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NorthStar Online NA group’s first hybrid meeting was held on May 10, 2018.
Terrance D. has been sober for more than 15 years and Narcotics Anonymous has been a big part of his recovery. He uses a pseudonym when speaking publicly about addiction and his work with NA.
Terrance said the bonds the group has formed are very important, and they were forged through regular social gatherings.
“We recover in meetings together, we ve raised our families together, our kids know one another,” he said. “We generally go to eat after meetings, or coffee or other things. We socialize together.”
But last March as the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses and public places to close, the regular face-to-face contact that Terrance and his group depended on was gone.