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What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of people who suffer from drug addiction who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. This free program, available in cities across the US, is based on the 12 steps and 12 traditions of AA. There are several NA meetings held every week in Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia:
First Methodist Church
- Address: PO Box 2066, Gainesville, GA 30503
- Monday 7:30 pm (Discussion)
The Phoenix Group
- Address: 800 Queen City Pkwy SW, Gainesville, GA 30501
- Tuesday 7 pm (Open)
Serenity Group
- Address: 615 Oak St NW, Gainesville, GA 30501
- Wednesday 7 pm (Open)
- Saturday 7 pm (Open, Speaker Meeting – 1st Saturday)
Together We Can Group
- Address: 800 Queen City Pkwy SW, Gainesville, GA 30501
- Thursday 7 pm (Open)
Another Chance Group
- Address: 301 Main St SW, Gainesville, GA 30501
- Friday 7 pm (Open)
- Sunday 6 pm (Open, Topic Discussion Meeting)
Founded in the 1950s, Narcotics Anonymous now has over 70,000 meetings in 144 countries, with membership estimated to be more than 300,000 as of 2016. NA meetings provide a supportive environment and a place for people seeking recovery from drug addiction to share their challenges and successes.
The 12 Steps of NA
The 12 steps of Narcotics Anonymous (NA) provide a program of recovery for those with drug addiction. The steps aim to motivate members toward positive change across Gainesville, Hall, Georgia.
- We admitted we were powerless over our 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 the people we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
- We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.
- We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, we 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 a 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 Gainesville
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 Gainesville, Hall, Georgia can be either “open” or “closed”:
| Open Meetings | Closed Meetings |
| Open to anyone interested in the NA program | Only for addicts or those who think they may have a drug problem |
Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member. Share your experiences if comfortable. At your first meeting, you’ll receive a welcome keychain tag. As you progress in the program, you’ll achieve sobriety milestones marked by different keychain tags:
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 1 year