Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Jacksonville

What is Narcotics Anonymous?

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society that provides support for people recovering from drug addiction. NA support groups hold regular free meetings across cities in the United States and globally.

Below are details on some NA meeting locations, dates/times, and formats in Jacksonville, Duval County, FL.

River Region NA Group

• Address: 1800 Parental Home Rd., Suite 2, Jacksonville, FL 32216
• Mondays, 8:00–9:00 PM (Open Discussion Meeting)

Clean and Serene Group

• Address: 4132 Lenox Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32205
• Wednesdays, 7:30–8:30 PM (Candlelight Meeting)
• Fridays, 8:00–9:00 PM (Speaker Meeting)

New Freedom Group

• Address: 7865 Normandy Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32221
• Sundays, 6:00–7:00 PM (Step Meeting)

The 12 Steps of NA

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society that offers recovery support for people struggling with drug addiction. NA outlines a 12-step program to help members achieve and maintain abstinence from mind- and mood-altering substances. The 12 steps are:

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 people 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, we 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 Jacksonville

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

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA meetings in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida can be “open” or “closed”:

When attending your first local NA meeting:

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

Receive welcome keychain tags marking clean time milestones like:

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

The NA program offers hope, support, and community to those recovering from drug addiction. Attending meetings helps achieve and celebrate clean time. New members are welcomed into a fellowship promoting anonymity and mutual support.