If you have a problem with drugs, Narcotics Anonymous are recovering drug addicts who can help you get and stay clean. NA is simply about one addict helping another to get and stay clean. They simply share what has worked for them.

Narcotics Anonymous has no professional therapists, no residential facilities and no clinics. What they do have is over 1000 weekly meetings taking place in person and online here in the UK, this represents many thousands of once desperate addicts living a drug free and productive life with the support of their fellow recovering addicts.

NA is not a religious organisation, nor does it discriminate against anyone holding religious, spiritual or secular views, you are free to believe, or not believe, anything you want. Though some of our meetings are held in church halls it is simply because they are available, amenable and affordable. They have no affiliation with any of these establishments we simply rent rooms as do many other community organisations.

​Though the word God is mentioned in the literature, it could be considered a nick-name for anything that you choose as your higher power. Having a power greater than you is important in the process of Recovery. A lot of members choose the power of the group and the support network they build by coming regularly.

Narcotics Anonymous believes one of the cornerstones of its success is the therapeutic value of addicts working with each other to achieve recovery. In meetings, members regularly share their personal experiences with each other, not as professionals but as ordinary people who have discovered that sharing brings about solutions to their problems.

The session NA holds in our upstairs room at Whitefield Methodist Church is a ‘Spiritual Principle a Day’ meeting. NA teaches basic spiritual principles such as honesty, open-mindedness, trust, willingness, and humility that may be applied in everyday life. The specific practical application of spiritual principles is determined by each individual. Recovery in NA is not a miracle cure that happens within a given period of time. It is a process, ongoing and personal. Members make an individual decision to join and recover at their own pace.