What is OOPS Area Narcotics Anonymous (oopsna.org)?

oopsna.org is the website for the OOPS Area of Narcotics Anonymous, an NA service body based in Decatur, Illinois (P.O. Box 3214, Decatur, IL 62524). It is a local information hub for NA meetings and services in that area, not a treatment provider or a commercial service. Use it if you want to find NA meetings, area events, or contact information for the OOPS Area; it is not the place to arrange admission to a facility or to get medical advice.

What the site covers

The site presents itself as the online home of the OOPS Area and points visitors to several kinds of information:

• Area meeting schedule — the listing of local NA meetings
• Area information — details about the OOPS Area service body
• Events — area events and surrounding events
• Help line — a contact route for people seeking help
• Links — including NA World and GIRSCNA (the regional service structure)

Contact is by email at [email protected] or by mail to the Decatur post office box.

What Narcotics Anonymous is

According to the site, Narcotics Anonymous is a global, community-based organization with a multilingual, multicultural membership, founded in 1953. It describes recovery as coming from working a twelve-step program and attending group meetings regularly, with the group atmosphere providing peer help and an ongoing support network for people pursuing a drug-free lifestyle.

Two points the site makes explicitly are worth knowing before you visit:

• "Narcotics" is not drug-specific. NA's approach makes no distinction between drugs, including alcohol.
• Membership is free, and NA states it has no affiliation with organizations outside NA, including governments, religions, law enforcement, or medical and psychiatric associations.

The site also notes NA's growth: since publication of its Basic Text in 1983, members and meetings have increased substantially, and it cites more than 63,000 meetings weekly in 132 countries.

How to use it

If you are looking for a meeting in the OOPS Area, start with the meeting schedule page and check the listing for times and locations near you. If you have a question the schedule doesn't answer, the help line or [email protected] is the contact route the site provides. For NA information beyond this area, the site's links to NA World and GIRSCNA are the intended next stops.

One caveat: the site is a local service page, so meeting details can change. Confirm a specific meeting through the contact channels listed rather than relying on a single visit to the schedule.