SUPPORT GROUPS
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS offers multiple meetings every day. Find a meeting by calling the 24-hour hotline at (575) 758-3318 or visiting nm-aa.org/meetings.
AL-ANON TAOS – Mondays, 5:306:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church; Tuesdays, noon-1 p.m., at St. James Episcopal Church; Wednesdays women’s group, 8-9 a.m. at St. James; Thursdays, 5:306:30 p.m. at St. James; Saturdays, 8:30-9:30 a.m. at DreamTree Project, childcare provided last Saturday of month, call (575) 770-7196; Sundays, 10-11 a.m. at DreamTree Project, 128 La Post Road, Taos. Call (575) 7589595.
ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS, Thursdays, 5:306:30 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 208 Camino de Santiago, Santiago Room, Taos.
ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS AND DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES
meets Thursdays, 1 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 208 Camino de Santiago, Taos.
ALATEEN (for youth affected by another’s drinking): Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at St James Episcopal Church, 208 Camino de Santiago, Creation Room, Taos.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
offers two programs in Taos. Look Good Feel Better teaches female cancer patients how to cope with appearance-related side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. The group meets the fourth Thursday of each month, 1:30-3:30 p.m., 413 Sipapu St., Taos. Call (575) 751-8927. Additionally, the Road to Recovery provides transportation for cancer patients to and from medical treatments. Call (800) 227-2345 for more details on the latter program.
ARTSTREAMS SUPPORT GROUP
for family caregivers of people with dementia. Meets the second Thursday of each month from 4:306 p.m. at 214 Cruz Alta Road, Suite J, Taos. Call (575) 758-4692 or 7709874.
BEREAVEMENT GROUP, especially for people who have lost loved ones in the last year. Taos Hospice sponsors the group at St. James Episcopal Church, 208 Camino de Santiago, Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Use west entrance. Refreshments served. Call (575) 737-0681.
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP for those recently diagnosed, in and/ or after treatment. Every Tuesday, 5-6:30 p.m., Holy Cross Hospital Community Services Office, 413 Sipapu, corner of Sipapu and Salazar. Call (575) 751-8927.
CAREGIVERS GROUP for those caring for friends and family with cancer. Every Monday, 5-6:30 p.m., Holy Cross Hospital Community Services Office, 413 Sipapu, corner of Sipapu and Salazar. Call (575) 751-8927. DRUG ADDICTS ANONYMOUS. Meeting every Wednesday, 7 p.m., Tri-County Community Services: 105 Paseo del Cañón West. For more information, call (575) 613-2264. FREEDOM MINISTRIES offers a weekly biblical 12-step program, Thursdays, 6-7 p.m. at 212 Paseo del Cañón East, Taos (behind the Potter’s House Church). For more information, call (575) 779-9711. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. Weekly support group for women who are domestic violence survivors. Meets Wednesdays 1-3 p.m., at CAV, 945 Salazar Road. Call (575) 7588082.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m., TriCounty Services, 111 Paseo del Cañón West. Call (575) 758-3254. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meets every Saturday, 9:30-10:30 a.m., at the west wing of Tri-County Mental Health Services, behind south Lotaburger, 111 Paseo del Cañón West. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. Call (575) 758-1937.
ROSES, THORNS AND BUDS is a peer-led support group for those providing caregiving services that meets at noon the fourth Monday of each month. The group is for fulltime, part-time, local, long-distance, family or professional caregivers. Emotional, mental, spiritual and financial aspects of caregiving are discussed. El Taoseño Restaurant, 819 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, Taos. Free. Call Polly, (575) 737-5464, or Jeo, (575) 770-1189.
TAOS PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP meets the second Thursday of every month at 11 a.m. at the Youth and Family Center. WOMEN’S NONVIOLENCE AWARENESS and anger management group, Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m., NonviolenceWorks, 1337 Gusdorf Road. Self-referred and courtreferred women welcome. Includes discussion of stress-reduction techniques, assertive and compassionate communication skills and more. Call (575) 758-4297.