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< Back Funding Child Welfare Services in Pennsylvania - PCCYFS https://pccyfs.org/funding-child-welfare-services-in-pennsylvania/ The PA Council of Children, Youth & Family Services

< Back Nar-Anon Online/In-Person Support Group The Nar-Anon Family Groups is primarily for those who know or have known a feeling of desperation concerning the addiction problem of someone very near to you. We have traveled that unhappy road too, and found the answer with serenity and peace of mind. When you come into the family group, you are no longer alone, but among true friends who understand your problem as few others could. We respect your confidence and anonymity as we know you will respect ours. We hope to give you the assurance that no situation is too difficult and no unhappiness is too great to be overcome. https://www.nar-anon.org/

< Back Narateen Online/In-Person Support Groups Support groups for friends and family who know and care about someone who is addicted to drugs/narcotics.

< Back Cocaine Anonymous Online Support Group Cocaine Anonymous is a Fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others recover from their addiction. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using cocaine and all other mind-altering substances. Anyone who wants to stop using cocaine and all other mind-altering substances (including alcohol and other drugs) is welcome. Our primary purpose is to stay free from cocaine and all other mind-altering substances and to help others achieve the same freedom. The only purpose of Cocaine Anonymous is to offer recovery to individuals who are suffering from addiction. Our experience has shown that the most effective way to attain and maintain sobriety is to work with others suffering from the same malady. https://ca.org/

< Back Alateen Online /In-Person Support Groups Alateen is a peer support group for teens who are struggling with the effects of someone else’s problem drinking. Al-Anon members are people, just like you, who are worried about someone with a drinking problem. https://al-anon.org/ https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/find-an-alateen-meeting/

< Back Al-Anon Online/In-Person Support Groups Group for family and friends of an alcoholic. al-anon.org Find an Al-Anon or Alateen Face-to-Face, Phone, or Online Meeting If you are concerned about someone's drinking, you may attend ANY Al-Anon meeting. While some groups choose to have certain Attendees selected, they will welcome anyone looking for help. Al-Anon is a mutual support group of peers who share their experience in applying the Al-Anon principles to problems related to the effects of a problem drinker in their lives.

< Back Alcoholics Anonymous Online Support Group Anyone with a desire to stop drinking is welcome , regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, income or profession. And it’s free. You can just sit and listen and learn more about recovery, or you can share about your situation. It’s completely up to you. https://www.aa.org/

< Back Nicotine Anonymous Online Support Group www.nicotine-anonymous.org Nicotine Anonymous welcomes all who want to live nicotine free. Nicotine Anonymous is a non-profit 12-step fellowship of men and women helping each other live nicotine-free lives. We welcome all those seeking freedom from nicotine addiction, including those using cessation programs and nicotine withdrawal aids. Our primary purpose is to help all those who would like to cease using tobacco and nicotine products in any form. There are no dues or fees for membership. Nicotine Anonymous welcomes all those seeking freedom from nicotine addiction, including those using cessation programs and nicotine withdrawal aids. The primary purpose of Nicotine Anonymous is to help all those who would like to cease using tobacco and nicotine products in any form.

< Back Adult Children of Alcoholics Online Support Group Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA)/ Dysfunctional Families is a Twelve Step , Twelve Tradition program for people who grew up in dysfunctional homes. We meet to share our experience of growing up in an environment where abuse, neglect, and trauma infected us. This affects us today and influences how we deal with all aspects of our lives. ACA provides a safe, nonjudgmental environment that allows us to grieve our childhoods and conduct an honest inventory of ourselves and our family—so we may (i) identify and heal core trauma, (ii) experience freedom from shame and abandonment, and (iii) become our own loving parents. The Laundry List – 14 Traits of an Adult Child of an Alcoholic We became isolated and afraid of people and authority figures. We became approval seekers and lost our identity in the process. We are frightened by angry people and any personal criticism. We either become alcoholics, marry them or both, or find another compulsive personality such as a workaholic to fulfill our sick abandonment needs. We live life from the viewpoint of victims and we are attracted by that weakness in our love and friendship relationships. We have an overdeveloped sense of responsibility and it is easier for us to be concerned with others rather than ourselves; this enables us not to look too closely at our own faults, etc. We get guilt feelings when we stand up for ourselves instead of giving in to others. We became addicted to excitement. We confuse love and pity and tend to "love" people we can "pity" and "rescue." We have "stuffed" our feelings from our traumatic childhoods and have lost the ability to feel or express our feelings because it hurts so much (Denial). We judge ourselves harshly and have a very low sense of self-esteem. We are dependent personalities who are terrified of abandonment and will do anything to hold on to a relationship in order not to experience painful abandonment feelings, which we received from living with sick people who were never there emotionally for us. Alcoholism is a family disease; and we became para-alcoholics and took on the characteristics of that disease even though we did not pick up the drink. Para-alcoholics are reactors rather than actors. Tony A., 1978 https://adultchildren.org/

< Back Co-Dependents Online Support Group When you find your first meeting and walk in the door, you will find a safe place, where all are welcome. There is only one requirement to join; a desire for healthy and loving relationships. Somewhere along the line, we learned to doubt our perception, discount our feelings, and overlook our needs. We looked to others to tell us what to think, feel, and behave. Other people supplied us with information about who we were and should be. It became more important to be compliant or avoidant rather than to be authentic, and we adopted rigid beliefs about what “should be.” We believed that if we could just “get it right,” things would be okay. When we “got it wrong,” our sense of security and self-worth evaporated. https://coda.org/

< Back Crystal Meth Anonymous Online Support Group Crystal Meth Anonymous is a fellowship of people 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.** https://www.crystalmeth.org/

< Back Marijuana Anonymous Online Support Group Marijuana Anonymous is a free peer-support program focused entirely on our shared problem with marijuana or cannabis addiction. Marijuana Anonymous uses the basic 12 Steps, founded by Alcoholics Anonymous , because it has been proven that the 12-Step recovery program works. Am I a marijuana addict? If you find it difficult to control your marijuana use, if you think about using marijuana even when you are not, or if you have broken promises to yourself or others about limiting or stopping your use, you may be an addict. Only you can decide. No one in Marijuana Anonymous will decide for you. https://marijuana-anonymous.org/pamphlets/for-the-newcomer/ The members of Marijuana Anonymous have developed 12 Questions for you to ask yourself. These questions can help you decide if you are addicted to marijuana. Members of MA collectively support each other as peers, sponsors , and friends. MA has a book called Life with Hope , a companion 12-Step workbook, and other publications. We use the tools of the MA program to help free us of our addictive tendencies and physical dependence on the substance that has caused damage in our lives. Our program is voluntary. The only thing you need to begin participating is a desire to stop using cannabis/marijuana. Marijuana Anonymous meetings are free and can be attended all over the world virtually and by phone, with in-person meetings available in some areas as well. https://marijuana-anonymous.org/