Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Atlanta

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 free to attend and held regularly across Atlanta.

Northside Methodist Church

• Mondays at noon (open discussion meeting)
• Wednesdays at 7:30 PM (literature study)

Central Presbyterian Church

• Tuesdays at 6:00 PM (open discussion meeting)
• Fridays at noon (step study meeting)

First Baptist Church of Atlanta

• Thursdays at 8:00 PM (speaker meeting)
• Saturdays at 5:30 PM (beginners meeting)

Founded in the 1950s, Narcotics Anonymous now hosts over 70,000 meetings globally. The Atlanta area meetings provide a supportive community for those in recovery from drug addiction.

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. The 12 steps are:

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 the people 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, 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 Atlanta

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

Attending Your First Local NA Meeting

There are two main types of NA meetings in Atlanta:

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 periods of sobriety, such as:

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

The most important thing is to keep an open mind, listen to others, and determine if the NA approach is right for you. NA provides a supportive community for many recovering addicts.