Recovery Support Groups

Additional Help for Those in Recovery – Including Free Help for Partners of Sex Addicts

Therapy isn’t the only help you can access to help you in recovery. Support groups can play a huge role in giving you support and breaking the isolation for both addicts, partners and their families. Most of us are aware of Alcoholics Anonymous, but not that there are fellowships to help those in recovery from a variety of compulsive and addictive behaviours, and that support the partners and families as their loved ones go through their recovery journey.

Below is a list of just some of the groups out there. None of them are facilitated by professionals – they are groups of people all struggling to stop their behaviour, to stay stopped, and to feel able to live a happy and fulfilling life. If you are in doubt it is sometimes worth going along to a meeting and just listening to what people have to say. You may find you have more similarities with them than you might imagine.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

AA offers peer support groups for people with alcohol addiction and holds free meetings all around the UK.

For more information, go to: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk

Narcotics Anonymous (NA)

NA offers peer support groups for people with drug addiction and holds free meetings all around the UK.

For more information, go to: www.ukna.org

Al-anon

Al-anon offers peer support groups for the friends and family members of addicts with alcohol addiction and holds free meetings all around the UK.

For more information, go to: www.al-anonuk.org.uk

Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA)

SAA offers peer support groups for people with sex and/or porn addiction and holds meetings all around the UK.

For more information (including free help for partners of sex addicts), go to: www.saa-recovery.org

Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA)

SLAA offers peer support groups for people with sex and/or love addiction and holds free meetings all around the UK.

For more information, go to: www.slaauk.org

Sexaholics Anonymous (SA)

Sexaholics Anonymous is a support group for men and women with sex and/or porn addiction and holds free meetings all around the UK.

For more information, go to: www.sauk.org

COSA

COSA is a support group for men and women whose lives have been affected by the compulsive sexual behaviour of a partner or family member. Meetings are free and held all around the UK.

For more information, go to: www.cosa-recovery.org

Overeaters Anonymous

OA is a support group for those struggling with eating disorders. Meetings are free and held all over the UK.

For more information, go to: https://www.oagb.org.uk

Beat Eating Disorders

Beat is the UK’s leading charity working with people suffering with eating disorders. It provides help and information to sufferers and those who care for them, as well as access to online support groups.

For more information, go to: www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/types