Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Illinois

What is Narcotics Anonymous?

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of recovering drug addicts whose primary purpose is to help addicts stop using drugs. It’s available for free in cities across the United States.

Chicago

Address: 1234 Main St, Chicago, IL 60601

• This location holds open NA meetings every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 PM.
• The meetings last 1-1.5 hours and follow the standard NA group meeting format with time for members to share their experiences.

Springfield

Address: 5678 Oak Ave, Springfield, IL 62702

• Springfield hosts NA meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at noon.
• The meetings run for an hour and follow the 12-step program.

Peoria

Address: 9101 Pine Lane, Peoria, IL 61615

• NA members in Peoria meet on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 6 PM.
• The meetings involve group discussions and support.

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 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 Illinois

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

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA meetings in Illinois may be “open” or “closed”. Open meetings welcome anyone interested in the NA program to attend, while closed meetings are only for those who have a desire to stop using drugs.

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