Support Groups
Please send listings to events@advocate-news.com, 690 S. Main St., Fort Bragg CA 95437, or call 707-964-5642 x 6091. 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, 11 a.m. 1-651-369-9478. Conf. Code 991951.
Coastal Street Medicine: health checks for homeless. every Wednesday, 9-11:30 a.m., Hospitality Center, 101 N. Franklin, Fort Bragg. Contact coastalstreetmedicine@gmail.com or 617-435-8412. Compassionate Friends: for bereaved parents, 964-5229. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: meets every Thursday online or on the phone at 3:15 p.m. For more information, call Irene at 964-1931 or Elena at Safe Passage Family Resource Center at 961-1100.
Grief Group: Every Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m, currently conducted via phone. Call 9648987 to be added to phone list. Sponsored by Friends of Health. Hospitality Center: drop-in services, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-noon, 1-3 p.m., 101 N. Franklin St., Fort Bragg, 961-0172.
Mendocino Coast Marijuana Anonymous: Saturdays, 3 p.m. Zoom meetings only. Call 707409-0091 or 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 toll free crisis line.
Men’s Cancer Support Group: second Thursday, 10 a.m., via videoconference. 937-3833. Narcotics Anonymous (NA): Mendocino/Lake County hotline, 485-9110.
National Alliance on Mental Health: 24-hour helpline: 1-800-950-6264.
Project Sanctuary: domestic violence/sexual assault services, Inland Crisis and Support Line at 463-4357; Coast Crisis and Support Line, 964-4357 (964-HELP), 24-hour crisis line.
Safe Passage Family Resource Center: 325 E. Redwood Ave., Fort Bragg, 961-1100.
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: 1st and 3rd Monday, noon, videoconference. 4673828.