Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Colorado

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 regular attendance at group meetings.

First Congregational Church

Address: 2229 Spruce St, Boulder, CO 80302

• This location holds open NA meetings every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 pm.
• The Tuesday meetings follow a speaker discussion format while the Thursday meetings are open for attendees to share their experiences.

Mountain View Methodist Church

Address: 1101 33rd St, Denver, CO 80205

• NA meetings are held here on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, beginning at 6 pm each day.
• These are open discussion meetings focused on the 12 steps and welcoming anyone seeking help with addiction issues.

Community Presbyterian Church

Address: 220 W 10th Ave, Denver, CO 80204

• This church hosts NA meetings every Monday and Friday evening at 8 pm.
• The meetings involve reading NA literature and open discussion. All are welcome.

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 the 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 doing 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.

Getting Started with NA in Colorado

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

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

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

When attending your first local 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 progress such as:

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