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Find a Meeting
How do I find a meeting?
Most recovery organizations’’ websites search for a meeting in your area. Below are links to help you get started.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Use the link above to find A.A. near you. Type in your location. Look for a Central Office location of AA. Visit the website for the Central Office location closest to where you would like to find a meeting. You can also call them via the phone number listed on their website. In general, the person who answers the phone will be in recovery and is likely a non-paid volunteer.
Narcotics Anonymous
https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/
Use the link above to find an NA meeting by filling out the fields under the “NA Meeting Search” area. There are lots of different types of meetings and different organizations that offer meetings. We have only listed two of the many above. What’s most important is that you find people who help you on your recovery journey. In general, we like to look for “people who have what we want”. For example, if you’re looking for long-term sobriety and happy life, find meetings with people who have achieved long-term sobriety and are happy. All meetings are different. If one meeting is not a good fit, try more meetings until you find one you like. Central Office can also typically recommend a good meeting. Give them a call.
What are meetings?
Meetings are peer-to-peer support groups. There are many different organizations that offer meetings. Here are some examples:
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
There are many other types of meeting organizations that focus on non-substance abuse-related issues. For example, Al-Anon provides meetings for friends and family of alcoholics. CODA provides meetings to people who are overcoming co-dependency. Overeaters Anonymous and Gamblers Anonymous are other examples of peer-to-peer meeting organizations.
This page focuses on meetings related to substance misuse. Within each organization, there are several different types of meetings. Here is a break-down of the most common types of meetings:
Participation Meeting: A topic is discussed during the meeting and those present at the meeting are encouraged to participate in sharing their perspective on the chosen topic.
Open Meetings: Meetings are open to anyone, even though who does not have a substance abuse issue
Closed Meetings: Meetings that have a requirement for all participants to identify as having a substance abuse problem
Big Book Study: Meeting in which a part of the Big Book is studied, read, and/or discussed
12×12: Meeting in which one or more of the twelve traditions are studied, read, and or discussed
Speaker Meeting: Meeting in which the participants listen to one or more speakers share his/her experience, strength, and hope – usually done in the format of telling his/her “story”
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The 12 Steps
What are the 12 steps?
The 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous are listed below. The 12 steps of narcotics anonymous and the other recovery programs are very similar. The main difference is that the word “narcotic” is substituted for “alcohol”. At Throttle & Thrive, we believe that addiction is addiction, no matter the preferred drug of choice. We never discriminate against the type of addiction, we treat everyone with dignity and respect no matter the drug of choice or severity of the affliction. We do take into consideration of the different social prejudices of American society at large against alcoholism and drug addiction and do our best to individually serve each client based on his specific needs and circumstances.
- We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.
- Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
- Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
- Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
- Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
- Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
- Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.
- Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
- Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
- Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics and practice these principles in all our affairs.
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The 12 Traditions
What are the 12 traditions?
- Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
- For our group purpose, there is but one ultimate authority — a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
- The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.
- Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
- Each group has but one primary purpose — to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
- An A.A. group ought never to endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
- Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
- Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
- A.A., as such, ought never to be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
- Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never to be drawn into public controversy.
- Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.
- Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost?
Do you take my insurance?
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What is medical detox?
Medically supervised and medically assisted withdraw process to alleviate substance dependency and detoxify the body.
Is this a 12-step program?
Yes. We will take you through the 12 steps. It’s ok if the 12 steps haven’t worked for you before or if you’re hesitant about them. We are confident our approach to recovery and the 12 steps will a new and helpful perspective. Just like anything else, the 12 steps are a tool. They are one of many tools you’ll be learning to use on your journey.
Do I have to believe in God?
No. Everyone is allowed to believe what he wants. We will meet you where you are and respect your beliefs, including the belief that there is no god. Everyone is worthy of dignity and respect.
Mental Health & Dual Diagnosis
Mental Health & Dual Diagnosis
Mental health is a critical component of wellness and overall health. Addiction manifests as a mental health condition. Other mental health conditions may not manifest as addiction specifically but may co-exist with addictions.
At Throttle & Thrive we take great care to address as many factors as possible and dig down until we find the root cause of the issue. Some issues are rooted in addiction, some are rooted in mental health, others are physical and yet others can be environmental, cultural, or even spiritual.
As always, everyone is individually considered and evaluated prior to intake to ensure our program and services fit his needs. Since we specialize in addiction and helping men with co-existing addiction and mental health issues, we might not be the best fit for a man dealing with only mental health issues and not addiction. If this is the case, we will do our best to match you will a well-suited program and facility.
There are countless options and qualified programs to help anyone facing mental health issues. Please find links below to two national organizations within the United States.
National Alliance on Mental Illness – NAMI
https://nami.org/Support-Education/Support-Groups