What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of recovering drug addicts with regular meetings across the globe.
There are several NA meetings held regularly in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States. Some locations, meeting times, and details:
| Narcotics mettings | Address | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| 2919 E Portland Ave | 2919 E Portland Ave, Tacoma, Washington, 98404-4936 | |
| Saturday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Bethany Methodist Church | 5634 South Park Avenue, Tacoma, Washington, 98404 | |
| Wednesday, 7:00 PM | ||
| Breaking The Chains Group Tacoma | 6613 South Cheyenne Street, Tacoma, Washington, 98409 | |
| Saturday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| Chair With Your Name On It Group | 11101 Bingham Avenue East, Tacoma, Washington, 98446 | |
| Sunday, 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM | ||
| Thursday, 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM | ||
| Denny’s | 5924 6th Ave, Tacoma, Washington, 98406-2016 | |
| Wednesday, 3:30 PM | ||
| Eee Koosh Ewa Group | 5816 McKinley Avenue, Tacoma, Washington, 98404 | |
| Sunday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| Fly With Sobriety Group | 1143 South Tacoma Avenue, Tacoma, Washington, 98402 | |
| Saturday, 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM | ||
| Thursday, 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM | ||
| Tuesday, 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM | ||
| Wednesday, 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM | ||
| Freedom Beyond Bars Group | 12505 Pacific Avenue S, Tacoma, Washington, 98444 | |
| Sunday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| God Box Group | 902 Market Street, Tacoma, Washington, 98402 | |
| Monday, 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM | ||
| Good Orderly Direction Group | 1211 South I St, Tacoma, Washington, 98405 | |
| Wednesday, 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM | ||
Tacoma Area Service Office
3212 N. Union Ave, Tacoma, WA 98407
- Monday – Sunday: Various meeting times
- Open discussion meetings using NA literature
Central Lutheran Church
512 S Pearl St, Tacoma, WA 98402
- Tuesday: 8:00 pm
- Literature study meeting
Faith Center Foursquare Church
1801 S. 72nd St, Tacoma, WA 98408
- Thursday: 7:30 pm
- Step meeting focusing on NA’s 12 steps
Founded in the 1950s in Southern California, Narcotics Anonymous has grown to over 70,000 meetings worldwide with members practicing recovery from drug addiction. The meetings provide a supportive, communal environment for members to share their experiences.
The 12 Steps of NA
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship for people seeking recovery from drug addiction. NA offers a 12-step program outlined below to help members achieve and maintain abstinence from mind- and mood-altering substances:
- 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 groups across Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington state, and the entire United States aim to motivate members toward positive change in their lives and communities through this 12-step program.
Getting Started with NA in Tacoma
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
Tacoma offers both open and closed NA meetings:
- Open meetings welcome anyone interested in NA recovery
- Closed meetings are for addicts only
Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member. Share your experiences if comfortable. You may receive welcome keychain tags at your first meeting to mark periods of sobriety, such as 30 days, 60 days, 1 year, etc.