COPING BEHAVIOURS & VIRTUAL RECOVERY PROGRAMS
Bonnie Bradley, Clinical Supervisor of the Wholistic Health & Wellness Program’s Addictions Services, discusses unhealthy coping behaviours (e.g. substance abuse) during the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of virtual recovery programs and online support meetings are available to those who are struggling to cope. You can also call Bonnie Bradley at 613-575-2341 ext. 3109.
VIRTUAL RECOVERY PROGRAMS
• Alcoholics Anonymous: Offers online support http://aa-intergroup.org
• Cocaine Anonymous: Offers online support and services https://www.ca-online.org
• LifeRing: LifeRing Secular Recovery offers online support https://www.lifering.org/online-meetings
• In The Room – Online Recovery Meetings: Provides online support through live meetings and discussion groups https://www.intherooms.com/home/
• Marijuana Anonymous: Offers virtual support https://ma-online.org/
• Narcotics Anonymous: Offers a variety of online and Skype meeting options https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/
• Reddit Recovery: Offers a virtual hang out and support during recovery https://www.reddit.com/r/REDDITORSINRECOVERY/
• Refuge Recovery: Provides online and virtual support http://bit.ly/refuge-recovery1
• Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Recovery: Offers global community of mutual-support groups, forums including chat room and message board https://www.smartrecovery.org/community/
• SoberCity: Offers an online support and recovery community https://www.sobercity.com/
• Sobergrid: Offers an online platform to help anyone get sober and stay sober https://www.sobergrid.com/
• Soberistas: Provides a women-only international online recovery community https://soberistas.com/
• Sober Recovery: Provides an online forum for those in recovery and their friends and family https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/
• We Connect Recovery: Provides daily online recovery groups for those with substance use and mental illness https://www.weconnectrecovery.com/free-online-support-meeti…
• Unity Recovery + WEconnect + Alano Club:
Providing daily virtual meeting for those in recovery and for their family members https://unityrecovery.org/digital-recovery-meetings