Find A Meeting

On Campus Meetings

Click here for the current schedule of on-campus support meetings.

Off Campus Meetings

There are many weekly support meetings in Santa Cruz and the surrounding areas. The following organizations have local meetings. Check their websites for days, times and locations:

• Adult Children of Alcoholics (12 Step meetings for those who grew up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home): http://www.adultchildren.org/
• Al-Anon & Alateen (12 Step meetings for those with concerns about a loved one’s alcohol addiction or abuse): https://northerncaliforniaal-anon.org/
• Alcoholics Anonymous (12 Step meetings for those with concerns about alcohol addiction and abuse): http://www.aasantacruz.org, 831-475-5782. Find other California AA groups, or nationwide AA groups.
• Co-Dependents Anonymous (12 Step meetings for men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships):  http://www.coda.org
• Marijuana Anonymous (12 Step meetings for those with concerns about marijuana addiction and abuse): https://marijuana-anonymous.org/find-a-meeting/
• Nar-Anon (12 Step meetings for those with concerns about a loved one’s drug addiction or abuse): http://www.naranoncalifornia.org/norcal
• Narcotics Anonymous (12 Step meetings for those with concerns about drug addiction and abuse): http://www.santacruzna.org, 831-429-7436
• Overeaters Anonymous (12 Step meetings for those with concerns about compulsive eating): http://www.santacruzoa.org
• SMART Recovery (cognitive therapy–based support and discussion meetings for those with concerns about addiction or abuse of any substance or behavior in themselves or a loved one): http://www.smartrecovery.org
• Women for Sobriety (empowering self-help support meetings for women with concerns about any sort of addiction): http://www.womenforsobriety.org

Online and Phone Support Meetings

Many groups offer online and telephone support for those who can’t or prefer not to attend in-person meetings and when there is no in-person meeting offered nearby. Click here and scroll down to "Online and Phone Support Meetings" to see a list of these offerings.

UCSC Affiliated Recovery Meetings

Contact Jorge Bru at jbru@ucsc.edu or 831-459-1417 to learn more about these recovery meetings, to get support starting a UCSC affiliated recovery meeting or to update your UCSC affiliated recovery meeting's information. 

http://www.aasantacruz.org/Virtual-Meetings.aspx 

Online Resources

• Recovery Speakers: Online community that offers support, resources, and information to those affected by alcoholism, drug addiction, and addiction in any other form it takes. Huge online audio library of recovery talks. Recovery Speakers gives people a meeting and community when there are none nearby.