Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere. There are no age or education requirements. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about his or her drinking problem.

 

Narcotics Anonymous NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. They are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. There is only one requirement for membership, the desire to stop using.

 

Al-Anon/Ala-teen Al-Anon is a mutual support program for people whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. By sharing common experiences and applying the Al-Anon principles, families and friends of alcoholics can bring positive changes to their individual situations, whether or not the alcoholic admits the existence of a drinking problem or seeks help. Alateen, a part of the Al-Anon Family Groups, is a fellowship of young people (mostly teenagers) whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking whether they are in your life drinking or not. By attending Alateen, teenagers meet other teenagers with similar situations. Alateen is not a religious program and there are no fees or dues to belong to it.

 

Adult Children of Alcoholics Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA)/Dysfunctional Families is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition program of people who grew up in dysfunctional homes. They meet to share their experience of growing up in an environment where there was abuse, neglect and trauma and how it shows up in their lives today. ACA aims to provide a safe, nonjudgmental environment that allows individuals to grieve their childhoods and conduct an honest inventory of themselves and their family—in order to (i) identify and heal core trauma, (ii) experience freedom from shame and abandonment, and (iii) become their own loving parents.

 

Dual Recovery Anonymous: Support for those who have both a mental health and alcohol/substance abuse condition.

 

Overeaters Anonymous Offer in-person, telephone, and online meetings for those struggling with overeating.

 

Nar-Anon/Nara-Teen It’s the same as Al-Anon/Alateen just that it serves families with drug addiction instead of alcohol addiction.

 

Co-Dependents Anonymous Co-Dependents Anonymous is a Fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships. It is a program for those struggling with emotional dependency issues. The only requirement for membership is a desire for healthy and loving relationships. They support and share with each other the journey of self-discovery — learning to love the self.

 

Gamblers Anonymous Gamblers Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem.

 

Crystal Meth Anonymous Crystal Meth Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other, so they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from addiction to crystal meth. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. 

 

Sex Addicts Anonymous A fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction and help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency.

 

S-Anon International Family Groups Support groups for family and friends of people who have a sex addiction.

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Dharma Recovery Recovery Dharma is a peer-led movement and community that is unified by our trust in the potential of each of us to recover and find freedom from the suffering of addiction. We believe that the traditional Buddhist teachings, often referred to as the Dharma, offer a powerful approach to healing from addiction and living a life of true freedom.

 

Smart Recovery SMART Recovery is an abstinence-oriented, not-for-profit organization for individuals with addictive problems. Our self-empowering, free mutual support meetings focus on ideas and techniques to help you change your life from one that is self-destructive and unhappy to one that is constructive and satisfying. SMART Recovery does not use labels like “addict” or “alcoholic.” We teach scientifically validated methods designed to empower you to change and to develop a more positive lifestyle.

 

SOS Sobriety Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS) is a nonprofit network of autonomous, non-professional local groups, dedicated solely to helping individuals achieve and maintain sobriety/abstinence from alcohol and drug addiction, food addiction and more.

 

Women for Sobriety Women for Sobriety, Inc., is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women discover a happy New Life in recovery from Substance Use Disorders.

 

Life Ring Secular Recovery LifeRing Secular Recovery is an abstinence-based, anonymous organization dedicated to providing a safe meeting space where you can experience a non-judgmental recovery conversation with your peers.

 

LGBTQ in Recovery GaL-AA (Gays and Lesbians in Alcoholics Anonymous) was established to serve and have the involvement of lesbians, gay men, and others in Alcoholics Anonymous, regardless of how they choose to identify themselves. In selecting the name, careful consideration was given to a variety of combinations. While the name only directly reflects gays and lesbians, they embrace all LGBT+ members of the AA fellowship.

 

She Recovers She Recovers Foundation is a global grassroots movement currently consisting of more than 325,000 women in or seeking recovery from substance use disorders, other behavioral health issues and/or life challenges. This lifeline organization connects women through its virtual platforms and in-person community networks, provides resources and supports women to develop their own holistic recovery patchworks, and empowers them to thrive and share their successes. All efforts are designed to end the stigma and shame of “being in recovery” so that more women can heal and grow. A focus on research enables the organization to establish a more robust evidence base related to the efficacy of non-traditional recovery pathways.

 

Yoga for 12 Step Recovery Y12SR is a holistic model to address the physical, mental and spiritual dis-ease of addiction. Informed by the latest research in neuroscience and trauma healing, Y12SR “connects the dots” by combining the somatic approach of yoga with the cognitive approach of the 12-step recovery model – the most well-known addiction recovery program in the world, with millions of active practitioners.

 

Refuge Recovery Refuge Recovery is a practice, a process, a set of tools, a treatment, and a path to healing addiction and the suffering caused by addiction. The main inspiration and guiding philosophy for the Refuge Recovery program are the teachings of Siddhartha (Sid) Gautama, a man who lived in India twenty-five hundred years ago. Sid became known as the Buddha, and his teachings became known as Buddhism. The Refuge Recovery program has adapted the core teachings of the Buddha as a treatment of addiction.

 

Medication Assisted Recovery (MARA) Medication-Assisted Recovery Anonymous is a support group of people who believe in the value of medication as a means to recovery.  They understand that individual needs may not be the same; there backgrounds may not be the same; there futures may not be the same.  However, there desire to live a safe lifestyle joins them together.  Non-judgement is their code.