Spokane Support Groups

Muscular Dystrophy Association – Offers free support groups for individuals and their families affected by neuromuscular diseases, including muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, spinal muscular atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease), second Thursday of the month, 3-5 p.m., 140 S. Arthur St., fifth-floor conference room. Call Audrey Burr at (509) 533-5470.

Myasthenia Gravis – Meets the second Thursday of the month, 1 p.m., Deaconess Educational Center. Call (509) 456-5619 or (509) 499-4140.

Naranon – For families and friends of drug addicts. Meets Mondays and Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., Bethany Presbyterian Church, 301 S. Freya St. Call Walt or Lois at (509) 924-1051 or visit www.naranon.org.

National Alliance on Mental Illness, Family to Family – Meets the third Tuesday of every month; 6:30-8 p.m., Deaconess Health and Education Building, 910 W. Fifth Ave., room 267. Informal meetings are held the 2nd Sunday of the month, 2 p.m., Perkin’s Restaurant and Bakery, 12 E. Olive Ave. Call (509) 466-9333.