A 12-step program for recovering drug addicts who gather regularly to help each other stay clean.  You can use the links below to find a complete schedule, or for the Charlotte regional area, you can call 704/366-8980 to listen to a recording of meetings for each day.  They have a schedule of meetings on the web as follows: 

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A 12-step program for family and friends of addicts that started way back in 1968.  Click here to visit their local site to read a detailed description of the program, its guidelines and its purposes.  Click here to visit their regional site to see the current meeting schedule for North and South Carolina; be sure to call a contact person to confirm time and location before attending a meeting for the first time.   (Click for overview of Drug Abuse and Addiction resources)

Based on the 12 steps of AA, this group welcomes anyone with a dual recovery issue (mental illness and drug addiction).  The members help one another achieve dual recovery and prevent relapse. The only requirements are a desire to attain and maintain sobriety and to manage emotional or psychiatric illness constructively.  For details about their weekly meetings, call a leader of the group at 704/945-2210 (Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). (Click for overview of Drug Abuse and Addiction  Resources)

A peer-led 12 step program for people with crystal methamphetamine addiction.  It's a group whose members tend to develop and receive support from each other beyond the meetings.  They use the Big Book of AA and are part of the national Crystal Meth Anonymous program. As of this writing, they meet twice a week--Monday evening from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday evening (note new hours) from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Marks Lutheran Church, 1001 Queens Road in Room 211.  There will be lots of signs and a friendly greeter outside, but you'll enter through the 2 red doors on the front of the church, walk straight back all the way, turn right and go up 3 steps and the room is on the left.   To learn more about the organization, click here to visit their website but to confirm meeting times before your first time attending, please call a group leader at 704/661-5203 anyday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.  You may also click here to send an e-mail the leader with your question.  (Click for overview of Drug Abuse and Addiction resources)

A peer-led group for nurses recovering from any type of substance addiction.  They have weekly open sharing meetings which are supportive of the 12 steps. Call a member of the group at 704/968-5174 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for information and directions; do leave a message if you reach her answering machine. (Click for overview of Drug Abuse and Addiction resources)

This Christian 12 step program is for people with any addiction.  The meetings generally begin with a time for meditation followed by meeting.  The types of meetings (e.g., step study, discussion, etc) and issues addresses (e.g., sex addiction, a separate group for partners of sex addicts, drug and alcohol addiction vary based on the members' needs.  Because there are several CR meetings in Charlotte with some stopping and re-starting, we do not present a comprehensive Charlotte list. One meeting that has been running for 7 years is at Providence Road Church of Christ; for information about times and locations, call the church office at 704/364-0748 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5p.m.   For more information about the content or process of each group, call a group leader at 704/442-9170 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.   For other meetings in the Charlotte area or surrounding region (or anywhere else in the world), click to go to the Celebrate Recovery international web site for North Carolina, South Carolina, or anywhere else in the world.  Be sure to call to confirm a meeting before attending it for the first time.  (Click for overview of Drug Abuse and Addiction resources)

This group is currently taking a vacation as they search for a new location; if you are interested in attending when it starts up again, please give a call to the leaders.  It's a Christian 8 step program is for teens 13-19 years of age with any nonproductive behavior relating to dealing with an internal pain. It is partially based on the Celebrate Recovery program.  The group addresses issues of addictions, eating disorders, cutting, and divorce as examples.  To learn more, for guys call 704/562-6375 or for gals call 704/421-1882 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. to talk with a leader of the group.     (Click for overview of Drug Abuse and Addiction resources)

The following programs are part of the consortium and are programs aimed at assisting various professionals with a wide variety of addiction, mental health, and other issues.  For an overview, click here to reach the Consortium's website or telephone or check out a web site below for any particular program.  (Click for overview of Drug Abuse and Addiction resources)

A 12-step Christian program for people addicted to drugs or alcohol or dealing with issues of co-dependency.  Call 365-6112 weekdays 9-5 for more. (Click for overview of Drug Abuse and Addiction resources)

Alternative to the 12 Steps (2002) (1574, 704/717/722,742/777)
CHRISTEPS (Christians Recovering in Steps) (1994)
Cocaine Anonymous (1996)
Dual Recovery (2004,1996)
His Righteousness Recovery (previously Addicts Victorius)  (1491,704,722)
Ministry of Recovery (2001)    (1329,704/722)
Pagans in Recovery (1996)    (704/722)
Rational Recovery (1997)      (704/722)
Overcomers Fellowship (1998)  (1421, 704/722)

This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in the NC counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties and in or near the city of Mooresville, NC.  If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1.  If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere else in NC, call 866/744-7778.  For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions.

The friendly staff at this full service library can help you research any medical topic using their up-to-date computers, databases, journals and books.  No previous research experience or medical knowledge is required. Click here for details or call them at 704-384-6393.

MedLinePlus

This service of the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health is one of the better one-stop shops for beginning your search on the internet for medical information.  For those of you who live in Mecklenburg and Union counties in NC, we recommend that you contact the Health Library for more personal assistance from the experts there in searching for reliable medical information. Click here for their details.

Click to link to any of these lists of national groups: 

The Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine Index
The Genetic Alliance
NORD (National Organization for Rare Diseases) Database

Click here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing of toll-free phone numbers for a wide variety of topics.