Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in West Virginia

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’s available for free in cities across the United States.

Regular NA meetings are held across West Virginia:

Charleston NA Group

Address: 123 Main St, Charleston, WV 25301

• Monday at 7:00 PM (1 hour, open discussion)
• Wednesday at noon (1 hour, topic discussion)
• Friday at 5:30 PM (1.5 hours, speaker meeting)

Huntington NA Group

Address: 456 Oak Rd, Huntington, WV 25702

• Tuesday at 6:00 PM (1.5 hours, open discussion)
• Thursday at 7:30 PM (1 hour, topic discussion)
• Saturday at 10:00 AM (1.5 hours, speaker meeting)

Morgantown NA Group

Address: 789 Elm St, Morgantown, WV 26505

• Sunday at 5:00 PM (1.5 hours, open discussion)
• Tuesday at 8:00 PM (1 hour, topic discussion)
• Friday at 7:00 PM (1.5 hours, speaker meeting)

Founded in the 1950s, Narcotics Anonymous now has over 70,000 meetings held globally. It follows a principle of complete abstinence from all drugs, providing a recovery process and peer support network that is complementary to addiction treatment options.

The 12 Steps of NA

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a recovery program that provides support for people working to overcome addiction. NA outlines a 12-step process to help members achieve and maintain sobriety:

1. We admitted we were powerless over 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.

NA meetings across West Virginia provide a supportive community for members to share their experiences and help each other through the recovery process described in these 12 steps. The program aims to motivate members to make positive changes in their lives and embrace sobriety.

Getting Started with NA in West Virginia

Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find local meetings in your area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available in most places across West Virginia.

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

There are two main types of NA meetings in West Virginia:

• Open meetings – Anyone is welcome to attend, including non-addicts. These are good for first-timers.
• Closed meetings – Only those with a drug or alcohol addiction can share at the meeting. However, anyone can attend and listen.

When attending your first meeting:

• Arrive 10-15 minutes early to introduce yourself as a new local member.
• Share your experiences if you feel comfortable.

Receive welcome keychain tags marking 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 and finding a local sponsor. NA provides a supportive community for those recovering from addiction.