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| Georgia Nar-Anon Meeting Listing |
| for Families, Friends, and Relatives of Drug Abusers |
| ~Anonymity is the foundation of all Nar-Anon programs. ~No one is required to speak. You may come and simply listen, and take back that which helps you most. ~A newcomer packet with resource material is available to anyone attending. ~Books are also available at many of the meetings. |
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| Nar-Anon Meetings in or near Atlanta GA Sunday Riverdale Naranon Group Riverwoods Behavioral Ctr (Mapquest link) Behind Southern Regional Medical Center Private Dining Room, next to the NA meeting 29 Upper Riverdale Road Riverdale Ga 30274 Contact : Marie:(678) 637-3901 8:00 p.m. Monday Ballground* BallGround United Methodist Church (Mapquest link) 3045 Canton Highway Contact: Becky, (404) 218-0246 Norma, (770) 653-5908 8:00 p.m. Baxley "A New Hope" 24/7 House 242 Jones Street (Mapquest link) Mondays and Thursdays, 8:00PM Ellijay Calvary Way Baptist Church 118 Sherri Leigh Estates (Google map) 8:00PM Thomson Springfield Baptist Church 523 Martin Luther King Street (Mapquest link) Contact: Church, (706) 595-5829 Catherine, (706) 597-8680 8:00 p.m. Tuesday Bainbridge * United Methodist Church 232 E. Shotwell Street (Google Map) Bainbridge, GA 39818 (building across street from church) 8:00pm ; Starts July 6, 2010 Baxley Baxley Church of God 353 Blackshear Hwy (Mapquest link) 7:30 p.m. Chamblee/Tucker * Holy Cross Catholic Church, Rooms 16 Chamblee-Tucker Road at 3175 Hathaway Court(Mapquest link) 30341-4640 Contact:Sheryl: (404) 245-0449 8:00 p.m. Cleveland First Presbyterian Church 147 North Main Street (Google Map) Cleveland Ga 30528 (meeting open to Al-Anon's and Nar-Anons) Contact: Allison N (706) 200-6138 7:00 PM Johns Creek, GA Johns Creek United Methodist Church 11180 Medlock Bridge Road (Google Map) Room 225 Johns Creek, GA 30097 (corner of Abbotts Bridge Road and Medlock Bridge Education building off Bell Road) 7:30 p.m. Contact : Mary Helen J, 404-401-7285 ** NEW ** - STEP meeting 3rd Tueday of every month (Newcomers welcome!) Lawrenceville Lawrenceville First Baptist Church (Google Map) Room B 201 (second floor) 165 S. Clayton St., Lawrenceville, GA 30045 Contact: Pam U pamngary@comcast.net 7:30 - 8:30 pm Sandy Springs Sandy Springs Women's Group Sandy Springs Christian Church Parlor, far right, main entrance 301 Johnson Ferry Road at Abernathy (Mapquest link) Contact: Doreen, (404) 929-8071 12:00 Noon Wednesday Sharpsburg/Newnan Community Christian Church (mapquest link) 1717 Hwy 154 "Mind Your Own Business" 7:30 p.m. Contact: Debbie P (H) 770-253-5477 (C) 678-633-2892 Thursday Albany "Beginning with Me" Holy Hands Chapel 1637 Maryland Drive (Google Map) Albany GA 7:00PM (First Meeting: May 6th, 2010) Athens Athens Group 610 Oglethorpe Ave (Dr.'s office building in back) (Mapquest link) Contact: Ray 706-540-3033 6:30 p.m. Baxley "A New Hope" 24/7 House 242 Jones Street (Google Map) Baxley, GA Mondays and Thursdays, 8:00 p.m. Conyers Trinity Baptist Church 301 Honeycreek Rd (google map link) (meeting entrance at the rear of the church) Contact: Hotline:404-633-2421 8:00 p.m Dublin "Living Not Existing" Olivet Baptist Church 1689 Hwy 19 South (Google Map) 6:30 p.m. John's Creek ** NEW MEETING ** beginning February 2, 2012 John's Creek United Methodist Church 11180 Medlock Bridge Road (Google Map) Room 225 John's Creek, GA 30097 (corner of Abbotts Bridge Road and Medlock Bridge Education Bldg. off 7:30 p.m. Bell Rd.) CONTACT: Mary Helen J. 404-401-7285 Marietta Transfiguration Catholic Church 1815 Blackwell (Google Map) Room 110 Contact: Ed / Linda (770) 592-7775 8:00 .m. Savannah Memorial Hospital - Conference Room A 6000 Waters Avenue "Savannah Nar-Anon" (Google Map) 7:00 p.m. Smyrna Ridgeview Institute 3993 South Cobb Dr. S.E. Conference Center, Room 1 (Google Map) Contact: Ridgeview, (770) 434-4443 Kay, (770) 980-1956 Voice Mail (770) 509-3112 8:00 p.m. Friday Chamblee* Alpha Nar-Anon Group Peachford Behavioral Health System of Atlanta 2151 Peachford Road (Google Map) Dunwoody GA 30338 Contact: Peachford, (770) 455-3200 Carolyn, (770) 395-7227 8:00 p.m. Lawrenceville First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville Suite 308, (Third floor) Lawrenceville Hwy (29) and Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, 30046 google map link Contact: Pam U pamngary@comcast.net 7:00 p.m. Saturday Atlanta/Buckhead* Buckhead Serenity Hour 2nd Ponce de Leon Baptist Church 2715 Peachtree Road, NE (Google Map) Family Life Center Contact: Millie, (404) 351-1313 10:45 a.m. Newcomer Welcome (optional) beginning 3/25/11 11:00 a.m. -noon, Meeting We come to the weekly meetings to learn how to live a new way of life through the program of Nar-Anon. The foundation of the program rests on the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, along with Concepts, the Serenity Prayer, slogans, literature, weekly meetings, telephone and personal contacts, and living the program one day at a time. We do not come for another person , we come to help ourselves and to share our experiences, strength, and hope with others. We come to find a way out of our despair and to use tools of the program to regain our lives. Nar-Anon is a spiritual program, not a religious program. We do not advocate any particular belief system. We are a support group for family and friends of those suffering from addiction. Nar-anon is a 12 step program designed to help relatives and friends of addicts recover from the effects of living with an addicted person. We Meet to: -Learn Drug Abuse is an Illness -Share our Experience, hope and strength at weekly meetings -Replace Despair with Hope -Improve the Family Attitude -Help Regain Self Confidence We know what it is like to be alone with this problem,to deal with feelings of panic, frustration and desperation. In the Nar-Anon program, we learned that the drug abuser's illness affects the lives of everyone close to them, and that we, too, needed help. It has been a great relief to learn more effective ways of coping with this situation,while at the same time gaining some peace of mind, hope, and help in finding a better way to live Do You Need Nar-Anon? Ask yourself the following questions and answer them as honestly as you can: ~Do you find yourself making excuses, lying or covering up for your child, spouse, relative or friend? ~Do you have reason not to trust your child, spouse, relative or friend? ~Is it becoming difficult for you to believe his/her explanations? ~Do you lie awake worrying about your child, spouse, relative or friend? ~Is your child missing school without your knowledge? ~Is your spouse missing work and are the bills piling up? ~Are your savings mysteriously disappearing? ~Are the unanswered questions causing hostility and undermining your marriage? ~Are you asking yourself "what's wrong?"and "is it my fault"? ~Are your suspicions turning you into a detective and are you afraid of what you might find? ~Are normal family disagreements becoming hostile and violent? ~Are you canceling your social functions with vague excuses? ~Are you becoming increasingly reluctant to invite friends to your home? ~Is concern for your spouse, child or friend causing you headaches, a knotty stomach and extreme anxiety? ~Is your spouse/child easily irritated by minute matters? ~Does you whole life seem a nightmare? ~Are you unable to discuss the situation with friends or relatives because of embarrassment? ~Are your attempts at control frustrating? ~Do you over compensate and try not to make waves? ~Do you keep trying to make things better and nothing helps? ~Are the life styles and friends of the child/spouse changing? Do you ever think they may be using drugs? If you have answered Yes to four or more of these questions, Nar-Anon may be able to give you the answers you are looking for. About Addiction: We have learned that addiction is an illness -- not a moral issue. It is a two-fold disease: A physical allergy coupled with an obsession of the mind. It can be arrested but never cured. It is similar in nature to diabetes in this respect. Only complete abstinence, from the use of drugs or alcohol in any form including medicine, can arrest this disease. We can no more prevent the addict's use of drugs than we can stop the tubercular's coughing. No one, not even the doctor, nor the clergy, nor the family can do this for him or her. We have found that compulsive use of drugs does not indicate lack of affection for the family. It is not a matter of love but of illness. The addict has lost the power of choice in the matter of drugs. Even when he knows what will happen when he takes the first drink, pill or fix he will do so. This is the "insanity" we speak of in regard to this illness. When we fully understand and accept that addiction is a disease, that it is both mental and physical, and that we are powerless over it, we become ready to learn a better way to live. |
