Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Hawaii

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. This program, which is patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous, is available in cities across the US and has over 70,000 meetings globally after being founded in the 1950s.

Narcotics Anonymous offers free support group meetings in various locations throughout Hawaii. The meetings provide a safe and judgment-free environment for individuals to share their experiences, find support, and work towards recovery from drug addiction.

Honolulu

• Location: 1159 Bethel Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
• Meetings: Monday to Sunday, 12:00 PM and 7:00 PM
• Meeting format: Open discussion meetings

Kailua

• Location: 336 Kailua Road, Kailua, HI 96734
• Meetings: Tuesday and Friday, 7:00 PM
• Meeting format: Step study meetings

Kahului

• Location: 85 Lono Avenue, Kahului, HI 96732
• Meetings: Wednesday and Saturday, 6:00 PM
• Meeting format: Tradition study meetings

The 12 Steps of NA

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. NA members follow a set of guiding principles known as the 12 steps to achieve and maintain addiction 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 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 members work through the 12 steps to positively change their lives and help others going through addiction recovery in Hawaii. The program aims to motivate members toward personal growth.

Getting Started with NA in Hawaii

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

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA offers both open and closed meetings in Hawaii:

• Open meetings welcome anyone to attend, including non-addicts. These are good for learning more about the NA program.
• Closed meetings are for addicts only. These provide a safe space to share experiences.

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

The most important things are attending meetings, connecting with members, and working the program one day at a time. Reach out and you’ll find a supportive recovery community.