A 12 step group for men or women whose common problem is difficulty maintaining enjoyable and satisfactory relationships.  Click here to see their extensive web site or call for their voice-mail announcement at 704/348-1616.  (Click for overview of Codependency resources)

Sponsored by Hickory Grove Baptist Church, this weekly, scriptural program is designed to help people build healthy relationships.  It utilizes some of the principles of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.  For more information, call Jimmie, a member of the group, at 888-3766 Monday through Thursday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.  For details about all the groups at HGBC, click here to visit the church's web site.  (Click for overview of Codependency resources)

A 12-step Christian program for people addicted to drugs or alcohol or dealing with codependency issues.  Call 365-6112 Monday through Thursday 9-5 for more. (Click for overview of Codependency resources)

A 12-step Christian scriptural program to help people learn new ways to deal with emotional pain and get on with their lives.  The emphasis is on recovery rather than blame. The leaders describe the group as a Christian Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families group.  To learn more, call a member of the group at 888-3766 Monday through Thursday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. or call Joyce, a church secretary at Hickory Grove Baptist Church, at 531-4034 weekdays from 9-4.  (Click for overview of Codependency resources)

Alternative to the 12 Steps (2002) (1574, 704/717/722,742/777)
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA-The Augustine Fellowship (2001)  (1430,777/785)
(Note:  If you would like to help start up this group again, please click here to e-mail the previous leader.)

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.