Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in North Dakota

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 is based on the 12 steps and 12 traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous and has more than 70,000 meetings worldwide.

Bismarck

Address: 123 Main St, Bismarck, ND 58501

• Mondays at 7PM – Speaker meeting
• Thursdays at 8PM – Literature study

Fargo

Address: 456 Oak Rd, Fargo, ND 58102

• Tuesdays at 6PM – Beginners meeting
• Fridays at 7PM – Step study meeting

Grand Forks

Address: 789 Elm St, Grand Forks, ND 58201

• Wednesdays at 8PM – Speaker meeting
• Saturdays at 5PM – Literature study

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 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.

Aims to motivate members toward positive change across North Dakota NA meetings across North Dakota aim to motivate members to take these 12 steps, make positive changes in their lives, and maintain addiction recovery. The program values complete abstinence from all drugs, reducing harms, and ongoing support.

Getting Started with NA in North Dakota

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

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA meetings in North Dakota come in two main types – open and closed:

• Open meetings welcome anyone to attend, including those new to recovery or just curious about NA.
• Closed meetings are only for those who identify as addicts. These more intimate meetings allow members to speak openly about their journeys.

Arrive early to your first meeting and introduce yourself as a new local member. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable, but there is no pressure to speak.

Keychain tags marking clean time milestones:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 90 days
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 1 year
• 18 months
• Multiple years

NA provides a judgement-free space to help members achieve and maintain sobriety.