Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Portland

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 via a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. This is a free program rooted in a set of spiritual principles. Meetings are held in cities across the US, including the following locations in Portland, Oregon:

Clean and Free Group

• Mondays at 7:00 PM (1 hour, open discussion meeting)
• Thursdays at 7:00 PM (1 hour, open step study meeting)

Into Action Group

• Tuesdays at 6:00 PM (1.5 hours, open discussion meeting)
• Fridays at 7:30 PM (1 hour, open step study meeting)

Hope Without Dope Group

• Sundays at 5:30 PM (1 hour, closed step study meeting)
• Wednesdays at 8:00 PM (1.5 hours, open speaker meeting)

The 12 Steps of NA

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship for recovering drug addicts across Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, and beyond. The program outlines a 12-step process to motivate members toward positive change:

1. The first step is admitting you have a problem and that drugs have taken control.
2. Step two asks to believe faith can restore clarity.
3. The third step is deciding to let your higher power guide your path forward.
4. Take an honest personal inventory in step four.
5. Share the inventory results openly and honestly in step five.
6. Become ready in step six to have your higher power remove shortcomings.
7. Step seven asks to humbly request the removal of flaws.
8. Document all those you have harmed and become willing to make amends with them all in step eight.
9. Where possible, make amends in step nine, unless harmful.
10. Ongoing honest inventory in step ten with the admission of wrongs.
11. Through reflection in step eleven, improve connection with a higher power to understand and pursue its will.
12. After spiritual awakening from steps, share the message and live the principles in step twelve.

Getting Started with NA in Portland

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

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA meetings in Portland can be either “open” or “closed.”

Arrive 10-15 minutes early to your first meeting and introduce yourself as a new local member. Share your experiences if you feel comfortable. At your first meeting, you typically receive welcome keychain tags marking clean time milestones, such as:

• 30 days
• 60 days
• 90 days
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 1 year

The key tags provide encouragement to keep attending meetings and working on your recovery program.