Support Groups

Spokane

Diabetes – Adult group for insulin-dependent and noninsulin-dependent diabetics meets the first Thursday of the month, 7-8:30 p.m., Deaconess Health and Education Center, 910 W. Fifth. Call (509) 624-7478 or (800) 464-4372.

Diabetes Education Center – Meets weekly, Monday and Tuesday, at Holy Family Hospital, 5633 N. Lidgerwood. Call (509) 232-8138 for details.

Displaced Homemakers – Sponsored by Community Colleges of Spokane, open to women in transition. Meets fall through spring; free; call (509) 279-6060.

Edgecliff Nar-Anon – For family and friends of drug addicts, this group meets Mondays, 6:30 p.m., Bethany Presbyterian Church, 301 S. Freya. For more information, call Carole at (509) 924-1051 or Walt and Lois at (509) 489-6368.

Fibromyalgia – Meets the third Thursday of the month, 1:30 p.m. Call Connie Moody at (509) 466-5090 or Beckie Giles at (509) 292-2792.

Idaho

North Idaho Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Support Group – meets at 6 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at Vista Outreach, 127 S. Seventh St., St. Maries; Infant Loss Support Group meets at 7 p.m. in same location on the same day; contact Liz at (208) 582-1879.

North Idaho Home Educators – meets from 1-3:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Skate Plaza, Coeur d’Alene; (208) 777-2656.

Overcomers Support Group – for the disabled, Sundays, 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Real Life Ministries, RLM2, 1866 Cecil road, Post Falls; contact Dave Sims at (208) 704-8409.

Overeaters Anonymous – meets the second and fourth Mondays, 6:30 p.m., Latah County Courthouse, Moscow; (208) 892-0171.

Parents of the USA-Coeur d’Alene Chapter – for bereaved parents and families who have experienced the death of a child, meets the third Thursday of the month at St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church, 625 E. Haycraft Road; Sharon, (208) 765-1705.