NA meetings are free, peer-led, and held every day in communities across the country. Browse meetings by state to find a time, place, and format that fits your schedule, whether you’re brand new to recovery or working to stay in it.
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Detox is the first step for many people. Opioid withdrawal is painful and hard to get through alone, and overdose risk rises if you use again after your tolerance drops. Medically supervised detox eases symptoms and helps keep you safe while the drugs leave your system.
When someone you love won’t accept help, a planned conversation can open the door. Learn how a structured intervention works, who should be there, and when to bring in a professional interventionist.
Inpatient rehab means living at a treatment center, usually for a few weeks to a few months, with round-the-clock care, counseling, and medication when needed. It suits people who need structure or distance from where they used.
Outpatient treatment lets you live at home and keep working while you attend counseling, often on evenings or weekends. Many programs also offer medications like buprenorphine to ease cravings.
In medicine, “narcotics” usually means opioids: prescription painkillers like oxycodone and hydrocodone, and illicit drugs like heroin and fentanyl. Withdrawal, overdose risk, and treatment differ from one drug to the next, so choose a substance to see the signs of misuse, what withdrawal involves, and how it's treated.
Practical guides on overdose response, drug risks, and staying in recovery, written for people who use drugs and the families supporting them.
Overdose Recognize the signs of an opioid overdose and know what to do while waiting for 911.
Overdose signs and what to do
Illegal Narcotics Which drugs are Schedule I under federal law and why they're classified that way.
See the illegal narcotics list
Drug Effects Short- and long-term effects of narcotics on the brain, breathing, and other organs.
Effects of narcotics
Preventing Relapse Early warning signs of relapse and the supports that help people stay in recovery.
How to prevent relapse
Signs of Misuse Behavioral and physical signs that narcotic use has become a problem.
Signs of narcotics misuse
Harm Reduction Where to get naloxone, even without a prescription, and why to keep it on hand.
Where to get naloxonePlain answers to common questions about NA for anyone thinking about a first meeting. Narcotics.com is not affiliated with Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Narcotics Anonymous is a peer support fellowship for people who want to stop using drugs. It began in Southern California in 1953 and follows 12 Steps adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous. Meetings are free, and the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Learn more about Narcotics Anonymous.
Many members credit regular attendance and peer support with helping them stay drug-free, but no single approach works for everyone. NA is not medical treatment, and many people combine meetings with counseling or medication for opioid use disorder. Can NA meetings cure addiction?
NA is open to anyone who wants to stop using any drug, including opioids, stimulants, and prescription medications. You don’t need a diagnosis, a referral, or to be drug-free when you walk in, and no one is required to speak. Is NA right for me?
Meetings differ by format, such as discussion, speaker, step study, and literature study, and by audience, with groups for newcomers, women, men, young people, and LGBTQ members. Open meetings welcome anyone; closed meetings are for people who have, or think they may have, a drug problem. How to find and attend NA meetings.
Most meetings run about an hour. A volunteer opens with readings from NA literature, then members share their experiences in turn or listen to a speaker. Sharing is optional, members usually go by first names, and what is said in the room stays there. What happens at an NA meeting.
Arriving a few minutes early helps. Many groups ask if anyone is attending their first meeting so they can welcome you, and some hand newcomers a white key tag. You can sit and listen the whole time, and members may offer phone numbers afterward if you want support between meetings. Find an NA meeting near you.
A secular, science-based mutual-help program that uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy. Meetings are free, in person and online.
Free, confidential treatment referral and information, available 24/7 in English and Spanish at 1-800-662-4357.
A 12-step fellowship for family members and friends affected by someone else's drug use. Meetings are free, in person and online.
The outermost stretch of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, just got a boost against the opioid crisis. Outer Cape Health Services has received $677,045 in federal funds to create the Outer Cape Recovery Access Initiative. This program will integrate opioid treatment medicine into routine health care. Even though Massachusetts already has an abundance of programs to battle ...
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