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Self-Help and Support Groups Listing of Self-Help, Support Groups, & Helping Resources
We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons -- inspiration or desperation. -- Jim Rohn
Self-help has become an integral part of treatment for emotional issues, behavior problems, mental health problems, and for dealing with stressful situations. Many people find that self-help and support groups are an invaluable resource for recovery and for empowerment.
Self-help support groups bring together people with common experiences. Participants share experiences, provide understanding and support and help each other find new ways to cope with problems.
There are support groups for almost any concern including alcoholism, overeating, the loss of a child, co-dependency, grandparenting, various mental illnesses, cancer, parenting, and many, many others.
Self-help generally refers to groups or meetings that:
Self-help groups can complement and extend the effects of professional treatment.
The most prominent self-help groups are those affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), and Cocaine Anonymous (CA), all of which are based on the 12-step model, and Smart Recovery® which is based on a cognitive-behavioral (thinking/doing) model. Most drug addiction treatment programs encourage patients to participate in a self-help group during and after formal treatment.
Support groups are offered at counseling centers, hospitals, churches and places of worship, community centers, and schools -- and at online Internet support communities.
We encourage parents who have teens with behavior problems to attend a parenting group for support and guidance, such as Families Anonymous and Al-Anon.
You will find that a support group can provide emotional support, practical coping skills and strategies, and empower you towards personal growth, positive changes, and healing.
Self-Help, Support Groups, Helping Resources
Visit the FocusAS pages for helping organizations that address specific issues and diagnoses and the Directory of Family Help to find support resources in your area.
12-Step, 12-Tradition program of women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes.
Al-Anon and Alateen Family Group Headquarters 1-888-4-AL-ANON Helps families and friends of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of a relative or friend.
AA is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, nondenominational, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere.
1-800-441-7877 Interdenominational Christian 12-step fellowship that ministers to alcoholics and substance abusers, family members, and adult children of alcoholics and substance abusers.
Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous ABA is a fellowship of individuals whose primary purpose is to find and maintain “sobriety” in our eating practices, and to help others gain sobriety. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop unhealthy eating practices.
Aspartame Victims Support Group E-mail group where victims of aspartame poisoning discuss the issues of aspartame recovery and aspartame activism.
Christian support groups not only for alcoholics but also for codependents, people with eating disorders, those struggling with sexual addictions, anger, those dealing with past or current physical abuse or sexual abuse issues, those in need of financial recovery and -- anyone dealing with any kind of hurt, hang-up or habit.
Chemically Dependent Anonymous 12-step fellowship that does not make distinctions in the recovery process based on any particular substance, believing that the addictive-compulsive usage of chemicals is the core of addictive disease and the use of any mood-changing chemical will result in relapse.
Christian Recovery International A coalition of ministries dedicated to helping the Christian community become a safe and helpful place for people recovering from addiction, abuse or trauma.
310-559-5833 12-step recovery to individuals who are suffering from cocaine addiction.
Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA) A fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships through the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions.
Co-Dependents of Sex Addicts (CoSA) 763-537-6904 12-step support for friends and family members whose lives have been affected by another person's compulsive sexual behavior.
1-877-969-0010 National self-help support organization that offers friendship and understanding to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. There is no religious affiliation and there are no membership dues or fees.
12-Step fellowship of men and women 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.
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing AA 12 Step Recovery Resources Includes AA 12 Step Meetings in U.S. and Canada, AA Online Meetings, and Recovery Events.
502-569-1989 12-step fellowship for the men, women, and children whose lives have been affected by a family member's depression.
Online Christian support community dedicated to overcoming addictive and/or destructive behaviors and healing from them whether you are struggling yourself or you are close to someone who is.
914-393-1904 Free online and phone support for teenage girls and young women who struggle with self-injury. Local meeting in Westchester County, New York. Visit Self-Injury.
1-877-883-2332 12-step, self-help organization for people with a dual diagnosis -- those who are chemically dependent and have an emotional or psychiatric illness.
12-step group based on the steps, traditions and principles of Alcoholics Anonymous that believes people can and do fully recover from their eating disorders.
651-647-9712 Supports individuals who want to achieve and maintain emotional health by understanding and utilizing the 12 Steps in their daily lives.
1-800-736-9805 12-step, self-help, recovery and support fellowship for families and friends concerned about a loved one's past, present or suspected use of drugs or alcohol, and/or behavior-related problems.
JACS: Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others Exploring resources and values within Judaism to enhance recovery.
Marijuana Anonymous World Services 1-800-766-6779 12-step recovery fellowship.
Narcotics Anonymous World Services International, community-based support association of recovering drug addicts with more than 28,000 weekly meetings in 113 countries.
12- step fellowship of men and women helping each other live nicotine-free lives.
Obsessive-Compulsive Anonymous 516-739-0662 12-step fellowship of people who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from OCD.
1-800-310-3001 Christ-centered 12-step recovery program addressing all addictions, compulsions and codependents.
505-891-2664 12-step fellowship of men and women from all walks of life who meet in order to help solve a common problem -- compulsive overeating.
909-621-6184 This family-strengthening and support program encourages all parents to ask for help early, whatever their circumstances, to effectively break the cycle of abuse to protect today's children and strengthen tomorrow's generation of parents.
561-391-8833 Provides single parents and their children with an opportunity for enhancing personal growth, self-confidence and sensitivity towards others by offering an environment for support, friendship and the exchange of parenting techniques.
12-step fellowship formed to offer support to anyone, with any self-destructive or dysfunctional problem.
510-663-2312 12-step fellowship to help couples find freedom from dysfunctional patterns in relationships.
1-800-210-8141 or 615-833-3152 12-step fellowship of relatives and friends of sexually addicted people.
Searchable database that includes information on over 800+ national, international and demonstrational model self-help support groups, ideas for starting groups, and opportunities to link with others to develop needed new national or international groups.
12-step support. Visit Self-Injury.
Face-to-face and online mutual help groups to help people recover from all types of addictive behaviors, including: alcoholism, substance abuse, gambling addiction, and addiction to other behaviors.
Survivors of Suicide Support Groups The American Association of Suicidology provides a directory listing of suicide survivor support groups throughout the United States and Canada.
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Hiding from Love: How To Change the Withdrawal Patterns That Isolate and Imprison You by John Townsend When you experience emotional injury, fear, shame, or pride your first impulse is to hide the hurting parts of yourself. Often these self-protective hiding patterns are learned during childhood. The problem is that when you hide, you isolate yourself from the very things you need in order to heal and mature. What served as protection for a child becomes a prison to an adult. Dr. Townsend helps you thoroughly explore the hiding patterns you've developed and guides you toward the healing grace and truth that God has built into safe, connected relationships with Himself and others. This book will take you on a journey of discovery toward healing, connecting relationships, and a new freedom and joy in living.
Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions by Gerald G. May Addiction and Grace offers an inspiring and hope–filled vision for those who desire to explore the mystery of who and what they really are. May examines the "processes of attachment" that lead to addiction and describes the relationship between addiction and spiritual awareness. He also details the various addictions from which we can suffer, not only to substances like alcohol and drugs, but to work, sex, performance, responsibility, and intimacy. This book is a compassionate and wise treatment of a topic of major concern in these most addictive of times, one that can provide a critical yet hopeful guide to a place of freedom based on contemplative spirituality.
by Dan B. Allender The Wounded Heart is an intensely personal and specific look at the most "soul deadening" form of abuse, sexual abuse. It is personal because it may be affecting you, your spouse, a close friend or neighbor, or someone you know well at church. And specific because it goes well beyond the general issues and solutions discussed in other books.
The Life Recovery Bible (New Living Translation) Designed for both the Christian who is seeking God's view on recovery and the non-Christian who is seeking God and answers to recovery, the Life Recovery Bible will lead readers to the source of true healing. Features include recovery notes and devotionals, 12 Step devotionals, Serenity Prayer devotionals, and recovery lessons drawn from the lives of key Bible people.
More Information
Al-Anon offers new life to families of alcoholics ~ With help from their peers, Al-Anon members learn an alternative -- detachment with love. This happens when family members admit that they did not cause their loved one's addiction; nor can they control or cure it.
Alcoholics Anonymous History ~ AA history, articles by Dick B., research on the origins of the 12 Steps.
Basics of Co-dependency ~ There is much debate as to whether or not co-dependency is actually a psychological disease (much less a progressive one). Many co-dependents appear to grow up in dysfunctional families, they learn their behaviors through childhood exposure to dependent parents or family members. Children of alcoholics usually develop co-dependent patterns of behaving but in general any long term exposure to a parent or family member with a compulsive, addictive or mental disorder can lead to the development of a co-dependent. Some may not have come from dysfunctional backgrounds but have developed a relationship with someone who is compulsive, addictive or suffering from a mental disorder in adulthood.
Biblical References for the 12 Steps ~ The 12 Steps consist of the following: admission of personal defeat, brokenness, turning one's life and will over to the care of God, confession, restitution, acquiring the spiritual disciplines of prayer and personal devotions, and a desire to reach out to others.
Buddhism and Recovery (pdf) ~ Buddha's great insight was to see pain as a symptom of a greater underlying problem. The answer is not to numb the pain with chemicals or overwork, or to assuage it emotionally through others, sex, or compulsive religiosity but to reach behind the symptom to the disease itself: a misperception of one's place in the universe.
Confession: The Open Door ~ There is no spiritual life without confession. The spiritual life begins with confession and is sustained by it. It is the process that opens the door of our hearts and souls to God, others and even ourselves. Begin to “agree with reality.” It can truly save your soul and life.
Faith-Based Self-Help Groups Are Cost-Effective, Efficient in Treating Substance Abuse ~ Inpatient substance abuse treatment programs emphasizing the spiritually oriented "12-step" approach to addiction save money and promote abstinence more effectively than treatment programs that emphasize practical coping skills.
Oriented Toward the Truth: In Touch with Reality ~ Reality is the only place where we can succeed. The rest is fantasy. So the challenge is to find reality, always, no matter what the cost. Since God is ultimate reality, finding Him, as the bible says, “is the beginning of wisdom.” Start with God, and then develop the kind of character that seeks the truth at all times, and success is much more likely. Build into life the kinds of feedback loops with others that will tell you the truth. Evaluate your performance in a 360 degree fashion. And, always study and learn about the world you are trying to operate in, instead of assuming you know.
Psychological Self-Help ~ This free online book reviews all aspects of self-improvement. It provides a system for analyzing any problem into its manageable parts and for planning self-change. It invites you to first carefully consider what you value and what you want to accomplish in life.
Recovery from Addictions: Steps 1-3 (pdf); Recovery from Guilt: Steps 4-9 (pdf); Recovery - A Lifelong Journey: Steps 10-12 (pdf) ~ These excellent guides are designed to help you study a series of Biblical texts that relate to the process of recovery.
Recovery Life Articles ~ Articles on AA and the 12 Steps.
Relationships and Recovery ~ Recovery from past wounds or from present addictions does not happen in isolation. It happens in fellowship with others. We do not recover by reading books about recovery. We do not recover by becoming more educated about recovery. Fellowship in recovery is essential because it gives us opportunities to practice self-awareness, honesty, respectful listening, constructive conflict, and making amends. It is in community that we learn new ways to think, feel and live.
Spiritual Kindergarten: An Introduction to the Twelve Steps ~ The Twelve Steps were designed to help us learn -- and put into practice -- the most basic spiritual truths. They are twelve steps to take, twelve disciplines to practice, twelve activities to do. The focus is on action, not on ideas. You do the steps.
Spirituality, Prayer, the Twelve Steps and Judaism ~ Everywhere in Jewish ethics there is a great emphasis on mutual responsibility for one another's actions. Just as some diseases are contagious, so is spiritual and moral deterioration. Those who are fortunate enough to achieve a measure of spirituality do not have the right to keep this enlightenment to themselves. The Yiddish phrase, He is a zaddik in pelz refers to the pious one who keeps warm by wrapping himself in furs. In other words, he maintains a selfish piety. Warmth should be obtained by building a fire so that others can benefit from the heat as well.
Stumbling Blocks to Change (pdf) ~ Change is not only the solution to many of our problems, it is a natural process from which we get a feeling of self-worth and well-being. It feels good to change because we intuitively know this is the only way to reach our full potential. Understanding the stumbling blocks to change is the first step in breaking them down and moving them out of the way.
Support groups: Find information, encouragement, camaraderie ~ You're facing a challenging disease or negotiating a major life change, but you don't have to go it alone. Find out how to choose the best support group.
The Twelve Steps: They Work for Anyone ~ Norman Vincent Peale says that the 12 Steps can be applied to your own difficulty -- no matter what it is, and he reminds us that, in a very deep sense, each step is a prayer.
What is Self Help and How Does It Work ~ It's more than support groups.
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