Narcotics Anonymous Meeting Analysis

Meeting
Location
The narcotics anonymous (NA) meeting was located in West Los Angeles less than two miles from my home. The address given for the meeting was a church, but the actual meeting was held across the street in a small “store” that had been converted into a meeting room, located amongst a series of businesses. The “store” had no sign above it indicating what it was used for. This effectively adds to the anonymity, as unless one already knows what the “store” is used for, it is unlikely that he/she would notice it at all. Nonetheless, it has the duel effect of making it hard to recognize as the correct location when one is looking for it.
Time
There are a series of meetings held in this location throughout the week, serving different functions and catering to slightly different populations. The one attended was an open meeting held on Sunday evenings. The meeting was open to all recovering addicts and their family members, but it was specifically catered to newly recovering young addicts.
Composition
There were quite a few people who attended the meeting, about 20, evidenced by multiple comments indicating so, by several regulars to the group. The group was split pretty evenly between males and females. There did not appear to be an over or

Inc., 2008). The approach points to the belief that addiction is caused because of a lack of attachment, where the individual has become attached to the substance (Walant, 1995). Narcotics Anonymous and other 12 Step programs extrapolate from this knowledge, creating a pathway, through the 12 steps, for the individual to decrease their attachment with the substance and build healthy relational attachments to supportive addicts in recovery and/ or other members of