Support Groups
Please send listings to events@ advocate-news.com. All phone numbers are area code 707, unless listed otherwise.
AA (Alcoholics Anonymous): 877-546-9286.
Al-Anon: All conference call meetings: Sunday Parents Al-Anon, 7 p.m. 1-503-3006851, Conf. Code 628355. Monday Fort Bragg Al-Anon, noon, 1-651-369-9478, Conf. Code: 559765. Wednesday Mendocino Al-Anon, 6:30 p.m. 1-651-369-9478. Conf. Code 798298. Friday Step, Tradition, and Concept Al-Anon, 11a.m. 1-651-369-9478. Conf. Code 991951.
“Anticancer Living” Book Discussion Group via Video Conference: 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month, 5 p.m. Open to all. Call 707-4673828 for more information. Coastal Street Medicine: health checks for homeless, every Wednesday, 9-11:30 am, Hospitality Center, 101N. Franklin, Fort Bragg. Contact: 707-345-4012 Compassionate Friends: for bereaved parents, 707-9645229.
Eating Disorders Anonymous, Wednesdays, noon-1p.m., St. Michael’s Church, 201 E. Fir St., Fort Bragg. 707-964-4756.
The only requirement for membership is a desire to recover from an eating disorder whether overeating, undereating or any other kind of disordered or emotional eating.
Emotions Anonymous, Fridays, noon-1 p.m., St. Michael’s Church, 201E. Fir St., Fort Bragg. 707-964-4756. The only requirement for membership is the desire to be well emotionally.
Grief Support Group: Meets every Thursday from 3-5p.m., at the Gathering Place in the Company Store, oceanside, corner of Redwood and Main, Fort Bragg, Sponsored by Friends of Health.
Hospitality Center: drop-in services, Monday through Friday, 9a.m.-noon, 1-3p.m.,
OPEC, Saudi Arabia controls the world’s secondlargest oil reserves, spending 8 percent of its GDP on the military, second highest in the world, receiving half of all the US arms exports to the Middle East. There have been continual calls for halting arms sales to Saudi Arabia, due to alleged war crimes in the Yemeni Civil War, alleged sponsorship of Sunni Islamic terrorism, and its poor human rights record, characterized by the excessive and extrajudicial use of capital punishment, and failure to adopt adequate measures against human trafficking.”
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Mendocino Coast Marijuana Anonymous: Saturdays, 3 p.m. Zoom meetings only. Call 707409-0091or email mendocinocoast.ma@gmail.com for Zoom meeting access information. mendocinocoast-MA.org. 305 E. Redwood Ave., Fort Bragg. Mendocino County Behavioral Health Warm Line: telephone-based non-crisis support that provides emotional support and compassion for Mendocino County residents. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 472-2311. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis (a danger to oneself or others) and need help right away, call 1-855-838-0404, 24⁄7 tollfree crisis line.
Men’s Cancer Support Group via Video Conference: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, 5 p.m. Call 707-467-3828for more information.
Men’s In-Person Cancer Support Group: 2nd Thursday of each month, 10 a.m. Location is subject to change. Call 707937-3833for more information. Narcotics Anonymous (NA): Mendocino/Lake County hotline, 707-485-9110.
National Alliance on Mental Health: 24-hour helpline: 1-800-950-6264.
Overeaters Anonymous, Zoom meeting, 707-964-8985, email hart4clrvision@gmail.com. Project Sanctuary: domestic violence/sexual assault services, Inland Crisis and Support Line at 707-463-4357; Coast Crisis and Support Line, 707-964-4357 (964-HELP), 24-hour crisis line.
Senior Peer Counseling:
Free telephone counseling for seniors during COVID-19, weekly, one-hour, Redwood Coast Senior Center Program Coordinator, Elizabeth Morton, LCSW, 707-961-4310. Women’s Cancer Support Group via Video Conference: 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at 11a.m. Call 707-4673828 for more information.
columnist for The Washington Post, was ambushed, suffocated, and dismembered by a 15-member squad of Saudi assassins at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.”
#3, Russia, has been fighting in Ukraine for over 8 years, starting with the annexation of Crimea in the south and seizures of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the east. This February, the conflict expanded to the entire country, drawing the attention of the entire world. The expected swift takeover failed, partially due to the stiff resistance of the Ukrainians, and partly due to the pathetic condition of the Russian military after 22 years of corruption under Putin’s authoritarian rule. The recent retreat from the area north of Kyiv has revealed
evidence of extensive war crimes. Russian oil and natural gas, the world’s eighth largest reserves, account for 2/3 of their export income. Europe gets 2/5 of its gas and ¼ of its oil from Russia, a dependency Putin expected would give him a free hand in his invasion.
#4, Kuwait, “is an emirate, where the ruling family dominates the country’s political system, and the state religion is Sunni Islam. Kuwait is a developed country backed by the world’s sixth largest oil reserves, and the Kuwaiti dinar is the highest valued currency in the world, yet Kuwait has the largest number of stateless people in the entire region. Since 1991, accusations from a wide variety of sources describe Kuwait as the world’s biggest