Support Groups

Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery understands the benefit of support groups. Recently there has been an increasing awareness of the role that mental health and alcohol and drug support groups play in recovery from mental illnesses and substance abuse. For this reason, StarkMHAR would like to provide the following information to those looking for support through a support group. Please use contact information to confirm meeting time.

Alcohol and Drug Support Groups

Mental Health Support Groups

The Support Groups below are for current psychiatric inpatient and/or their loved ones:

Other Support Links

• Al-Anon/Alateen
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Area Agency on Aging
• Canton Brain Injury Support Group
• Emotions Anonymous
• Gambler’s Anonymous Hotline
• Grief Services, Aultman
• Narcotics Anonymous

Other Support Groups: Please use contact information to confirm meeting time.

Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families
Saturday: 10-11 a.m., Unity Church of Truth, 4016 Wales Ave. NW, Jackson Township; 330-493-3828.

Al-Anon, Ala-Teen
Schedule at 330-438-9511 or www.al-anon.alateen.org

Alcoholics Anonymous
Canton Area Intergroup: Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 12N at 4125 Hills and Dales Road NW, Suite 400B, Jackson Township. Schedule at 330-491-1989 or www.aaincantonohio.org

Alzheimer’s Association
Tuesday: 6 p.m., Affinity Medical Center second-floor conference room 2, 875 Eighth St. NE, Massillon, 330-966-7343 or 800-272-3900. 

BeSobr
BeSobr classes meet Friday: 7-8:30 p.m., Deliverance Christian Church, 2130 31st St. NW, Canton; 330-493-LIFE (5433) or www.besobr.com
Stings of Life classes meet Tuesday: 10:00 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Deliverance Christian Church, 2130 31st St. NW, Canton

Buckeye Regional Service Committee of Narcotics Anonymous 
1-888-GET-HOPE (1-888-438-4673) or www.nabuckeye.org. Find Stark, Tuscarawas and Carroll support groups »

Cocaine Anonymous
Schedule at 330-284-2344

Dementia Education and Support Group
Thursday: 7 p.m., Villa Maria, 122 E. College Street, Alliance, Ohio. Contact Sherry Groom at 800-768-6447 or www.villamariadementiacare.com 

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Monday: 4 p.m., 800 Market Ave. N, Suite 1500A (first floor); 330-454-2888
Thursday: 10 a.m., 800 Market Ave. N, Suite 1500A (first floor); 330-454-2888

Dual Recovery Anonymous
(for both chemical dependency and emotional illness)
Tuesday: 6:30 p.m., Crisis Intervention Recovery Center, 832 McKinley Ave. N, Canton; 330-455-6264. 

Gam-Anon
For spouses and families of gamblers. Monday: 7:30-9 p.m. First Friends Church, Room E115, 5455 Market Avenue North, Canton.

Hope United
Hope United’s faith-based support groups, The Well and Loving with Grace, help family members currently suffering from the addiction crisis.

• The Well is a support group for families who have lost someone to addiction. The traditional support group meets the first and third Wednesdays of month, 6:30-8:00 p.m. at Crossview Church 737 George Washington Blvd., Akron. The counselor-informed support group meets twice a month on Tuesdays- the opposite weeks of the traditional support group- from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at High Mill Church of the Resurrection, 1920 Schneider St. NE, Canton. For more information on The Well, contact Shelly at 330-414-5960 or Shelly@HopeUnited.Life
• Love Bears All provides bears for children who lose a parent to addiction as well as support for children who have been affected by the opiate epidemic. For info, call Laura at 330-697-7885.
• Everlasting Recovery is a faith-based recovery group meeting that uses a program called Freedom from Addiction. The group meets every Thursday from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at High Mill Church of the Resurrection, 1920 Schneider St. NE, Canton.

Mercy Medical Center Cancer Support
Thursday: 6 p.m., 1320 Mercy Dr. NW, Canton; 330-430-2788.

Military Family Connection
The 3rd Tuesday of each month beginning at 6:30 p.m.
American Red Cross – Stark Chapter, 408-9th Street SW, Canton. For more information please contact Melissa Seibert, American Red Cross Services to Armed forces Regional Manager, by phone, 330-437-3742, or by email, melissa.seibert@redcross.org.

NAMI Support Group
National Alliance on Mental Illness (open to anyone dealing with a mental illness) Sunday: 7 p.m., St. Michael’s Church, 3430 St. Michael Dr. NW, Plain Township; 330-455-6264.

Narcotics Anonymous
Schedule at 800-587-4232 or www.naohio.org

Stark, Tuscarawas, and Carroll Services of Narcotics Anonymous
Learn more at http://www.stacsna.org/meetings.html

Newly Bereaved Support Group
For anyone who has lost a loved one in the past six months
Tuesday: 4:30 p.m., Aultman Compassionate Care Center, 2821 Woodlawn Ave. NW, Plain Township; 330-479-4805.

OCD/Scrupulosity Support
Tuesday: 7-8:30 p.m., Queen of Heaven Parish, 1800 Steese Rd., Green; 330-499-0373 or e-mail: ocscrupsupport@aol.com

Parents and Children Together
For parents who are mentally ill and for their children
Wednesday: 6 p.m., Canton Friendship Center, 2200 Cleveland Ave. NW; 330-454-5773.

Reformer’s Unanimous Addictions Program
Friday: 7:00-9:00 p.m., Temple Baptist Church, 1212 Greensburg Rd, Uniontown, OH 44685; 234-281-4320

Seeds of Hope
For those who lost a loved one
Tuesday: 6-7:30 p.m., Mercy Medical Center, 1320 Mercy Dr. NW, Canton, reservations required, 330-489-1143.

Sex Addicts Anonymous
Call 800-477-8191