(Updated 5/15/21) 12-step recovery groups, while not a substitute for treatment, can play a crucial role in recovery and continued sobriety. AA/NA (and similar) meetings are available all over the world and are open to anyone with a desire to stop using or drinking.
12-Step Recovery Groups
The following list is comprised of links to both well-known and less-familiar 12-step and similar support groups for recovery.
Support Groups for Addiction
- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
- All Addicts Anonymous (AAA)
- Association of Recovering Motorcyclists (A.R.M.)
- Caffeine Addicts Anonymous (CAFAA)
- Chemically Dependent Anonymous (CDA)
- Cocaine Anonymous (CA)
- Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA)
- Heroin Anonymous (HA)
- International Doctors in Alcoholics Anonymous (IDAA)
- International Lawyers in Alcoholics Anonymous (ILAA)
- Marijuana Anonymous (MA)
- Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
- Nicotine Anonymous (NicA)
- Pharmacists Recovery Network
- Pills Anonymous (PA)
- Recoveries Anonymous (R.A.)
For Families & Others Impacted by Addiction & Mental Illness
- Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA)/Dysfunctional Families
- Al-Anon/Alateen (For Family and Friends of Alcoholics)
- Codependents of Sexual Addiction – COSA (For Those Whose Lives Have Been Affected by Another’s Compulsive Sexual Behavior)
- Families Anonymous (FA)
- Gam-Anon (For Families and Friends of Gamblers)
- NAMI Family Support Group (For Adults with Loved Ones Who Have Experienced Mental Health Symptoms)
- Nar-Anon (For Family and Friends of Addicts)
- Parents Anonymous
- S-Anon/S-Ateen (For Family and Friends of Sexaholics)
Secular Alternatives
- LifeRing Secular Recovery
- Secular AA
- Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS)
- SMART Recovery (Self-Management and Recovery Training)
- Women for Sobriety
Faith-Based Alternatives
- Addictions Victorious
- Alcoholics for Christ
- Alcoholics Victorious
- Buddhist Recovery Network
- The Calix Society
- Celebrate Recovery
- Christians in Recovery
- Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others (JACS)
- Overcomers in Christ
- Overcomers Outreach
- Refuge Recovery
Additional Support Groups & Organizations
- Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Anonymous (ASCAA)
- Clutterers Anonymous (CLA)
- Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDa)
- Debtors Anonymous (DA)
- Depressed Anonymous
- Dual Recovery Anonymous
- Eating Disorders Anonymous (EDA)
- Emotions Anonymous
- Food Addicts Anonymous (FAA)
- Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
- Gamblers Anonymous
- Grow in America (Peer Support for Mental Illness)
- Hearing Voices Network
- Internet & Tech Addicts Anonymous (ITAA)
- LDS Family Services
- Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous
- Obsessive Skin Pickers Anonymous (OSPA)
- Offenders Anonymous
- Online Gamers Anonymous (OLGA)
- Overeaters Anonymous (OA)
- Porn Addicts Anonymous (PAA)
- PTSD Anonymous
- Recovery from Food Addiction
- Reentry Anonymous
- Self Mutilators Anonymous
- Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA)
- Sexaholics Anonymous
- Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA)
- Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA)
- Sexual Recovery Anonymous (SRA)
- Social Anxiety Anonymous
- Spenders Anonymous
- Survivors of Incest Anonymous
- Underearners Anonymous (UA)
- Violence Anonymous (VA)
- Workaholics Anonymous
AA Sites for agnostics and atheists: AA Agnostica and AA Beyond Belief
Do you know of a 12-step support group not listed here? Share in a comment!
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