Stories of Secular Recovery from Addiction through Narcotics Anonymous
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 NA meetings and offer genuine experiences of strength and hope — no deity or higher power required. We hope their stories inspire you.
This podcast is not formally affiliated in any way with Narcotics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous World Services.
Episodes
6 episodes
EPISODE 2025-06-06 ELVIS
In this episode we hear from Elvis. Elvis came to NA reluctantly, nearly walking away over its God-centric language, until he found his footing in secular meetings where his atheism was welcomed rather than condemned. He worked the steps ...
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25:29
EPISODE 2025-03-29 AMY N
In this episode, we welcome, Amy who shares her journey from first using drugs at age 12, through her 18 years of conventional AA recovery, to a relapse triggered by a post-surgery opioid prescription and 12 more years of active addiction, to f...
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Episode 50329
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EPISODE 2025-03-15 KIKKI
In this episode, we welcome, Kikki. Kikki has been clean for over 41 years in Narcotics Anonymous! But that almost didn’t happen because at her very first meeting of NA she didn't hear a message of recovery. Instead, she heard somebody ta...
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Episode 50315
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23:12
EPISODE 2025-01-31 KRIS
In this episode we hear from Kris who tells her story as an atheist in this program because, in her words, it is the core of what we do here. She starts at the beginning of her personal story and shares about the first try of the NA program whi...
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