Support groups
Spokane
Smart Recovery – Alternative/addition to 12-step program, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday meetings. Call 534-8713.
Stepping Forward – Two classes that help cancer patients and their family members through the emotional issues of cancer. Class times and locations vary according to patients’ needs. To register, call the Providence Cancer Center at 474-5490.
Spokane Parent to Parent Support Group – For parents who have children with disabilities. The group meets the fourth Tuesday of the month, The Arc of Spokane, 127 W. Boone. Call 328-6326 for times; fax, 328-6342; or e-mail, p2p@arc-spokane.org.
Support Group for New Moms – Mother-Baby Time is a new support group for new moms and mothers-to-be. Meets every Wednesday, 10 a.m., Sacred Heart Women’s Center at the Medical Center Building, 820 S. McClellan St. Suite 226. For information call 474-2400.
Survivor Citizen Action Team – Survivors of vehicular assault, vehicular homicide from impaired drivers meet the second Tuesday of the month, 6:30 p.m., Greater Spokane Substance Abuse Council’s Prevention Center, 8104 E. Sprague; 922-8383.
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests – Spokane chapter meets at 7 p.m. first and third Tuesdays of the month at 2011 W. Garland; 991-8834 or Michael at 701-4730.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly – Meets Fridays, 8 a.m., Reardan Presbyterian Church, 150 W. Spokane Ave.; 244-3708.
Temple Keepers Health and Habits Support Group – A biblical approach to dealing with unhealthy habits and addictions. Meets Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m., New Heights Open Bible Church, 4017 E. 21st Ave.; 599-9080.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly – Meets Mondays, 5:30 p.m. weigh in, 6:30 meeting. Cheney Community Church, Third and Fern St., Cheney; Kirby Clark, 235-4868.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly – Meets Tuesdays, 9 a.m., Fowler United Methodist Church, 3928 N. Howard; 325-4797.
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Support Group – For high school girls in their freshman, sophomore and junior years. Meets Thursdays through May, 3:30-5:30 p.m., 123 E. Indiana, Suite 100; Kimberly Koch, 241-4202.
Valley Medical Center Grief Support Group – Call 473-7145 for dates and times.
Veterans Outreach Center – Free counseling for male and female veterans sexually assaulted or harassed during their military service, and for war zone veterans and significant others; for appointment, call 444-8387.
Woman to Woman – for breast cancer patients, survivors, family and friends, meets second and fourth Mondays of the month, 6-7 p.m., Deer Park, Mount Carmel (Colville) and Newport Community Hospitals; (800) 228-6618.
YWCA Domestic Violence Support Groups – For women who have experienced abuse in relationships; free and confidential; child care available; 829 W. Broadway; 326-1190, ext. 139.
Idaho
Dual Recovery Anonymous – meets at 1 p.m. Friday at the Kootenai Medical Center Classrooms; 666-2030.
Epilepsy Support Group – meets from 7-8 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at 2101 Lakewood Drive. in the second floor meeting room ; contact Kim, 765-9443.
Family Support Group – meets at 3 p.m. Sundays in the Kootenai Medical Center’s classroom; 665-7597.
Fat Flush Plan Support Group – meets on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. at Unity Church of North Idaho, 4465 N. 15th St.; 664-1125.
Fibromyalgia Support Group – meets first Wednesday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. at the KMC Classrooms; 666-2954.
Food Addicts Anonymous – meets at 3:30 p.m. Sundays in the education department of Kootenai Medical Center, Room 1; contact Joni, 691-3734.
Gamblers Anonymous – meets every other Tuesday at Denney’s; 664-5330.
Heart Disease Support Group – meets at 2 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the KMC Health Resource Center; 666-2030.
Hepatitis C Support Group – meets the first Saturday of each month from 9-10:30 a.m. in the Kootenai Medical Center classrooms; contact Kristy Schoonmaker at 666-2930 or KMC Educational Services Department at 666-2030, or visit www.kmc.org.
HIV/AIDS Support Group – meets from 7-9 p.m. the first, third and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Hospice in Coeur d’Alene; 769-6254.
Living with Hepatitis C Education Group – meets the first Saturday of every month, 9-10:30 a.m., Kootenai Medical Center classrooms; 666-2930.
Living Lightly – group for those interested in permanently changing fat cells and creating a natural body weight, meets 6-7 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays of every month, Shoshone Medical Center, Kellogg; 784-6771.
Man to Man: Prostate Cancer Support Group – meets the first Thursday of every month, 7-9 p.m., Kootenai Medical Center classrooms; 765-5020 or 666-3828.