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 12-step program, including:

Narcotics mettings Address Schedule
A Better Day Group5065 Logan Avenue 103, San Diego, California, 92113
Sunday, 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
A Dose of Hope Group6145 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, California, 92114
Wednesday, 06:15 PM - 07:15 PM
Alumni Speakers Group3767 Central Avenue, San Diego, California, 92105
Saturday, 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Architects of Adversity Group San Diego4736 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, San Diego, California, 92117
Wednesday, 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Back to Basics Group San Diego6244 El Cajon Boulevard Suite 22, San Diego, California, 92115
Wednesday, 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Beach Break Group2229 Bacon Street, San Diego, California, 92107
Sunday, 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Believe in Amigos Group741 11th Avenue, San Diego, California, 92101
Saturday, 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Bent But Not Broken Sisters Group4736 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, San Diego, California, 92117
Sunday, 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Clean Women We Do Recover Group5065 Logan Avenue 103, San Diego, California, 92113
Sunday, 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Coffee With Jimmy K Group2804 Adams Avenue, San Diego, California, 92116
Wednesday, 05:45 PM - 06:45 PM

First Church of San Diego

Address: 4567 Main St, San Diego, CA 92101
Meeting Times:
  • Mondays 8:00 pm
  • Thursdays 7:00 pm

San Diego Community Center

Address: 123 Oak Rd, San Diego, CA 92102
Meeting Times:
  • Tuesdays 6:00 pm
  • Saturdays 9:00 am

Seaside Recreation Building

Address: 789 Coast Hwy, San Diego, CA 92103
Meeting Times:
  • Wednesdays 12:00 pm
  • Fridays 8:00 pm

The program started in the Los Angeles area in 1953 and has grown to over 70,000 meetings globally. All meetings are free and membership is voluntary. NA helps members learn a new way of life without drugs, while also providing support from others in recovery.

The 12 Steps of NA

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of recovering drug addicts whose primary purpose is to help addicts stop using drugs. NA outlines a 12-step plan to achieve and maintain this goal:

  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.

NA meetings across San Diego aim to provide support for members to progress through these 12 steps to achieve and maintain sobriety from drug addiction. The organization has helped motivate numerous members toward positive change and recovery.

Getting Started with NA in San Diego

Use the meeting search on Methadone.org to find local meetings in the San Diego area. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available.

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA meetings in San Diego can be “open” or “closed.” Open meetings welcome anyone interested in the NA program, while closed meetings are for addicts only.

Here is an overview of the two main meeting types:

Meeting Type Description
Open Welcomes anyone interested in NA, including non-addicts
Closed For addicts only

When attending your first meeting:

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

Receive welcome keychain tags marking periods of sobriety such as:

  • 30 days
  • 60 days
  • 1 year

The most important things are attending meetings, connecting with members, and working the program one day at a time. Reach out to local members or NA phone lines if you need meeting info or support. The NA community welcomes you.