Psychotherapy & support groups offer a particularly powerful opportunity for positive change.  A therapy group is meant to be a safe environment in which one can experiment with new behaviors and new ways of looking at one's life.  Therapy group members learn how they can achieve more happiness in general and how to create meaningful, supportive and loving relationships with others.

Members of support groups can provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic. The help may take the form of providing and evaluating relevant information, relating personal experiences, listening to and accepting others' experiences, providing sympathetic understanding and establishing social networks.

We've provided a list of resources to assist you in finding the right group to fit your specific needs.

4 Group Therapy : A comprehensive site of therapy groups listed by state.

Al-anon & Alateen : Support for alcoholics, their families & friends.

Center for Internet Addiction & Recovery : Offers hope and valuable resources to those seeking information about the compulsive disorder of internet addiction.

Cocaine Anonymous : A fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from their cocaine & other mind-altering substance addictions.

Co-dependents Anonymous : Offer a list of characteristics & patterns as well as tools & support for individuals dealing with codependency.

Food Addicts Anonymous : A fellowship of men and women who are willing to recover from the disease of food addiction by sharing experiences, strengths and hope with others.

Gamblers Anonymous : A support network of men and women who share the common goal of recovering from a gambling addiction.

Marijuana Anonymous : A fellowship of men and women who share the common goal of recovering from an addiction to marijuana by using the 12 Step method.

Methadone Anonymous : Methadone support and recovery community.

Narcotics Anonymous : Narcotics Anonymous is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts with more than 43,900 weekly meetings in over 127 countries worldwide.

Nicotine Anonymous : Nicotine Anonymous is a Non-Profit 12 Step Fellowship of men and women helping each other live nicotine-free lives.

Overeaters Anonymous : Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive overeating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA.

Sex Addicts Anonymous : A fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction and help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency.

Sexual Compulsives Anonymous : A 12 Step fellowship, inclusive of all sexual orientations, open to anyone with a desire to recover from sexual compulsion.

Survivors of Incest Anonymous : Website intended to be a resource to survivors of child sexual abuse and a self-help group of women and men, 18 years or older, who are guided by a set of 12 Suggested Steps and 12 Traditions, along with some slogans and the Serenity Prayer.