Looking for Community?

Are you searching for people who truly understand your journey?
Whether online or in person, there are welcoming spaces ready to support you.

👉 Celebrate Recovery (CR)
– Weekly online Zoom meetings and thousands of in-person groups around the world. Sign up to get meeting info or find local face-to-face groups.
[Find a CR Group →] Find Freedom, Find Community - CR Locator

👉 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
– A nationwide directory where you can find local AA meetings by zip code or city
[Find an AA Meeting →] Find A.A. Near You | Alcoholics Anonymous

-You can also download apps on your phone to find a meeting. For AA , Meeting Guide App – Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings

👉 SMART Recovery
– A science-based, secular program that offers free online and in-person meetings worldwide, structured around a 4‑Point model
[Visit SMART Recovery →] SMART Recovery - Meetings

👉 LifeRing Secular Recovery
– A peer-run, abstinence-based fellowship available online and in-person, focusing on self-empowerment
[Explore LifeRing →] Online Meetings - LifeRing Secular Recovery

👉 – Struggling right now?

🌐 Connection Space: Crisis & Hotline Resources

If you’re struggling right now and need immediate support, please know: you don’t have to go through this alone. There are people ready to listen, 24/7. Reach out to one of the hotlines below—your call could be the first step to relief and hope.

📞 Addiction & Recovery Hotlines and Websites

  • Drug Abuse National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) (24/7, confidential, nationwide)

  • Alcohol Treatment Referral Hotline: 1-800-252-6465 (24/7)

  • Cocaine Hotline: 1-800-262-2463 (24/7)

  • Ecstasy Addiction: 1-800-468-6933

  • Marijuana Anonymous: 1-800-766-6779

  • Alcoholics for Christ: 1-800-441-7877

👨‍👩‍👧 Family & Loved Ones

  • Families Anonymous: 1-800-736-9805

  • National Association for Children of Alcoholics: 1-888-554-2627

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A necessary word of caution

Recovery does not fail loudly.
It often fails quietly — through isolation.

There is always a force working in opposition to recovery and freedom. It rarely announces itself. More often, it whispers.

It wants to slow you down.
It wants you alone.
It wants you to believe you can do this by yourself.

Those thoughts can sound reasonable — especially when you are tired, overwhelmed, or ashamed. But isolation is not strength. It is vulnerability.

Do not give that force power in your life by entertaining an “I can do this alone” mentality.

Every long-term, sustainable recovery journey I have ever witnessed shared one common thread: community.
Not crowds. Not constant disclosure.
But fellowship with others walking the same road.

I don’t have a study to cite for this belief.
I have lived it.

And I believe this without a doubt:
Freedom is not forged in isolation. It is protected in connection.