Welcome to Narcotics Anonymous of NJ. Our Message Is…
That an addict, any addict can stop using drugs,
lose the desire to use, and find a new way to live.
Helpline
If you feel you have a problem with drugs, call our helpline
Events
See upcoming NA events and activities in NJ
Narcotics Anonymous is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean.
– Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text, page 9
Recovery from addiction is possible and available through the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous.
Narcotics Anonymous is FREEDOM from active addiction.
Narcotics Anonymous is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts with over 61,000 weekly meetings in over 131 countries worldwide.
Just for Today
Sometimes it seems as if our recovery is growing much too slowly. We struggle with the steps; we wrestle with the same problems; we labor under the same uncomfortable feelings day after day. We wish that recovery would move a little faster so we could find some comfort!
Wishing doesn't work in recovery; this isn't a program of magic. If wishes cured addiction, we all would have been well long ago! What does give us relief in recovery is action and prayer.
Narcotics Anonymous has worked for so many addicts because it is a carefully designed program of action and prayer. The actions we undertake in each of the steps bring more and more recovery to each area of our lives. And prayer keeps us connected to our Higher Power. Together, action and prayer keep us well-grounded in recovery.
A Spiritual Principle a Day
Being a member of NA allows us to experience something many of us were looking for all along, whether we knew it or not--a sense of community. We found our people! But then, we may look around at our fellow addicts and think, I'm supposed to trust these people? The answer is, not all of them, and not all at once. An H&I speaker often joked, "The good news is, there's hope. The bad news is, it's us!" Like love and courage, trust usually begins with action, and the feeling comes later. We start with a sponsor and grow our circle from there.
We don't have to like everyone in NA, but we do need to recover with some of them. After being clean for a while, we often feel a special connection to the members we got clean with, the people who were around in early recovery. We may grow to appreciate the traits or qualities we don't like about some fellow members--we know them well enough to trust they are who they are, and there's something reliable about that. We show up for each other, warts and all.
"My mom was a difficult person with few friends at the end of her life," a member wrote. "We didn't expect anyone but our immediate family to attend her memorial service. I looked up to see members of 'my crew'--the folks I cleaned up with--walking in. They didn't know my mom, but they knew me."
Being part of the NA community helps us develop a practical form of trust, which we then find useful in so many other areas. We show up for others--and let them show up for us--in our family, work, and romantic relationships. We allow others to be who they are, and we have the courage and willingness to be who we are alongside them. We share the road together.
