Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Utah

What is Narcotics Anonymous?

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of recovering drug addicts whose purpose is to help its members stay clean. It’s modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous and has meetings worldwide.

Mountain View Methodist Church

• Monday at 7:30 PM (1 hour, open discussion)
• Friday at 7:30 PM (1 hour, open discussion)

Community United Methodist Church

• Tuesday at 7:00 PM (1 hour, literature study)
• Saturday at 6:00 PM (1.5 hours, speaker meeting)

First Baptist Church

• Wednesday at 6:00 PM (1 hour, step study)
• Sunday at 6:30 PM (1.5 hours, open discussion)

Founded in the 1950s, Narcotics Anonymous now has over 70,000 meetings globally. The program is free and aims to help those struggling with drug addiction through regular group meetings and peer support.

The 12 Steps of NA

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a 12-step program that provides support for people recovering from drug addiction. The 12 steps aim to guide members to accept their addiction, surrender to a higher power, self-reflect, make amends, and help others in recovery.

1. We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. 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.
12. 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.

The 12 steps of NA aim to motivate members to make positive changes in their lives by promoting self-reflection, reliance on a higher power, making amends, and helping others in recovery. NA groups across Utah use these steps to support members in maintaining sobriety.

Getting Started with NA in Utah

Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find local Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in your area of Utah. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available in most places across the state.

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA meetings in Utah may be “open” or “closed.” Open meetings welcome anyone interested in the NA program, while closed meetings are for admitted addicts only. Here is an overview:

• Open Meetings – Open to anyone interested in the NA program. Observers can attend to learn more.
• Closed Meetings – Only for admitted addicts. These provide a safe space for members to share openly.

When attending your first local Utah NA meeting:

• Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member.
• Share your experiences if you feel comfortable.

Receive welcome keychain tags marking your sobriety milestones:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 90 days
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 1 year
• 18 months
• Multiple years

The most important things are attending regularly, participating if you can, and finding support from other members. Utah’s NA community welcomes newcomers seeking the mutual help and support provided by the program.