Stories of Secular Recovery from Addiction through Narcotics Anonymous

Stories of Secular Recovery from Addiction through Narcotics Anonymous

By Michael E for Secular NA

Recovery stories from Narcotics Anonymous members who got clean without religion. Each ~20 min episode features a personal share recorded with the speaker's permission. Our guests attend secular

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  1. Number 1: EPISODE 1: RAJ

    Our speaker for this very first episode is Raj who summarizes his addictions as using each of his drugs of choice “until the wheels fell off.” Raj shares how he was finally able to get clean and concludes his story by touching briefly on each of the 12 steps of NA - from a secular perspective. This is a share that you won’t want to miss! Recorded on Feb 28, 2025 at the Friday, NA Secular Speaker Meeting. For more information on recovery from addiction through Narcotics Anonymous 12 step program from a secular, non-religious approach, please check out secularna.org ** This podcast is not formally affiliated in any way with Narcotics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous World Services. ** Comments are welcome. Email to: [email protected]

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  2. Number 2: EPISODE 10: PAULETTE

    In this episode, we hear from Paulette. Paulette reflects on 29 years of secular recovery, describing how she found her higher power in the fellowship of NA itself, adapted the 12 Steps to her own values, and built a meaningful, authentic life — earning her bachelor's degree at 60 — without ever believing in a supernatural god. This share was recorded at the September 2025 New Mexico NA Convention where PAULETTE presented on the topic “Our Need and Capacity for Spiritual Growth is Infinite.” For more information on recovery from addiction through Narcotics Anonymous 12 step program from a secular, non-religious approach, please check out secularna.org ** This podcast is not formally affiliated in any way with Narcotics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous World Services. ** Comments are welcome. Email to: [email protected]

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  3. Number 3: EPISODE 9: GARY

    Gary came into Narcotics Anonymous in 1987 after a therapist handed him a helpline number — not by choice, but by accident — and found himself at home almost immediately, despite rejecting the program's religious underpinnings. Over nearly four decades of uninterrupted recovery, he has built his clean life around sponsorship, service work, and a fierce commitment to keeping NA meetings safe for newcomers. Recorded on Feb 12, 2025 at the Wednesday, NA Another Secular Meeting. For more information on recovery from addiction through Narcotics Anonymous 12 step program from a secular, non-religious approach, please check out secularna.org ** This podcast is not formally affiliated in any way with Narcotics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous World Services. ** Comments are welcome. Email to: [email protected]

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  4. Number 4: EPISODE 8: ANNE MARIE

    Coming into NA at age 46 after a lifetime of addiction, violence, and poverty, Anne Marie found in the rooms something she had never experienced: hope, acceptance, and the possibility of change. Over nearly 13 years of recovery, she discovered that special interest groups — secular, queer, women-only — provided the smaller, safer containers she needed to surface and integrate the parts of herself she had long hidden, ultimately reframing the program’s concept of god as the growing self-awareness that allows her to choose healing over harm. Recorded on April 17, 2026 at the Friday, NA Secular Speaker Meeting. For more information on recovery from addiction through Narcotics Anonymous 12 step program from a secular, non-religious approach, please check out secularna.org ** This podcast is not formally affiliated in any way with Narcotics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous World Services. ** Comments are welcome. Email to: [email protected]

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  5. Number 5: EPISODE 7: MAGGIE

    In this episode, we hear from Maggie, who shares how fear of abandonment, low self-esteem, and seemingly small, early tendencies (such as being fixated on salt), led to addiction. She explains that she sees Recovery as lifelong process built on integrity and willingness, and also tells how she built nearly two decades of recovery without relying on a higher power. "I do live as best I can my program, the steps. I'm engaged, I'm involved, I have service positions — and I think sometimes if there is a fall-off of doing steps, having service is a really good idea too." In terms of a higher power, Maggie offers a secular reinterpretation of “HP” : "For the HP part — higher purpose. Doesn't have to be higher power, because I have a direction that is bigger than me, right? And I have so much that I can depend on and work on, and I will always have a future as long as I let it be." Recorded on Feb 21, 2025 at the Friday, NA Secular Speaker Meeting. For more information on recovery from addiction through Narcotics Anonymous 12 step program from a secular, non-religious approach, please check out secularna.org ** This podcast is not formally affiliated in any way with Narcotics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous World Services. ** Comments are welcome. Email to: [email protected]

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