Program Description

The New England Region currently comprises Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Placing information online is one of the responsibilities of the Public Information Subcommittee of the New England Regional Service Committee. We hope you find our website useful and helpful.

We know that the therapeutic value of one addict helping another is without parallel, and it is our wish to be of help to you. If you are an addict and have chanced across these pages, give yourself a break and call one of our helplines or, better yet, come to one of our meetings! You will always be welcome.

Narcotics Anonymous is a global, community-based organization with a multi-lingual and multicultural membership. NA was founded in 1953, and our membership growth was minimal during our initial twenty years as an organization. Since the publication of our Basic Text in 1983, the number of members and meetings has increased dramatically. Today, NA members hold more than 61,000 meetings weekly in 129 countries.

We offer recovery from the effects of addiction through working a twelve-step program, including regular attendance at group meetings. The group atmosphere provides help from peers and offers an ongoing support network for addicts who wish to pursue and maintain a drug-free lifestyle.

Our name, Narcotics Anonymous, is not meant to imply a focus on any particular drug; NA’s approach makes no distinction between drugs including alcohol. Membership is free, and we have no affiliation with any organizations outside of NA including governments, religions, law enforcement groups, or medical and psychiatric associations.

Through all of our service efforts and our cooperation with others seeking to help addicts, we strive to reach a day when every addict in the world has an opportunity to experience our message of recovery in his or her own language and culture.