Local Resources:
StarCare Specialty Health System
Family Counseling Services
Resources from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA):
Virtual Recovery Resources for Substance Use and Mental Illness – Includes links to online meetings and recovery support resources offered by various mutual help groups and other organizations, as well as information on setting up a virtual meeting.
Connections App– Free research-based smartphone app to help people with recovery from substance use.
Resources for Parents, Families, and Caregivers – Provides mobile (phone and text-based) education and support for family members struggling with a loved one’s addiction as well as links to other virtual resources.
Faces & Voices of Recovery – Dedicated to organizing and mobilizing the over 23 million Americans in recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs, their families, friends and allies into recovery community organizations and networks.
Shatterproof – A national nonprofit organization dedicated to reversing the addiction crisis in the United States.
Unity Recovery, WeConnect, SOS Recovery, and Alano Club – Offering online recovery support group meetings five times daily, a daily family and loved one recovery support meeting, and weekly LGBTQ+ and Women’s Only recovery meetings.
Resources from the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC):
12 Steps.org – Listing of online 12-step meetings on various platforms.
Al-Anon Electronic Meetings – This forum and recovery chat room for Narcotics Anonymous members features voice chat, Skype, and text chat meetings connecting people from around the world.
Alcoholics Anonymous Online Intergroup – Listing of online meetings from AA Intergroup.
Smart Recovery – Message board, chat room, online meetings, and online library. Toolbox is also available.
Adult Children of Alcoholics – Phone and Online Meetings
In the Rooms (Online Meetings)– An online platform supporting a wide range of 12-step and non-12 step meetings
Bridge Club Virtual Meetings – Meetings that are specifically focused on women and LGBTQIA+ folks who are sober or interested in sobriety.
Refuge Recovery Online Meetings – Listing of daily online meetings
Families Anonymous Virtual Meetings – Online meetings for parents, grandparents, siblings, spouses, significant others, other family members and friends of those with a current, suspected or former drug problem.
Life Ring Recovery – Listing of online meetings.
My Recovery – Online 12-step meetings
Sober Grid – A free online social networking platform for people in recovery. Available in mobile app stores.
Narcotics Anonymous – Listing of online meetings provided by NA
Other Resources:
Online Support Community for Parents & Caregivers of Individuals with Substance Use Disorder:
Gatherings are an hour long and take place weekly using Zoom (a free video conferencing service available for download on your computer or smartphone; allow extra time to install before joining your first meeting). You are welcome to join any meeting, although specified gatherings are intended to offer insight more tailored to the age of your child.
The Partnership for Drug-free Kids Helpline:
Call 855.378.4373 if you are having difficulty accessing support for your family, or a loved one struggling with addiction faces care or treatment challenges resulting from COVID-19 circumstances, the Partnership for Drug-free Kids’ specialists can guide you. Support is available in English and Spanish, from 9:00am-midnight ET weekdays and noon-5:00pm ET on weekends.
