We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.Ħ. We made a fearless and searching moral inventory of ourselves.ĥ. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.Ĥ. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.ģ. We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.Ģ. The 12 Steps of Narcotics Anonymous are as follows: 2ġ. 1 There are even NA meetings categorized by step you can attend. Recovery is centered around working the steps with a sponsor. The 12 Steps are the cornerstone of the NA program. The NA program is a set of spiritual principles espoused in the 12 Steps, used to recover from addiction. The peer support, guidance, and encouragement of Narcotics Anonymous have helped thousands of people recover from drug addiction. The main tenets of NA are based upon three basic features: 2 3 NA is not restricted to any political or geographic boundaries, nor is it limited to any one faith, dogma, or philosophy. More than 70,000 NA meetings occur weekly in 144 countries, and NA literature is available in 55 languages. Originating in Los Angeles, NA grew quickly and is now a worldwide organization with meetings across North America, South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia, and the Middle East. Now, you can attend a virtual NA meeting from the comfort of your home. NA has one mission: to provide a context where people experiencing addiction can help one another stop using drugs and find a new way to live.2 The only requirement for NA membership is a “desire to stop using drugs.” 3 NA has taken their meetings online to provide greater access to those in recovery. 1 Narcotics Anonymous is a support group for individuals recovering from an addiction to drugs. Twelve-step fellowships, such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA), are the most widely accessible recovery resources in the U.S. Published: | Author: Anjali Talcherkar, PhD

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