Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Laredo

What is Narcotics Anonymous?

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society for recovering drug addicts. Members meet regularly to help each other stay clean and transition to a sober lifestyle. NA meetings are free to attend and available in cities across the United States, including Laredo, Webb, Texas.

Laredo Recovery Center

• Monday at 7:00 pm (1 hour, Open Discussion meeting)
• Tuesday at 7:00 pm (1 hour, Open Discussion meeting)
• Thursday at 7:00 pm (1 hour, Open Discussion meeting)
• Saturday at 6:30 pm (1 hour, Open Discussion meeting)

Gateway Community Fellowship

• This church hosts NA meetings every Friday at 8:00 pm.
• It’s an open discussion-style meeting that lasts an hour.

Alcapulco Community Center

• NA meetings are held here on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm.
• It’s a 1-hour open discussion meeting for members.

The 12 Steps of NA

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship for people seeking recovery from drug addiction. NA outlines a 12-step program to help members achieve and maintain abstinence from mind- and mood-altering substances. The 12 steps are:

1. Admit powerlessness over addiction and inability to manage one’s own life.
2. Come to believe in a Power greater than oneself that can restore sanity.
3. Make decision to turn will and life over to care of God as understood.
4. Make searching and fearless moral inventory of self.
5. Admit to God, self and another human being the exact nature of wrongs.
6. Become entirely ready to have God remove all character defects.
7. Humbly ask God to remove shortcomings.
8. Make list of all those harmed and become willing to make amends.
9. Make direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.
10. Continue to take personal inventory and promptly admit when wrong.
11. Seek through prayer and meditation to improve conscious contact with God as understood, praying only for knowledge of God’s will and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, try to carry this message to other addicts and practice these principles in all affairs.

Getting Started with NA in Laredo

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

NA meetings can be “open” or “closed.” See the table below for key differences:

When attending your first local NA meeting in Laredo:

• Arrive early and introduce yourself as a new local member
• Share your experiences if you feel comfortable

Receive welcome keychain tags marking your sobriety milestones:

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

The most important things are attending regularly, sharing only when ready, and connecting with other members for support. NA provides a judgement-free space focused on healing and growth.