Suncoast
Narcotics
Anonymous
24 Hour Helpline:
1-941-257-5055
What is Narcotics Anonymous?
NA 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. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using.
7:30 am Wednesday Serenity in the Morning
222 S Palm Ave Sarasota, FL 34236
O,CW,NS,LC Small building facing Bayfront Dr
10:00 am Wednesday Never Alone
2856 Ringling Blvd Sarasota, FL 34237
O,IW
12:00 pm Wednesday Spiritual Principles at Noon (ONLINE)
O,VM
12:05 pm Wednesday 12 O'Clock Clean
222 S Palm Ave Sarasota, FL 34236
O,D Small building facing Bayfront Dr
6:00 pm Wednesday Unity & Serenity Group
6502 14th St W Bradenton, FL 34207
O,WC,NS,SD Smoke Free Campus
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Events & Announcements:
- Dinosaur Day - Sun, Sep 20th - 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Longwood Park Pavilion
6050 Longwood Run Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34243
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When:
Sunday, September 13th
Where:
That Church - 6502 14th St W, Bradenton, FL, 34207
Times:
- 1:30 PM - H&I Committee Meeting
- 2:30 PM - Activities Committee Meeting
- 2:30 PM - H&I Orientation
- 2:30 PM - Web Committee Meeting
- 2:45 PM - GSR Orientation
- 3:00 PM - Admin Body Meeting
- 3:30 PM - Area Service Meeting
Notes:
- There is no parking by the green fence.
- No smoking or vaping ANYWHERE except underneath the basketball hoop.
- Please keep the bathroom doors closed. (The air conditioning in the meeting space depends on it)
Group Readings fo NA Meetings
Use the below links to view, download, or print a PDF of the readings commonly used in NA meetings.
Narcotics Anonymous Resource Links
Helpful links to trusted NA resources for recovery support, literature, and local & global fellowship connections.
Daily Meditations
Subscribe →September 09, 2026 |
Feet of clay |
| Page 263 |
| "One of the biggest stumbling blocks to recovery seems to be placing unrealistic expectations on... others." |
| Basic Text, p. 82 |
| Many of us come into Narcotics Anonymous feeling pretty poorly about ourselves. By comparison, the recovering addicts we meet at meetings may seem almost superhumanly serene. These wise, loving people have many months, even years of living in accordance with spiritual principles, giving of themselves to others without expecting anything back. We trust them, allowing them to love us until we can love ourselves. We expect them to make everything alright again. Then the glow of early recovery begins to fade, and we start to see the human side of our NA friends and sponsor. Perhaps a fellow member of our home group stands us up for a coffee date, or we see two oldtimers bickering at a committee meeting, or we realize our sponsor has a defect of character or two. We're crushed, disillusioned--these recovering addicts aren't perfect after all! How can we possibly trust them anymore? Somewhere between "the heroes of recovery" and "the lousy NA bums" lies the truth: Our fellow addicts are neither completely bad nor completely good. After all, if they were perfect, they wouldn't need this program. Our friends and sponsor are ordinary recovering addicts, just like we are. We can relate to their ordinary recovery experience and use it in our own program. |
| Just for Today: My friends and my sponsor are human, just like me--and I trust their experience all the more for that. |
| Copyright (c) 2007-2026, NA World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
September 09, 2026 |
Humility Is Living in Reality |
| Page 261 |
| "Humility is most easily identified as an acceptance of who we truly are--neither worse nor better than we believed we were when we were using, just human." |
| NA Step Working Guides, Step One, "Spiritual Principles" |
| In early recovery, we often find ourselves going from unrealistic, grandiose self-perception to believing we are the worst person in history. It's that familiar addict pendulum swing--from one extreme to the other (with an optional sound effect): I'm a spiritual giant deserving of high praise--WHOOSH!--I'm a worthless piece of trash. I'm the hottest person here--WHOOSH!--I'm repulsive and don't deserve to live. I'm the only parent who knows what they're doing--WHOOSH!--I'm going to screw up my kid worse than my parents screwed me up. Torchbearer of overblown self-importance--WHOOSH!--barren self-pity farm. Hero--WHOOSH!--zero. Getting clean and working the Twelve Steps of NA can slow our addict pendulum and greatly narrow the distance of its swing. The humility that ensues from working Steps will help us to find that serene sweet spot somewhere in the middle. This place is where our true selves reside. Here lives reality. Humility is like kryptonite to our self-indulgence, jealousy, and entitlement. It allows us to accept the beautiful muddle of our humanity, the truth of our perfectly imperfect selves, and our authentic place in the world. We can have reasonable expectations of ourselves and let others be who they are without our interference. We can find humor in our shortcomings and try to do better when criticized, instead of wanting to annihilate ourselves when we make a mistake. Perhaps most crucially, we don't boast about our spiritual growth, especially in comparison to other members, nor do we overindulge in denigrating who we "used to be" when we were using. We were human then, and we're human now. |
| I will try to be mindful of where my pendulum is swinging today. Though I can accept where I am, I'll still try to move toward the center because that's what's real. |
| Copyright (c) 2007-2026, NA World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved |