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Passaic County Area

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“The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using”…Tradition 3

“Our primary purpose is to carry the message to the addict who still suffers”…Tradition 5

WEST MILFORD MEETINGS LOCATION CHANGE!

Both the Recovery in the Mountains (Sundays, 7 PM to 8 PM) and Serenity in the Sticks (Fridays, 8 PM to 9:15 PM) meetings in West Milford have moved from St. Josephs Church on Germantown Rd. to:

The Almond Branch Church at 184 Marshall Hill Rd.

For direction and details visit the Meeting List page.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

August 10, 2026 5:46 am
7:30 pm   Monday   Crossroads to Recovery
1200 Alps Rd.   Wayne, NJ 07470
O,D,S,St,WC,NS   corner Ratzer Rd. 

8:15 pm   Monday   Learning to Live
188 Kiel Avenue   Butler, NJ 07405
C,D,H&W,St,Td,NS   at Jericho Road 

12:00 pm   Tuesday   The 12
537 Totowa Rd   Totowa, NJ 07512
O,D,WC,NS   Ground Floor in the Multipurpose Room 

7:00 pm   Tuesday   Here and Now in the Highlands
104 Paradise Road   Oak Ridge, NJ 07438
C,D,M,WC,NS    

7:30 pm   Tuesday   The Backbone
17 Pompton Ave.   Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
O,B,Bk,D,NS,St1-3    wk 4 & 5 JFT

8:00 pm   Tuesday   Born To Win
215 Lafayette Avenue   Passaic, NJ 07055
O,B,D,S,Tp,WC,NS   left door 

NA White Booklet

The NA White Booklet

If you are new to Narcotics Anonymous, we recommend the Narcotics Anonymous White Booklet, also known as “The Little White Book” and as NA’s first piece of Literature. It’s a great introduction to the program to get you started!  Click on the image to download the booklet. You can also explore one of the other informational pamphlets found on the Literature page of this website..

What is NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS?

NA is a non-profit 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.  This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs.  There is only one requirement for membership – the desire to stop using.  We suggest that you keep an open mind and give yourself a break.  Our program is a set of principles written so simply that we can follow them in our daily lives.  The most important thing about them is that they work. We have learned from our group experience that those who keep coming to pur meetings regularly stay clean.


~ Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text, page 9.

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Narcotics Anonymous is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts with over 58,000 weekly meetings in over 131 countries worldwide
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Recovery from addiction is possible and available through the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous.

Just For Today

August 10, 2026
Regular prayer and meditation
Page 232
"Most of us pray when we are hurting. We learn that if we pray regularly, we won't be hurting as often or as intensely."
Basic Text, p. 45

Regular prayer and meditation are two more key elements in our new pattern of living. Our active addiction was more than just a bad habit waiting to be broken by force of will. Our addiction was a negative, draining dependence that stole all our positive energy. That dependence was so total, it prevented us from developing any kind of reliance on a Higher Power.

From the very beginning of our recovery, our Higher Power has been the force that's brought us freedom. First, it relieved us of our compulsion to keep taking drugs, even when we knew they were killing us. Then, it gave us freedom from the more deeply ingrained aspects of our disease. Our Higher Power gave us the direction, the strength, and the courage to inventory ourselves; to admit out loud to another person what our lives had been like, perhaps for the first time; to begin seeking release from the chronic defects of character underlying our troubles; and, at last, to make amends for the wrongs we'd done.

That first contact with a Higher Power, and that first freedom, has grown into a life full of freedom. We maintain that freedom by maintaining and improving our conscious contact with our Higher Power through regular prayer and meditation.

Just for Today: I will make a commitment to include regular prayer and meditation in my new pattern of living.

Spiritual Principle a Day

August 10, 2026
To Be Both Willing and Humble
Page 230
"Balancing willingness and humility means that we are able to step up to the work we are able to do, and also admit that sometimes we need help."
Guiding Principles, Tradition Eight, "Spiritual Principles"

Recovery offers us many chances to adopt a realistic view of who we are. Humility deepens when we admit powerlessness in Step One, accept help in Steps Three and Seven, and get clarity about our assets and shortcomings in Steps Four, Six, and Ten. We continually gain experience sorting out what we can and can't do for ourselves. Sometimes, we embrace our strengths or expand our capabilities. Other times, we accept our limitations.

When deciding what we can realistically accomplish on our own, Tradition Eight reminds us to practice humility and prudence. That's good advice for groups and service bodies, and it's equally applicable for our personal lives. We strive to be self-supporting, as Tradition Seven suggests, but that doesn't mean we're self-sufficient. In NA and at home, humility helps us discern the difference.

Making the NA message widely available often involves tasks or projects requiring more time or expertise than we have available. We can and do employ special workers for many functions in NA, from printing meeting directories to proofreading to navigating the rules of international trade. When it comes to demonstrating NA's reliability and expanding access to our lifesaving message, it's sometimes prudent to hire some help.

Seeing our principles at work in NA service helps many of us learn to apply them in our personal lives. "I wanted to save money on a plumber by fixing a leak myself," a member recalled. "My partner reminded me that I'd made several valiant attempts at home projects in the past year, and none turned out very well. If I want to become a fix-it person, I can make the time to take a class or get help from a friend. But while the water is leaking, I might just need to call an actual plumber." That's practicing willingness, self-support, and humility . . . all while preventing unnecessary catastrophe!

I don't have to be capable of everything. If my needs or desires outweigh my ability, I will practice humility by asking for help.
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Meetings Every Day of the Week!

The meeting list page of the Passaic Area website lists all of the meetings happening every week in our area as well as links out to meetings statewide and even worldwide!

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Current Events & Activities

Keep an eye on this section to find out what fun and informative activities, events, group celebrations and special presentations are going on in our Area!  Also, check the Events and Activities page for a full listing of everything that’s happening!

EVENTS & ACTIVITIES