandview Dr, Austin, TX 78759
- Meetings: Sat, 8PM
NA was founded in the early 1950s as a nonprofit 12-step program. There are now over 70,000 NA meetings held weekly in 139 countries. The Austin area holds dozens of NA meetings each week to support members on their road to recovery.
The 12 Steps of NA
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship for recovering drug addicts. NA outlines a 12-step program to help addicts 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 care of God as understood.
- Make searching and fearless moral inventory of selves.
- Admit to God, oneself and other 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 persons harmed and become willing to make amends.
- Make direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do 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.
The NA 12-step program provides guidance and community support to help addicted individuals make positive changes, achieve abstinence from substance abuse, and improve their lives across Austin, Travis County, Texas, the United States, and beyond. NA meetings offer members acceptance, care, and motivational support from those with shared experiences to encourage recovery and personal growth.
Getting Started with NA in Austin
Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find local Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in the Austin area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available.
Attending Your First Local NA Meeting
There are two main types of NA meetings in Austin and Travis County:
- Open Meetings: Anyone is welcome to attend, including non-addicts and observers. These are good for first-timers.
- Closed Meetings: Only those with a desire to stop using drugs may attend. These allow more personal sharing for those in recovery.
To attend your first meeting:
- Arrive 10-15 minutes early.
- Introduce yourself to the leader or members as a new local member.
- Listen to others share stories and experiences.
- Share your own story if comfortable, but no pressure.
- Receive a welcome keychain tag marking length of attendance.
Common keychain milestones:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 1 year
- 18 months
- Multiple years
The most important thing is to keep coming back. The NA program and community will help you progress in your recovery one day at a time.