San Bernardino, California NA Meetings

About NA Meetings in San Bernardino

San Bernardino sits on the boundary between two Narcotics Anonymous (NA) service areas. This means the helpline you call depends on which part of the city you call from. The Eastern Inland Empire Area names San Bernardino among the communities it covers.

They take calls at (909) 370-3568 or (800) 397-2333. The Inland Empire Foothills Area covers parts of San Bernardino along with Highland, Mentone, Redlands and Yucaipa. You can reach them at (909) 795-0464.

Both areas belong to the Southern California Region of NA that you can reach on the 24-hour regional line at (800) 863-2962. Either area phone number will point you to a meeting when you aren’t sure which to call.

NA is a free fellowship that is run by people in recovery rather than clinicians. You don’t pay dues or fees and there are no membership forms or referrals needed. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using.

• NA areas: Eastern Inland Empire Area and Inland Empire Foothills Area that are both in the Southern California Region of NA
• Meeting formats recorded in the city: Open, closed, discussion, Basic Text, step study and women’s
• Cost: Free to attend with a voluntary collection to cover rent and literature

Finding an NA Meeting in San Bernardino

The finder at the top of the page works by distance rather than by city limits. Set a radius to find groups in Colton and Rialto to the west, Highland to the east, Muscoy just north of the city line and Loma Linda to the south. This gives you options in addition to the meetings listed with a San Bernardino address.

Fontana is about fifteen minutes west along the I-10. They have the largest single-city meeting list in the county and is worth including in a wider search. The full county and the rest of the state are indexed on the California NA meetings page.

The directory records five active meetings inside San Bernardino in July 2026. These meetings use five distinct formats. This means you have about 14 active meetings within reach of a short drive when you count the Eastern Inland Empire Area’s San Bernardino County member cities together (San Bernardino, Fontana, Rialto and Colton).

That area figure covers San Bernardino County members only. The Eastern Inland Empire Area also reaches into Riverside County, and those meetings are not in the count. Formats recorded in and immediately around the city include:

• Open meetings where anyone can attend, including family members and people who are curious about the program
• Closed meetings for people who identify as having a drug problem
• Discussion meetings where the group talks through a topic together
• Basic Text and step study meetings that work through NA’s literature and the Twelve Steps
• Women’s meetings where only women are allowed in the fellowship

Groups move and change formats so it’s worth checking a meeting before traveling. The finder also shows virtual meetings near a given location and the site’s guide to NA online meetings explains how they run and what to expect on a first call.

The two area helplines above are answered by volunteers who attend meetings locally when you would rather speak to a person for information. The Eastern Inland Empire Area publishes its schedule at eietodayna.org while the Inland Empire Foothills Area publishes its schedule at iefoothillsna.org.

Drug Use and Overdose in San Bernardino County

The figures in this section describe San Bernardino County numbers and not those of the city of San Bernardino. No reliable overdose figures are published for the city of San Bernardino. This makes county data important. It is labeled as county data everywhere it appears here.

The county seat, and the county offices that produce much of this data, sit in the city of San Bernardino in the San Bernardino County Government Center on North Arrowhead Avenue.

Overdose deaths nationally have fallen for three years running and the county’s fentanyl figures moved in the same direction between 2023 and 2024.

• 69,973 provisional drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2025. This measurement is down nearly 14% from the 81,313 estimated for 2024 and represents the third consecutive annual decline.
• 278 fentanyl-related deaths in San Bernardino County in 2024. This number dropped from 436 in 2023 and is a decrease of about 36%.  
• 26.1 drug-induced deaths per 100,000 San Bernardino County residents for the three years ending in 2023. This is up from 10.3 per 100,000 in 2014.
• 420 deaths related to opioids in San Bernardino County in 2023. This is a rate of 19.8 per 100,000 residents.  There were also over 1,000 visits to the emergency room related to opioids and 417 hospitalizations in the same year. 

The three county metrics above should not be read as one series. The Coroner’s Division figure counts deaths where fentanyl was involved. The state’s drug-induced death rate covers all drugs and is expressed per 100,000 residents. The opioid-related count covers opioids of every kind.

The Coroner’s Division recorded 6 deaths related to fentanyl in the county in 2016, 436 in 2023, and 278 in 2024.

Treatment Options In and Near San Bernardino

NA meetings and clinical treatment are not alternatives. Instead, many people in the county use both at the same time. Clinical treatment is often necessary to fully address the challenges you face with an addiction to narcotics.

Your customized program is usually described in levels. Treatment often begins with medically supervised withdrawal management the county defines as monitored detoxification in a residential setting.

You might next move to residential treatment or an intensive outpatient program, followed by standard outpatient counseling and an aftercare program.  Narcotic treatment programs typically combine medication with medical evaluation and counseling.

Your program depends on what drug you were using, how long you used it and your physical and mental health. That is a clinical judgment, not something a directory can make.

Medication for addiction treatment is the evidence-based standard for opioid use disorders. Methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone are all used since they work differently from one another. None of them conflicts with attending NA.

Many people take a prescribed medication and go to meetings in the same week. The site also covers inpatient and outpatient treatment options, treatment for fentanyl addiction, aftercare after opioid treatment, and how to compare programs before you commit to one.

Ways into treatment in and around the city:

• San Bernardino County Screening and Assessment Resource Center
  https://wp.sbcounty.gov/dbh/sudrs/
  (800) 968-2636 is answered 24 hours a day. This is the county’s entry point for withdrawal management, residential, outpatient and narcotic treatment programs.
• San Bernardino Health Center
  https://dph.sbcounty.gov/programs/clinics/san-bernardino/
  Listed by the county as an opioid treatment provider in the city.
• Colton Clinical Services, Colton
  https://www.ctcprograms.com/comprehensive-treatment
  (909) 370-1777 The closest county-listed opioid treatment provider outside the city line.
• Aegis Treatment Centers, Redlands
  https://pinnacletreatment.com/aegis-treatment-centers-redlands/
  (909) 501-5167 Addiction treatment and OTP roughly twenty minutes east along the I-10.
• Inland Empire Substance Abuse Treatment Line
  https://dph.sbcounty.gov/opioid-initiative
  1-909-294-3813, with an after-hours line at (800) 472-2376.  
• 211 San Bernardino County and Connect IE
  https://inlandsocaluw.org/211
  Referrals to detoxification, treatment and prevention providers across the county.
• CA Bridge Connect
  https://bridgetotreatment.org/ca-bridge-connect/
  Call 1-800-944-1807 or text 1-833-308-0461 for Behavioral Health Navigators. Offers same-day assessments and real-time referrals. Can prescribe medication for addiction treatment where appropriate. This is a weekday business-hours service and not a crisis line.  
• SAMHSA National Helpline
  https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/helplines/national-helpline
  1-800-662-4357 Free and confidential phone number is answered 24 hours a day. They host a searchable national directory at FindTreatment.gov.

The county’s published provider list cannot provide the whole picture and it changes. FindTreatment.gov shows treatment centers currently accepting patients within a given distance of a San Bernardino ZIP code, filtered by service type and by payment method.

Naloxone and Harm Reduction

Naloxone reverses an opioid overdose, including an overdose involving fentanyl. It is safe to use anytime your suspect an overdose since it has no effect on someone who has not taken opioids. Carrying it is a practical precaution and not a statement about anyone’s recovery.

Because San Bernardino County has no confirmed walk-in naloxone vending site at a published address, the routes below are verifiable for the county as a whole.

• Pharmacies
  Naloxone nasal spray is sold over the counter in California with no prescription. Other formulations and dosages, including intramuscular naloxone, remain prescription only.
• CalRx Naloxone Access Initiative
  The state’s own branded two-pack sells for $19.
• Inland Empire Harm Reduction
  Provides naloxone and overdose response training free of charge to people in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Organizations can arrange staff or client trainings at sliding-scale rates.  
• Next Naloxone
  The mail-based route that Inland Empire Harm Reduction points people to when they live outside the two counties it serves.
• California Naloxone Distribution Project
  Run by the Department of Health Care Services. They supply free naloxone to qualifying entities. Kits are distributed through the project have reversed more than 460,000 overdoses.  
• The state naloxone standing order
  This covers community organizations and entities such as schools and first responders rather than individuals, because over-the-counter sprays no longer need a prescription at all.  

California Civil Code section 1714.22 provides liability protection. This protection is connected to the distribution and administration of naloxone. This is why community groups and schools in the county can hand it out and why a bystander can use it.

Call 911 first for any suspected overdose. Then give naloxone if you have it and stay with the person until help arrives. Using naloxone to reverse an opioid overdose walks through the steps, including what to expect afterward.

Crisis and Immediate Help

Treat it as an overdose and call 911 if someone is unresponsive, breathing irregularly or has blue or grey lips and fingertips. No one answering these lines needs your full name to help you and none of them will keep you on the phone if you need to go.

If you or someone near you needs help right now

• 911 should be called for a suspected overdose or medical emergency
• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline can be called or texted 24/7
• 1-800-662-4357 SAMHSA National Helpline is free, confidential and can be reached 24/7
• (800) 398-0018 San Bernardino County Community Crisis Response Team can be called or you can text (909) 420-0560 24/7 in English and Spanish
• (888) 743-1478 Reach the San Bernardino County Behavioral Health Helpline and the Department of Behavioral Health access unit
• (909) 370-3568 or (800) 397-2333 Eastern Inland Empire Area of NA helpline
• (909) 795-0464 Inland Empire Foothills Area of NA helpline
• (800) 863-2962 Southern California Region of NA can be reached 24/7

San Bernardino NA Meetings FAQ

Are there NA meetings in San Bernardino?

Yes there are five active NA meetings in San Bernardino. The meetings are offered in five formats as of September 2026. The finder at the top of the page shows meetings in Colton, Rialto, Highland, Muscoy and Loma Linda. Widening the radius picks up the larger Fontana list to the west. The finder is the current source rather than this page since times and dates can change quickly.

What is the difference between an open and a closed NA meeting?

An open meeting is one anyone may attend. This includes family members, friends and people interested in what happens in NA meetings. A closed meeting is for people who identify as having a drug problem. Both formats are recorded in San Bernardino and the finder labels which is which. A first-time visitor who is unsure is safe choosing an open meeting.

Are there women’s NA meetings near San Bernardino?

Yes. Women’s meetings are confirmed in San Bernardino’s listings. Use the format filter in the finder above to see which ones are currently running, or call the Eastern Inland Empire Area helpline at (909) 370-3568 or the Inland Empire Foothills Area helpline at (909) 795-0464 and ask.

Does NA work alongside methadone or buprenorphine?

NA can work with methadone and buprenorphine. These medications are effective for opioid use disorder. Methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone are prescribed and monitored. Individual groups differ in how they talk about medication. Ask the area helpline which local meetings would be a comfortable fit. Nothing on this page is medical advice. No medication should be started or stopped without a clinician.

Is NA a religious program?

No. NA is not affiliated with any religion or denomination, and it does not require any particular belief. The Twelve Steps refer to a higher power, and members interpret that in their own way, including members who are atheist or agnostic. The Twelve Steps of NA sets out the language the program actually uses, and whether NA meetings are right for you covers the question in more detail.

About This Directory

Narcotics.com is an independent resource and is not affiliated with Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Meeting information here is compiled from public NA area and regional schedules and is provided so people can find a meeting; NA itself does not endorse, review or supply this page.

Narcotics.com may be compensated for some links or featured resources on this site. That never affects the meeting information above or which local resources we describe.

Related Pages

• Narcotics Anonymous
• The 12 Steps of Narcotics Anonymous
• NA Online Meetings
• Are NA Meetings Right for Me?
• Support Groups for Narcotics Addiction
• Narcotics Addiction Treatment
• Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
• Opioid Overdose: How to Save a Life with Naloxone