Alcohol Support Groups
There are a variety of alcohol support groups. They are free and usually happen in a community center or a local church. They are open to all races, creeds, and colors. Anyone can come. Occasionally...
View ArticleModeration Management – Support Group for People Who Can Control Themselves
Moderation Management (MM) is a self help group that is focused on helping people learn to control their drinking. According to MM’s own statistics about 1/3 of it’s members are able to control...
View ArticleSOS – Save Our Selves – Secular Organization for Sobriety
SOS stands for The Secular Organization for Sobriety or Save Our Selves and is very much like other self help groups. Except it stresses that a “higher power” doesn’t need to be a part of the meetings...
View ArticleAlcoholics Anonymous – Most Famous & Successful of Them All
Alcoholics Anonymous is without question the most well known self help group. They blazed the trail and others followed. They have two million members around the globe. Almost half of them live in the...
View ArticleRational Recovery – The Non-Support Self Help Group
Rational Recovery (RR) no longer holds group meetings. They have a website and literature to help a person recover on their own. They follow AVRT (Addictive Voice Recognition Technique). When they...
View ArticleHAMS
Harm reduction of alcohol isn’t all that HAMS does. It can be applied to any addictive behavior. HAMS is about reducing the negative consequences of high risk behaviors like drinking or drugging....
View ArticleAl-Anon and Alateen – Support Groups for Young People with Alcoholic Parents
Al-Anon and Alateen Al-Anon and Alateen are support groups for anyone who has had their life affected by alcoholism. This generally means family, friends, co-workers, but anyone the problem drinker...
View ArticleSelf Help Group Addresses – Contact Information for Help
Following are self help group addresses. I have tried to make the information as complete and up to date as possible. AA AA World Services P.O. Box 459 New York, NY 10163 Phone: 212-870-3400...
View ArticleFaith Based Recovery
Faith based recovery may be for you if you are religious. Even if you are not they can still be helpful. Most recovering alcoholics develop a relationship with God. Following are a few religious...
View ArticleAdult Children of Alcoholics – Support group
Adult Children of Alcoholics is a support group for people who grew up in alcoholic and other dysfunctional homes. They help you realize how your childhood impacts your life right now and provide their...
View ArticleProfessionals in Recovery
Professionals in recovery is a list of self help groups or associations for specific professions. ——————————————————- Psychologists Helping Psychologists Mutual support for doctoral-level psychologists...
View ArticleWomen in Recovery
Women in recovery sometimes have issues to work through that men do not. But they also have an innate ability to communicate their needs and no societal prohibitions about seeing a therapist for help....
View ArticleSMART Recovery
SMART Recovery stands for Self Management And Recovery Training and is a relatively new self help group. They are a product of a schism in Rational Recovery. They follow a much less rigid format than...
View Article12 Steps of Recovery
Programs modeled after AA’s 12 steps of recovery? Here are a couple of programs you may not have heard of that use AA’s plan. CA – Cocaine Anonymous DA – Debtors Anonymous OA – Overeaters Anonymous SA...
View ArticleWomen for Sobriety
Women For Sobriety (WFS) is a self help group specifically for women. That’s pretty obvious, you probably didn’t need me to point that out for you. It’s founder, Jean Kirkpatrick, put it together as an...
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