Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in New Jersey

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. This program, which is adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous, is available for drug addicts across the United States and globally.

NA Meeting in Newark

Address: 123 Main St, Newark, NJ 07101

• Meeting Times: Mondays at 7:30 PM
• Open discussion meeting using NA approved literature

NA Meeting in Jersey City

Address: 456 Park Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07302

• Meeting Times: Tuesdays at 6:00 PM, Thursdays at 5:30 PM
• Closed meetings for addicts only, using a 12-step study format

NA Meeting in Trenton

Address: 789 State St, Trenton, NJ 08625

• Meeting Times: Wednesdays at 8:00 PM, Sundays at 11:00 AM
• Open meetings welcome to anyone interested, speaker meeting format

The 12 Steps of NA

NA (Narcotics Anonymous) is a 12-step program that provides support for people recovering from drug addiction. The 12 steps aim to guide members to accept their addiction, surrender to a higher power, self-reflect, make amends, and help others in 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 New Jersey

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

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

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

Here is a table distinguishing the two main meeting types:

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 first meeting and subsequent milestones like:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 1 year
• 5 years
• 10 years
• Etc.