Recovery Programs

Alcoholics Anonymous

What is Alcoholics Anonymous?

Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere. There are no age or education requirements. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about his or her drinking problem. Alcoholics Anonymous is not secular, however it does not base recovery on any one specific religious or spiritual belief.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a 12-step recovery program.

Resources:

Find Meetings, Information, and Resources at the Alcoholics Anonymous website

What is Eating Disorders Anonymous?

Eating Disorders Anonymous (EDA) is a Twelve-Step fellowship of individuals (founded in 2000 by sober members of AA) who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problems and help others to recover from their eating disorders. People can and do fully recover from having an eating disorder. In EDA, we help one another identify and claim milestones of recovery. The only requirement for membership is a desire to recover from an eating disorder.
The goal of EDA is to achieve balance in ones eating habits in order to gain or regain the power to see ones options and to make careful choices to facilitate health, empowerment, and peace.

Resources:

Find Meetings, Information, and Resources at the Eating Disorders Anonymous website

What is Healing in the Arts?

A student led organization for students. This is not a form of therapy nor is it led by mental health professionals, however many do find the program therapeutic. Healing in the Arts was founded through an independent study on how the fine arts are being used in human development and trauma therapy by Dr. Jackson and Madd Hamel. The organization includes writers, dancers, singers, artists, actors, and short films. Healing in the Arts is huge on support in times of need through group communication.
The Healing in the Arts youtube page was created so that those who could not attend the in person shows could get a glimpse of what they work all semester long for. If you are interested in viewing the work of Healing in the Arts please follow the youtube link here.

What is Narcotics Anonymous?

Narcotics Anonymous is a global, community-based organization with a multilingual and multicultural membership. NA was founded in 1953, and members hold nearly 76,000 meetings weekly in 143 countries today. NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. Narcotics Anonymous is not secular, however it does not base recovery on any one specific religious or spiritual belief.
Narcotics Anonymous is a 12-step recovery program.

Find Meetings, Information, and Resources at the Narcotics Anonymous website

What is SMART Recovery?

SMART Recovery which stands for self-management and recovery training. It is free of charge, open to both individuals and their families and includes all types of addictions from substances to gambling. Its website describes the approach as science-based, focusing on empowerment, learning coping skills, and present action. SMART recovery is a secular organization, there are no tenets that focus on a belief in a higher power.
SMART Recovery focuses on four main points
- Building and Maintaining the Motivation to Change
- Coping with Urges to Use
- Managing Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors
- Living a Balanced, Positive, and Healthy Life

Resources:

Find Meetings, Information, and Resources at the SMART Recovery website