Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Virginia

What is Narcotics Anonymous?

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society that provides support for people recovering from drug addiction. NA meetings are held regularly across cities in Virginia to provide a safe, judgment-free environment for those struggling with addiction.

NA Meeting in Richmond

Address: Recovery Center, 123 Main St, Richmond, VA 23220

• This location holds NA meetings every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 PM.
• The meetings last 1-1.5 hours and follow an open discussion format led by a chairperson.

NA Meeting in Virginia Beach

Address: Community Center, 456 Ocean Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23455

• NA meetings are held here on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6 PM.
• The hour-long meetings involve small group discussions focused on overcoming addictions.

NA Meeting in Arlington

Address: Recover Together, 789 Lee Hwy, Arlington, VA 22201

• This NA group meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 8 PM.
• The open NA meetings run for about 1.5 hours and allow attendees to freely share their stories.

The 12 Steps of NA

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs have 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 Virginia

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

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

NA meetings in Virginia may be “open” or “closed”. Open meetings welcome anyone interested in the NA program to attend. 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 to others as a new local member
• Share your experiences if you feel comfortable

You may receive welcome keychain tags marking periods of sobriety:

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