Learn to Cope
A parent sits in a circle of other parents, hearing their stories for the first time. Someone mentions Narcan. Someone else talks about their child's treatment. Learn to Cope connects families facing…
Family and Community Fellowships
Al-Anon, Learn to Cope, Wellbriety, and groups built for families and specific communities.
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Many Paths to Freedom, Five Free Programs for Your Recovery
Marcus sat in a church basement for the first time, uncertain. Around him, people he'd never met nodded in recognition. Five free programs exist for people in recovery, each built on different beliefs…
Wellbriety
Angela grew up erased from her Sicangu Sioux identity, teased for her heritage in a Maine classroom. Years into recovery, she found something crucial missing until Wellbriety connected her to Native s…
Al-Anon: Mutual Aid for Families of Alcoholics
Finn walked into his first Al-Anon meeting terrified he'd break invisible rules. Instead, he found a room where people handed him their phone numbers and let him listen quietly, no judgment. He came h…
No Single, but Many, Paths to Recovery
On any given afternoon at a recovery community center, someone might attend an A.A. meeting, then a recovery yoga class, then meet with a peer coach. There's no single path that works for everyone. Th…
Al-Anon: Personal Experiences
Yaeko walked into her first Al-Anon meeting thirty-five years ago while her husband attended AA. She carried the belief that if she was smart enough, good enough, she could stop his drinking. Al-Anon…
Al-Anon Family Groups
Someone you love drinks too much, and you've spent months trying to control it, fix it, convince them to stop. You're exhausted and ashamed. Al-Anon Family Groups offers a different path: meetings whe…
Family Support Groups : help, hope and support for loved ones
Susan sat in a Nar Anon meeting nine years ago, worried sick about her son's addiction and unsure where to turn. She discovered something unexpected: she needed support too. Through the group, she lea…
Braided Services
Rhonda Decontie watched her father weave traditional singing and prayer into 12 step meetings, teaching her how culture and recovery belong together. Now, as clerk of the Penobscot Nation Healing to W…
The Wellbriety Movement
Don Coyhis spent a decade in recovery, then felt called to do more. In 1988, he founded White Bison to address alcoholism in Native American youth. That vision grew into the Wellbriety Movement, which…