What is Narcotics Anonymous?$

• Facts About Narcotics Anonymous 

NA Group Readings

• Who is an Addict  
• What is the Narcotics Anonymous Program
• The 12 Steps of Narcotics Anonymous
• The 12 Traditions of NA
• Just For Today
• We Do Recover 

NA Literature

• Recovery Literature in English
• Literatura de Recuperación en Español

Any time, day or night, you can call our Helpline  to speak to to a recovering addict and find out more about Narcotics Anonymous.

Llámenos al  708-848-5194 para la línea de ayuda en  español.  Para mas informacion en español haz click aqui

You can email us at info@chicagona.org, 
fax us at (708) 450-1885, 
or write us at:

NA Literature & Merchandise

Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Chicagoland

 There are hundreds of meetings in the Chicagoland Region every day of the week where you can find help. All meetings are free to attend; there are no dues or fees.  Anyone who has a desire to stop using is welcome at all meetings.  

Some of our meetings are designated as OPEN which means that Friends, family or other visitors are welcome to attend

Click on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday for each day of the online meeting directory

You can also print or view the  Full meeting directory (in pdf format)
                
       

Find meetings nearby to your location with the new improved Meeting Locator.
        
     

The interactive locator shows all meetings on a map based on your location.  You can enter your street address, intersection, zipcode, nearby landmark or city and it will find the nearest meetings to your location..  
           

Get started using this feature by pushing the Meeting Locator button below or on the blue bar running down the left side of this page.
                   
           
   
    

Public Transportation
 
Automobile and bus/train directions are available using our Public Transportation Directions

Online & Phone Meetings

Our region does not host any online or phone meetings but we do have a link to the NA World Service list of online and phone  meetings.  
   
          

Click here for details.
            

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  • Buy NA Literature on the internet from the CSO online store using your credit card
          

• Call 708-450-1880 or visit the CSO to place your order with the office worker.      
       

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CSO STORE HOURS * Effective June 1, 2013

Monday 10 am - 5 pm Tuesday thru Friday closed Saturday 10 am - 5 pm Sunday 11 am - 6 pm

* Please call ahead 708-450-1880 to make sure the office is open

 
CSO  Holiday Closing Schedule 

New Years Day

Presidents Day

Easter

Memorial Day

Independence Day

Labor Day

Christmas Day

New Years Eve Day

Keeping the Meeting List Up to Date

Did you know that all concerned addicts can submit meeting changes directly to the website?   Let us know when a new meeting starts, when a meeting moves to a new location or time, and also when a meeting closes.   Submit your changes either with the Group Update Form or by  email to webmaster@chicagona.org  Incorrect or outdated meeting info on the website can send people to the wrong location or a meeting that no longer exists.  Did you know the helpline volunteers use the website to find meetings for callers needing help?  You can help them by keeping the meeting info up to date. Meeting changes made on this website are sent monthly to the NA World Service website for update to their worldwide meeting directory. Include your phone number, email address, and your relationship to the meeting (trusted servant, concerned member, etc) as part of any update.

Events$

Regional Service Committees

Narcotics Anonymous Events





Find events in or around Chicago, anywhere in the United States, or the World. The events page is filled with all kinds of things to do.

Most events include a printable flyer you can take to your meeting for inclusion in hte announcements folder.  Just click on the event name hyperlink for the flyer.

 Committees in the Chicagoland Region
    

The Chicago Region Service Committee (CRSC) and the regional workgroups meet regularly at the CSO.  Click on this link for the workgroup list and monthly meeting schedule     

Did you know that individual addicts and groups can make 7th Tradition contributions directly to the Chicagoland Region?  Just send  a check or money order (payable to CRSC) to the Chicago Service Office  at 1701 S First Ave, Ste 508A, Maywood,  Illinois 60153.  Include the words "7th Tradition"  in the memo area.

 Area Service Committee Conventions 

CRSC Documents and Forms 

Some Area Service Committees (ASC's) in the Chicagoland Region have their own conventions.  

Here is a list of the upcoming conventions sponsored by Area Service Committees in the Chicagoland Region.. 

Click on each link for the registration flyer or convention website:

Copies of Chicagoland Regional Service Committee forms and documents are available, including approved Regional policy and monthly report forms.
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Check Out Our Area Service Committees' Newsletters

South City Area has become  the 4th Area in the Chicagoland Region to post its newsletter on its webpage.  

Now  Mid City , North City,  Joliet, and South City Areas are putting their newsletters on the web.!.  

Each area in the region has its own page on the website.  Click on the Areas button on the on the left bar of this page for the links to each area's page.  Each area is responsible for the content on its own page.  The page must adhere to the guideliines which apply to all pages on this website.  

Contact the webmaster if you have updates for your area's page.

The Narcotics Anonymous World Service (NAWS) publishes the NA Way magazine online.  

The NA Way Magazine provides each NA member with recovery and service information, as well as recovery-related entertainment, which speaks to current issues and events relevant to each of our members worldwide. In keeping with this mission, the editorial staff is dedicated to providing a magazine which is open to articles and features written by members from around the world, as well as current service and convention information. Foremost, the journal is dedicated to the celebration of our message of recovery--"that an addict, any addict can stop using drugs, lose their desire to use, and find a new way to live."

Click on this link for the  NA Way Magazine home page on the NAWS website.

NA Literature Now Available Online

Click here for Online NA Literature

The NA World Service is now making selected items of NA Literature available online! 

 Here is an excerpt from the NAWS New Year's greeting  to our region::  "As we welcome in the new year, we wanted to let you know that the Basic Text is now available online!  This is the first tangible step in the process of placing our book-length pieces online, as we reported at WSC 2006 and since" 

Follow this link for the  JavaScript Clean Time Calculator.. 

We believe it to be the best NA clean time calculator in the world. It was written by NA members for NA members.

Get your Group or Area a Federal Tax ID

The CSO has asked all groups and areas in the region not to use the CSO's tax id on checking accounts.  Your group or area can get its own tax id (called a Federal Employer Identification Number).  Call the IRS office at 1-800-829-4933 and ask for the EIN operation.

Service pamphlets are intended for help in your discussion in group business meetings or in service committees.

Service pamphlets are intended to be one more tool to assist us all in our efforts to carry the message to the addict who still suffers.
 

Find meetings for any location in the Chicagoland Region.

The Meeting Directory  Page now lets you find meetings  on an interactive map of the entire Chicagoland Region  

You can zoom in on the area you are interested in and  see all nearby meetings pinpointed on the map for any day of the week.  

Download NA Logos

We are providing downloadable files containing approved NA Logo and Symbol artwork. These are intended to assist groups and trusted servants in producing flyers, meeting lists, etc.

Please bear in mind that use of NA trademarks is governed by the Fellowship Intellectual Property Trust (FIPT). These are trademarked images, and must be used with respect.

 

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Each trusted servant position at the regional level is being assigned a webmail account on Chicagona.org  Webmail is accessible from any computer using a web browser.  

Anyone with internet email can contact regional trusted servants using these webmail addresses.  

• Click here for a directory of regional webmail accounts.

•  Webmail Login

• Emergency mail2web Login
  
  
  Use the Emergency mail2web login if you get an error message when you try to open your webmail. 

For questions or comments on this web page, please email webmaster@chicagona.org
This page was last updated 06/19/13.