Women For Sobriety (WFS) is a self help group specifically for women. That’s pretty obvious, you probably didn’t need me to point that out for you. It’s founder, Jean Kirkpatrick, put it together as an alternative to AA. She felt women already spend too much time hating themselves. WFS usually like a group of from […]
Programs modeled after AA’s 12 steps of recovery? Here are a couple of programs you may not have heard of that use AA’s plan. CA – Cocaine Anonymous DA – Debtors Anonymous OA – Overeaters Anonymous SA – Sexaholics Anonymous WA – Workaholics Anonymous Please see Wikipedia for a more complete list of programs using […]
SMART Recovery stands for Self Management And Recovery Training and is a relatively new self help group. They are a product of a schism in Rational Recovery. They follow a much less rigid format than AA and some of the other groups. Usually a group will start with a “check in”. This is where people […]
Women in recovery sometimes have issues to work through that men do not. But they also have an innate ability to communicate their needs and no societal prohibitions about seeing a therapist for help. Women who decide to stop abusing drugs/alcohol generally do it more successfully than men. That is just a picture, for […]
Professionals in recovery is a list of self help groups or associations for specific professions. ——————————————————- Psychologists Helping Psychologists Mutual support for doctoral-level psychologists or students who’ve had a personal experience with alcohol or drugs. No website available. [email protected] ——————————————————- International Ministers and Pastors in Recovery Mutual support network for pastors and ministers who are […]
Adult Children of Alcoholics is a support group for people who grew up in alcoholic and other dysfunctional homes. They help you realize how your childhood impacts your life right now and provide their members with ideas on how to improve their current situation. It follows the 12 step, 12 tradition formula. To become a […]