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OUR HOPE IS

That no addict seeking recovery need ever die from the horrors of addiction.

OUR MESSAGE IS

That an addict, any addict can stop using drugs, lose the desire to use, and find a new way to live.

N.A. is a non-profit fellowship of recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using.

The Greater Pensacola Area of Narcotics Anonymous serves Escambia, Santa Rosa, & Okaloosa Counties of North West Florida. We have meetings in the following cities: Crestview, Ft. Walton Beach, Gulf Breeze, Milton, Niceville, Pace, Pensacola.

Need help now?

Call our 24 Hour NA Helpline: 850-990-HOPE (4673) to talk to an addict in recovery or get information on upcoming meetings texted your phone.

You can also text your zip code to the helpline to receive meeting information near you.

Find a Meeting

View our online meeting schedule or print a schedule at home to find a meeting near you in the Greater Pensacola Area.

We have NA meetings in Escambia, Santa Rosa, & Okaloosa Counties.

Click here to submit a meeting schedule change.

The H.O.W.L.

The H.O.W.L. is GPANA’s annual spiritual retreat, held the first weekend of October.

Join us as we celebrate the freedoms of recovery surrounded in Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness, and Love!

Looking for birthdays and other local events?

Check out our calendar and local events page for more information!

Literature Highlight

Read today’s Spiritual Principle a Day daily meditation or subscribe to receive daily emails.

Read today’s Just For Today daily mediation or subscribe to receive daily emails.

Mental Health in Recovery IP (English, Spanish)

Suggestions for Everyone

DON’T USE no matter what
Ask your Higher Power to keep you clean
Come early and stay late
Get a homegroup
Go to 90 meetings in 90 days
Read NA literature daily
Get and use a sponsor
Work the NA steps with your sponsor
Use the PHONE
KEEP COMING BACK!
IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT.

Fun in the Sun

F.I.T.S. is the Alabama Northwest Florida Region (ALNWFL) of Narcotics Anonymous annual convention held in April. Find more information here!

Surrender in the Mountains

Surrender in the Mountains is the Alabama Northwest Florida Region (ALNWFL) of Narcotics Anonymous annual spiritual retreat held in September. Find more information here!

ALNWFL Region of NA

Find more information about meetings, activities, the Regional Service Committee (SRC), and more in the Alabama Northwest Florida Region of Narcotics Anonymous here.

“Addiction is a disease that does not discriminate, and neither does the program of NA… Our members come from every walk of life. We are not contained within political or geographic boundaries, nor are we limited by any individual differences in faith or philosophy. No matter what conflicts are unfolding in the world at large, we aspire to an ideal of unity: Our common welfare should come first. Our text explains that this unity of purpose helps us “to achieve the true spirit of anonymity” where all of us are equal as members of this group. With that as our foundation, we as individual recovering addicts are each able to find our own distinct voice and to sing a song that is uniquely ours.”

Preface to the Basic Text 6th Edition, BT pg xvii & xix

Just For Today

April 02, 2025
Attraction
Page 96
"Our public image consists of what we have to offer: a successful, proven way of maintaining a drug-free lifestyle."
Basic Text, p. 75

Yes, we are attracting new members. More and more addicts are finding Narcotics Anonymous. But how do we treat our newest members when they arrive, worn out from their struggles with addiction? Do we reach out to newcomers who are standing by themselves at our meetings, confused and uncertain? Are we willing to give them rides to meetings? Do we still work one-on-one with the addict who suffers? Do we give out our phone numbers? Are we eager to go on a Twelfth Step call, even if it means getting up from our comfortable beds in the middle of the night? Will we work with someone who has a different sexual orientation or is from another culture? Are we generous with the gift of our time?

No doubt we were met with love and acceptance by our fellow addicts. What attracted many of us to Narcotics Anonymous was the feeling that we had finally found a place where we belonged. Are we offering that same sense of belonging to our newer members? We cannot promote Narcotics Anonymous. But when we put principles into action in our lives, we attract newer members to the NA way, just as we were attracted to recovery.

Just for Today: I will work with a newcomer. I will remember that I was once a newcomer myself. I will seek to attract others with the same sense of belonging I've found in NA.

Spiritual Principle a Day

April 02, 2025
An Open Mind Is a Life Saver
Page 96
"Open-mindedness gives us the ability to see more and more clearly within ourselves as we go through the never-ending process of surrendering, taking inventory, and inviting change."
Living Clean, Chapter 1, Opening Essay

"A closed mind is a killer!" A member riffed on the idea that a parachute, like a mind, can't function well, if closed: "When we dive into recovery, we tug at that ripcord in an impulse to surrender, with some measure of courage and faith."

Being closed-minded makes us jaded, sealing off our secrets and locking in bad habits. It excludes others--their perspectives, their insights, and their compassion. When we resist being open-minded, the light can't get in, so our humanity is stunted. We can't see ourselves honestly. New ideas cannot penetrate our fortress of anger or avoidance, and we end up stuck in isolation.

Getting and staying clean in NA dares us to open up the parts of ourselves we would rather keep hidden. As we prepare to engage each of the Twelve Steps, we have to keep our closed-mindedness in check. Through this process of self-examination that is afforded to all of us, we pry open our minds to a new way of life. We inventory our pasts, so we can stop running from them and let go. We assess our shortcomings and assets to see ourselves clearly and to seek balance. We make amends to help us avoid the same mistakes in relationships. In addition to our minds, we open our eyes, our hearts, and our arms, helping others to seek change as we have.

This process, however, does not end--unless we stop attending to it. We don't arrive at openness and wellness and just stay there. To keep evolving, we keep relying on open-mindedness. The member continued, "Our feet may touch the ground for a moment, but life will have us back up in that plane soon enough. We'll have to jump and pull that cord again if we want to continue to grow." Maintaining open-mindedness, even with years clean, prevents us from becoming too rigid, from building walls that we can't see over, helping us to navigate new areas of conflict that arise.

Where in my recovery can I be more open-minded? Who or what am I resisting today? What part does this spiritual principle play in the Step I'm working on? If I've halted actively working on myself, what needs to happen so I can pull that cord and expand?