How Can I Find a Support Group Meeting Near Me?

参加支持小组，以及其他医疗和专业的酒精和药物治疗计划, can have many potential benefits. A support group may help you recover by offering社会支持，帮助您提高恢复应对能力，提高您的动机，减少抑郁症状，并增加您的心理福祉。

What to Expect

如果您或家庭成员正在处理addictionor万博手机客户端心理健康障碍, a support group may be the ideal place to feel less isolated and to learn from others with similar problems and shared experiences.

经常en, you're not required to talk in a support group—you can share as little or as much as you'd like—so you'll be able to observe the group before deciding if it's the right one for you. It's important for you to be comfortable with the group so you can eventually open up and get to know your peers.

How to Join a Support Group

For most support groups, all that is required to join is a desire to begin recovery. Most people join a support group by simply walking in the door of a meeting near them. No invitation is required and there are no dues or fees. For members, there is often a voluntary collection.

也就是说，成员和非成员的“开放”会议以及封闭式会议仅适用于会员和潜在会员。根据会议类型，您可能会遇到以下一些代码，这些代码表示提供更独特的支持组或提供的其他服务：

• (ASL) American Sign Language
• (BS) Book study
• (CF) Child-friendly
• (D) Discussion
• (G) Gay/lesbian
• （m）只有男人
• （p）参与
• (SS) Step study
• (W) Women only
• (WA) Wheelchair access

How to Find the Right Group for You

Your primary care physician or mental health professional is often the best place to start when finding a local support group. You can also search for a local meeting via the websites of the various support groups.

Some databases are detailed and allow you to see which meetings are for newcomers or are wheelchair accessible, non-smoking, or LGBTQ+-friendly, among other characteristics. Other pages are less detailed and may only have phone numbers or listings for you to contact the meeting organizers.

Here is a list of official mutual support group websites and their meeting listings. If you cannot locate a face-to-face (in-person) meeting near you, there are many online meetings available.

酒精，药物，处方药物滥用

These include12-step groups和其他哲学的人一样：

• Alcoholics Anonymous:Search for the telephone numbers of AA Central Offices and Intergroups by zip code or state. The site does not give you locations of local meetings, but the Intergroup local sites have that information. You can find meetings around the world, which can be very useful when traveling.
• 庆祝恢复: A Christ-centered, 12 step recovery program for "anyone struggling with hurt, pain, or addiction of any kind." The group offers Zoom as well as Facebook Live meetings.
• 化学依赖匿名:通过州搜索查找CD会议。这是一个12步计划，支持“禁欲来自所有情绪不断变化和改变的化学品，包括街道式药物，酒精和不必要的药物。”
• Cocaine Anonymous：可卡因，酒精和其他思想改变物质的12步计划。
• Crystal Meth Anonymous:Search for CMA meetings by zip code and distance. They are a 12-step program.
• Dual Recovery Anonymous:A 12-step program for those who have a psychiatric disorder and a substance abuse problem.
• 生命戒指世俗恢复：通过位置搜索药物或酒精恢复的生命戒指会议或加入在线会议。生活戒指哲学与12步计划的不同之处在于它不要求您依赖更高的权力，但相信支持您加强清醒的自我并削弱您的上瘾者自我的能力。
• 大麻匿名:在位置搜索一个人和在线会议。还有IOS，Android和Windows的应用程序，可用于搜索会议。这是一个12步计划。
• Moderation Management:查看世界各地会议的清单和地图或加入电话会议。适度管理支持负责任的饮酒而不是禁欲的哲学。
• 麻醉品匿名:Search the meeting database by location. You can also download an NA Meeting Search app for iOS or Android.
• 丸匿名: A 12-step program with meetings around the world.
• SMART Recovery:Search the SMART recovery meeting database by country or state. SMART is not a 12-step program, but a self-help addiction recovery program for substance abuse and alcohol abuse.
• Women for Sobriety: An abstinence-based group for women facing drug or alcohol addiction, WFS offers in-person meetings as well as videoconferencing meetings and an online support forum.

性成瘾，混乱的关系和虐待

Support groups for sex addiction, disordered relationships, and abuse include:

• Love Addicts Anonymous: A 12-step program for those who have "distorted thoughts, feelings, and behavior when it comes to love, fantasies, and relationships."
• sexoholics匿名：那些想要“停止欲望并变得性清醒”的人的12步计划。
• Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous:Find a meeting by searching by state or province. This is a 12-step program for those with "an addictive compulsion to engage in or avoid sex, love, or emotional attachment."
• 性强迫症匿名：国际SCA会议列表，在线和网上。这是一个12步计划。
• Sexual Recovery Anonymous:A 12-step group for those who desire to stop compulsive sexual behavior.
• 乱伦匿名的幸存者：那些超过18岁以上的人作为一个孩子被视为虐待的人的12步计划。

Food and Nicotine Problem Behavior

用于食物和尼古丁问题行为的支持群体包括：

• Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous:对于那些吃饮食问题的12步计划，包括暴饮暴食或贪食症。
• GreySheeters Anonymous:一个12步计划，用于强迫暴饮暴食。
• Overeaters Anonymous:一个12步计划过量，曝煮，厌食症，贪食症和其他问题的行为。

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用于情感和心理健康恢复的支持群体包括：万博手机客户端

• Depressed Anonymous:一个12步计划，用于从抑郁症恢复的人。
• 社交焦虑匿名/社会恐惧症匿名:为社交焦虑症，羞怯，羞怯的人的12步计划避免性格障碍, andparuresis（害怕使用公共厕所）。

Financial and Acquisition Problem Behavior

Support groups for financial and acquisition problem behavior include:

• Debtors Anonymous:强制债务人的12步计划。
• Gamblers Anonymous：一个支持恢复的小组problem gamblingand are guided by 12-step principles.
• Spenders Anonymous: A 12-step program for those who want to recover from compulsive spending and taking on debt.
• 工作狂匿名:WA meetings include phone meetings, online meetings, or in-person meetings in the United States or Internationally. This is a 12-step program for those who are compulsive about work.

For Families and Codependents

These meetings are for those who have relatives and friends with addictions and problem behaviors. In addition to these groups, there are often links to family recovery groups for specific addictions or behaviors on the sites for the programs dedicated to them.

• Adult Children of Alcoholics:通过位置搜索查找ACA会议。他们还有在线会议和电话会议。
• Alanon and Alateen:在美国和加拿大搜索Al-Anon家庭组会议。您还可以使用该网站查找在线会议，国际会议或电话会议。
• Codependents Anonymous:一个12步计划，用于从不健康的关系中恢复。
• Families Anonymous:Get a PDF file of FA meetings by state. This is a 12-step program for those who have a family member with an addiction or problem behavior.
• Nar-Anon: A 12-step group for friends and families of people with substance use disorders.
• 恢复夫妻匿名:一个12步组，夫妇想要恢复和维持他们在恢复中的关系。

A Word From Verywell

Remember that support groups are what you make of them. If you are willing to be open and honest and a good listener who supports fellow members, you will get a lot out of your group, including hope and motivation for a healthier you.