Contra Costa Area of Narcotics Anonymous
Helpline
24 Hour Helpline (925) 685 4357
The Public Relations Subcommittee is also responsible for the area’s Helpline, which provides an opportunity for one addict to help another addict on a personal, one-to-one basis. By maintaining a 24-hour-a-day phone service, Narcotics Anonymous is always available to those in need. This service connects the experience, strength, and hope of the fellowship with the still-suffering addict. The Helpline also provides meeting times and locations. Addicts are always needed to be available on the other end of the phone when someone reaches out. To get involved with the Helpline, come to a Public Relations sub-committee meeting.
Hotline Text Commands
Besides being able to call the helpline to speak to a recovering addict one-to-one, did you know you can also send text messages to it?
Here is a list of messages you can send to the helpline!
Guide
Will return you a list of messages (like this) that you can send to the helpline
Schedule
Will send you a PDF of the most recent Contra Costa NA Printable Schedule
JFT
Will text you back with todays 'Just For Today' Message
Meetings
Will text you a list of 5 meetings in your area, you can also specify a Zip, County or City to get specific results, e.g.
'Meetings Walnut Creek' or 'Meetings 94505'
Advanced Commands (Calendar Reminders)
We also have commands to help Area Servants keep track of committee meetings. There are several Calendars available, one for each committee, and you can sign up to be alerted via text message about a day before the meeting happens.
Here are the commands to help with the Calendar reminders:
<CAL Start>, e.g. ASC START
Will Subscribe you to that (e.g. ASC or Area Service) calendars reminders.
<CAL Stop>, e.g. PR STOP
Will Unsubscribe you from that (e.g. PR or Public Relations) calendars reminders.
Calendar List
Will text you back a list of all the calendars that you can subscribe to (e.g. ASC, PR, H&I....)
Current calendars are: Activities, ASC, CCMSRC, CCWSRC, FD, H&I, NAWC, PR, EVENTS, and Unity Day