Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Rockford

What is Narcotics Anonymous?

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs have become a major problem. Members meet regularly to help each other stay clean through a 12-step program, including attending meetings and working with sponsors.

First Congregational Church

• Monday, 8:00 PM (Discussion)
• Tuesday, 8:00 PM (Discussion)

Westminster Presbyterian Church

• Wednesday, 8:00 PM (Discussion)

Zion Lutheran Church

• Friday 8:00 PM (Discussion)
• Saturday 11:00 AM (Discussion)

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 with 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 Rockford

Use a meeting search on methadone.org to find local Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois. Both in-person and online/virtual meetings are available.

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA meetings come in two main types: open and closed. The key difference is:

When attending your first local NA meeting:

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

Receive welcome keychain tags marking your membership milestones:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 1 year

NA is a supportive fellowship focused on recovery – all new local members are welcome. Attending meetings regularly is important, with both open and closed meetings providing opportunities to share and listen.