Netflix & Chill
October 25th, 2025
6:30PM-9:30PM
Activity
If you like movies and shows and you like chilling. Come do that with us clean. Bring your snuggle on and your favorite pill. Maybe even your hubby or wifey too, as long as they aint a newcomer.
Allanah K
+1 (973) 979-2512
271 Lafayette Avenue Hawthorne,NJ 07506 United States
Northwest New Jersey Activities
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Sip & Paint
October 17th, 2025
2:00PM-5:00PM
Activity
Sip and paint on this lovely day with us as long as you ain't sipping what we think you sipping. If you're a Claude Monet come and show us how its done and teach us a thing or two.
Renay W
+1 (908) 666-3793
829 Salem Road Union,NJ 07083 United States
Northeast New Jersey Activities
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Chili Cook Off
October 23rd, 2025
6:00PM-9:00PM
Activity
Come to chili cook off if you really like chili obviously. We will be barbecuing up some nice steaks and hot dogs while reciting the steps. There will be a bunch of fun games too. Come connect with the fellowship and lets have a good time!
Nabil B
+1 (862) 485-4003
48 West High Street Somerville,NJ 08876 United States
Ocean Area Activities
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St. Patrick’s Day Speaker Jam
November 3rd, 2025
6:30PM-9:30PM
Activity
If you like the color green, and eat Lucky Charms cereal in the morning, come out and help us celebrate recovery and life! See if you can find the rainbow and the pot of gold at the end, but watch out for the leprechaun.
David M
+1 (973) 201-0298
39 Kirkpatrick Street New Brunswick,NJ 08901 United States
Bergen Activities
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Ask for mercy, not justice
October 5th
"Many of us have difficulty admitting that we caused harm for others... We cut away our justifications and our ideas of being a victim."
Basic Text, p.38
Our lives are progressing nicely. Things are going good, and each year in recovery brings more material and spiritual gifts. We may have a little money in the bank, a new car, or a committed relationship. We have a little self-confidence, and our faith in a Higher Power is growing.

Then, something happens. Someone breaks into our new car and steals the stereo, or the person we're in the relationship with becomes unfaithful. Right away, we feel victimized. "Where's the justice?" we wail. But if we take a look back on our own behavior, we may find that we've been guilty of what's just been done to us. We realize we wouldn't really want justice-not for ourselves, and not for others. What we want is mercy.

We thank a loving God for the compassion we've been shown, and we take the time to appreciate all the precious gifts that recovery brings.
Page 291
Powerlessness, Step One, and Tradition Five
October 5th
The First Step of Narcotics Anonymous is unique. Rather than addressing a single symptom or substance, we admit our powerlessness over the disease that drives us.
—Guiding Principles, Tradition Five, "For Members"
Depending on who's telling the story, our First Step's focus on the disease was either (A) a stroke of genius, (B) tremendous good luck, (C) the work of a Higher Power, or (D) all of the above. Our founding members knew that identifying a specific drug as the object of our powerlessness wouldn't work for this motley crew. They were intent on creating a place for all drug addicts, where all of us could find identification. If refraining from naming a substance had been their only concern, our First Step might have just stated that we're powerless over drugs. Instead, Step One points to the disease of addiction as our problem.

Powerlessness over the disease gives our First Step lasting relevance. Our focus on addiction—instead of an apparent symptom—makes Step One as relatable before we detox as it is when we have decades clean. Sure, drug use was the most prominent and destructive manifestation of the disease, but unmanageability can bubble to the surface long after we've stopped using. When reaching outside ourselves to fix what's within seems like a good idea, we may be in trouble. "When I admit my powerlessness, I interrupt that outward reach and turn to my Higher Power instead," one member observed. Surrendering to the First Step acts as a circuit breaker on our diseased thinking. This pause in the action is what's needed for us to dodge some unmanageability.

Step One's ongoing relevance influences how we think about the Fifth Tradition, too. Knowing we're all eligible to be the still-suffering addict reminds us to be more inclusive as we address our primary purpose. War stories may illustrate the unmanageability in our past, but our present-day, squeaky-clean powerlessness also deserves some attention.

Talking about our struggles confirms that last element of our message: We keep coming back and keep finding a new way to live.
—Guiding Principles, Tradition Five, "For Members"
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