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General
2-1-1 MAINE; dial 211 to be connected to a complete list of support groups in Maine, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Information can also be found at www.211maine.org. The service is supported by United Way of
Mid Coast Maine. Call 211 or 1-
877-463-6207. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS,
Bath-Brunswick 24-hour hotline,
1-800-737-6237. More than 30 meetings weekly in the Bath-
Brunswick-Topsham area. Call for nearest location and time. CANCER COMMUNITY CENTER,
778 Main St., South Portland;
1-877-774-2200. COURAGE, for people with samesex attractions, sponsored by
Roman Catholic Diocese of
Portland. Led by the Rev. Kevin
Martin. Group will meet where there is a need and the locations will be disclosed only to those who plan to participate.
To inquire, contact Martin at
592-5332 or courage@portlanddiocese.org. FAMILY CRISIS SERVICES, support group for women experiencing domestic/family violence, past or present. Call 721-0199 or 1-866-834-4357 for details. LIVING LOSS, LIVING HOPE, support group for individuals and families facing life-threatening illness. Group held at CHANS
Hospice and Volunteers, 45
Baribeau Drive, Brunswick. Call
721-1357 for intial interview. MAN TO MAN, for men diagnosed with prostate cancer; in person or by phone; 373-3708 or 1-
800-464-3102, press 3; by
American Cancer Society. MOTHER’S SUPPORT GROUP, for women in the post-partum period who are feeling down, overwhelmed or “blue.” For meetings dates and times, or to register, call Maternity Care at Mid
Coast Hospital at 373-6500. SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT
SERVICES OF MIDCOAST
MAINE is currently forming a support group for survivors. Please call 725-2181 or e-mail clientservices@sassmm.org for more information. To speak with an advocate please call SASSMM’s 24-hour hotline at 1-800-822-5999. WOMEN’S PROJECT, for women concerned about addiction, their own or others’; 1-800-611- 1588.
Monday
9-TO-5, organization for working women against sexual harassment; 1-800-522-0925, 353-
5740 or 342-5017. ALANON, for family, friends and relatives of alcoholics, 8 p.m.,
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church,
Wiscasset; noon, St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, 27 Pleasant
St., Brunswick; 1-800-498-
1844. BATTERED MEN’S 24-HOUR
HELPLINE, offers referrals and support groups for men. Call 1-
877-643-1120, access code
0757. BIBLE STUDY SUPPORT FOR
THE CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT, every Monday, 7 p.m., Sky-Hy
Conference Center, 32 Sky-Hy
Drive, Topsham; 725-7577. CAREGIVERS’ support group, every Monday, 2-3 p.m., Pilgrim
House, First Parish Church, 9
Cleaveland St., Brunswick; 729-
7331. CHRONIC PAIN sufferers and friends, first and third Mondays,
6-7:30 p.m., Conference Room
3, Mid Coast Hospital,
Brunswick; 725-7854. DIABETES. Second Monday, 6:30-
7:30 p.m., Martin’s Point, 331
Veranda St., Portland; 828-
2497. FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY
ANONYMOUS. Every Monday, 9 a.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, 27 Pleasant St.,
Brunswick; 775-2132. GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS, Mondays, 7 p.m., YMCA, Lewiston;
773-7867. G.E.A.R. PARENT NETWORK for parents and caregivers of children with special needs. Second
Monday, 6:30 p.m., United
Church of Christ Congregational,
150 Congress St., Bath. Call
Lorelie Johnson, 832-4503 or 1-
800-264-9224. HORMONE THERAPY PROSTATE
CANCER support group, sharing and learning from one another about our experiences with hormone therapy and dealing with aggressive forms of prostate cancer, 6-8 p.m., Cancer Community Center, 778 Main St.,
South Portland. Third Monday of month. Terry Kungel, 443-4300 or tkungel@hughes.net. LOOK GOOD … FEEL BETTER, for women faced with appearance changes due to cancer treatment. Fourth Monday, American
Cancer Society office, 1 Main
St., Topsham; 373-3708. LYME DISEASE, for individuals and their families, 81 Medical
Center Drive, Brunswick. Second
Monday, 6-7:30 p.m.; 442-
7579. MAINE HOME EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, information and support for home education. For meeting dates write: Maine
Home Education Association,
P.O. Box 421, Topsham, ME
04086. Call 800-520-0577. MAINE PARENTS FOR
GIFTED/TALENTED YOUTH, networking for Maine parents; monthly newsletter available.
Call 642-3302 for information or a schedule of events. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, recovery from compulsive overeating; big book step study, open meeting; new time, 5:30 p.m., Seventh-day Adventist
Church, 333 Maine St.,
Brunswick; 232-2951. PARENT support group, for parents of teens. Second and fourth Monday 6:30-8 p.m.,
Freeport Safety Building conference room. Call Sharon Antoniac at 829-5739 or Phoebe
Prosky at 865-3396. SINGLES support group for those single, widowed or divorced.
Every Monday, 7:30 p.m., St.
Paul Center, 136 State St.,
Augusta. Web site www.wisduminc.org. SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT, noon-1:30 p.m., USM
Campus; drop-in support group for adult females by Sexual
Assault Response Services of
Southern Maine; 1-800-313-
9900. Every Monday.
Tuesday
ADULT GRIEF support group for individuals who have experienced loss through death. Second and fourth Tuesdays from
6:30-8 p.m., at CHANS Hospice and Volunteers, 45 Baribeau
Drive, Brunswick. Call 721-1357 for initial interview. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS,
Church of the Nazarene, Lincoln and Centre streets, Bath, noon-
1 p.m.; 442-7544. ALZHEIMER’S/DEMENTIA support group, 9:30-11 a.m., United Methodist Church, 320
Church Road, Brunswick; first and second Tuesday; 729-8571. ALZHEIMER’S/DEMENTIA support group, 2-3:30 p.m., United
Methodist Church, 320 Church
Road, Brunswick; third Tuesday;
729-8571. AUTISM/ASPERGER SYNDROME
Parent Support Group, 6:30-
8:30 p.m., Mid Coast Hospital conference room 3; second and fourth Tuesdays; 522-4339. BALANCE-ME, for those with balance and vestibular disorders.
Last Tuesday, HealthSouth, 12
Industrial Parkway, Brunswick.
Call 386-1550 for times. BREAST CANCER support group.
Second and fourth Tuesday, 5-
6:30 p.m., Cancer Community
Center, 778 Main St., South
Portland; 774-2200. BRUNSWICK SPECIAL EDUCATION resource group for parents, teachers and children with special needs. Last Tuesday,
6:30 p.m., Curtis Memorial
Library, Brunswick; 725-4632 or
729-4648. CANCER WELLNESS, for patients and families. Second and fourth
Tuesdays, 1:30-3 p.m., Central
Maine Medical Center medical office building, Isaacson
Rooms, Lewiston; 795-7118. CARDIAC support group, focuses on educational issues; third
Tuesday, 2-3 p.m., RunningStart conference room, Medical Office
Building, Medical Center Drive,
Brunswick; 373-6362. CELEBRATE RECOVERY, A Christcentered recovery program to find freedom from life’s hurts, hang-ups and eating habits.
LifeChurch, Bath Senior Center,
45 Floral St., Bath; 443-8798 or visit www.CelebrateRecover y.com. COMMUNICATE AFTER STROKE
SUPPORT GROUP, offering stroke survivors with communication difficulties an opportunity to exercise their communications skills, first and third Tuesday, 1-2 p.m., first floor conference room, 81 Medical Center
Drive, Brunswick; Dimitra
Toothaker 373-6175. (September through May) EATING DISORDERS ANONYMOUS, every Tuesday, 6-7 p.m.,
Stroudwater Christian Church,
1520 Westbrook St., Portland;
781-2609. EPILEPSY support group, open to anyone interested in learning about epilepsy, first Tuesday, 6-
7:30 p.m., Feldspar Mill, Topsham. Call ahead to register:
505-0777. FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP
(Leukemia Society of America), a facilitated support group for people with leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma or Hodgkin’s
Disease and their families. First
Tuesday, 4:30-6 p.m., Cancer
Community Center, 778 Main
St., South Portland; 774-2200. GRIEVING PARENTS peer support group for parents whose child has died (at any age). First and third Tuesdays from 3:30-5 p.m. at CHANS Hospice and Volunteers, 45 Baribeau Drive,
Brunswick; 721-1357 for initial inter view. GUIDANCE IN GRIEVING, for loss through death; third Tuesday, 3-
5 p.m., Central Maine Medical
Center, Chairman’s Room B;
795-2290. GYNECOLOGICAL & BREAST
CANCER GROUP will meet the fourth Tuesday of each month, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Cancer Community Center, 778 Main St.
(Route 1), South Portland; 774-
2200. LIVING SOBER. Noon, Stanford
Hall, Church of the Nazarene,
Centre and Lincoln streets,
Bath; 442-7544. LYMPHEDEMA support group, a facilitated support group for men and women who have either secondary or primary lymphedema, meets to share experiences and knowledge. Partners are encouraged to attend.
Third Tuesday, 6-7:30 p.m., Cancer Community Center, 778
Main St., South Portland; 774-
2200. MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY support group, 6 p.m., Central Square
Baptist Church, 466 Stevens
Ave., Portland. NAR-ANON, for friends and family members of those with an addiction to drugs, 6:30 p.m., Dana
Education Center, Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Street,
Portland. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS, 7:30 p.m., Stanford Hall, Church of the Nazarene, Centre and Lincoln streets, Bath; 371-2140. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, noon, step study, Fellowship
Room, United Congregational
Church, 150 Congress Ave.,
Bath; 729-3057. PERSONS WITH EATING DISORDERS, 7 p.m. Call Cindy at 833-
5243. PROSTATE CANCER support group, for newly diagnosed or those well along the journey,
6:30-8:30 p.m., Conference
Rooms 1 and 2, Medical Office
Building, Mid Coast Hospital,
Brunswick; partners encouraged; 373-6065. Third Tuesday. PROSTATE CANCER support group, a facilitated support group for men with prostate cancer to give and receive support and share information. Partners are welcome and encouraged to join. Second Tuesday, 6:30-9 p.m., Cancer Community Center,
778 Main St., South Portland,
774-2200. SUICIDE LOSS GRIEF support group, for adults who have lost someone to suicide. First and third Tuesday, 6:30-8 p.m.,
CHANS Hospice and Volunteers,
45 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick;
721-1357 for initial interview. TOPS weight loss support group,
5:45-6:30 p.m., First Baptist
Church, Middle Road, Woolwich;
443-6557. WOMEN WITH CANCER, second
Tuesday, 3-4:30 p.m., board room, Mid Coast Hospital,
Brunswick; 373-6540. WRITING FOR WELLNESS, a support group to help cancer patients, their families and friends deal with the impact of the disease. First Tuesday,
6-7:30 p.m., Rooms D and E,
Central Maine Medical Center
Conference and Education Center, Lewiston; 795-2290.
Wednesday
ADULT GRIEF support group for individuals who have experienced loss through death. First and third Wednesays from 2-
3:30 p.m. at Cadigan Lodge,
The Highlands, 30 Governor’s
Way, Topsham. Call 721-1357 for intial interview. ALANON for families, relatives and friends of alcoholics,
10 a.m., basement of the Seventh day Adventist Church, 333
Maine St., Brunswick. Call 1-
800-498-1844. ALANON for families, relatives and friends of alcoholics,
7:30 p.m., First Parish Church,
UCC, 40 Main St., Freeport
(second floor). Call 749-7307. CANCER SURVIVOR support group, second and fourth
Wednesdays, 1 p.m., Wellness
Conference Room at Parkview
Adventist Medical Center; 725-
4951. CAREGIVER support group,
12:30 p.m., United Methodist
Church, 320 Church Road,
Brunswick; third Wednesday;
729-8571. DIABETES, last Wednesday, 4:30-
5:30 p.m., Martin’s Point, 6 Farley Road, Brunswick; 791-3874; www.MartinsPoint.org. DIVORCED PARENTS Support
Group, six weeks, to focus on children’s needs, Bath. For fees, time, location and registration or information, call 780-5833. DIVORCE PERSPECTIVES support group for people in the divorce process. Every Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Woodfords Congregational Church, Portland;
774-4357. FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY
ANONYMOUS. Every Wednesday,
9 a.m., Bath Police Department conference room, 250 Water
St., Bath; Belita V. 512-5797 or
Reina D. 504-2154. FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY
ANONYMOUS. Every Wednesday, 7 p.m., Mid Coast Presbyterian Church, 84 Main St., Topsham; 775-2132. G.E.A.R. PARENT NETWORK for parents with children with special needs, first Wednesday,
6:30-8:30 p.m., Mobius Community Center, 319 Main St.,
Damariscotta; 596-0124. GOOD DAYS TOO!, sexual abuse group therapy. Separate sessions held for adult women and men; Topsham location. Call
729-5754 or write to Good Days
Too! Inc., P.O. Box 251, Topsham, ME 04086. GYNECOLOGICAL CANCERS support group, a facilitated support group for women with any type of gynecological cancer. Every other Wednesday, 3:30-5 p.m.,
Cancer Community Center, 778
Main St., South Portland, 774-
2200. LINCOLN COUNTY NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI), 6:30-8:30 p.m.,
Second Congregational Church,
Newcastle; 882-9877 or 882-
7426. Third Wednesday. LIVING WELL, DYING WELL, for those facing grief and loss; 6:30-
8 p.m., first and third Wednesday. Based on Tibetan text. Call
Max Jacobs 774-6251 or www.livingwelldyingwell.blogspot.com. LOOK GOOD … FEEL BETTER, for women faced with appearance changes due to cancer treatment. Second Wednesday, 10-
11:30 a.m., Central Maine Medical Cancer Treatment Center in
Lewiston. Call Diane Mulkhey at
795-2440. NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL
ILLNESS family support group for families with a mentally ill family member. Fourth Wednesday, 7 p.m., conference room,
81 Medical Center Drive,
Brunswick. Call Valerie, 391-
7956, or Tracy, 798-5891. OPEN CANCER support group, a facilitated support group for people who have or have had cancer, and for their family and friends. Every Wednesday, 6-
7:30 p.m., Cancer Community
Center, 778 Main St., South
Portland; 774-2200. PARENT TALK, for Lincoln County residents, every Wednesday, 6-7 p.m., at Healthy Kids!, 12 Elm
St., Damariscotta. Call 563-
1818. PROSTATE CANCER support group. Last Wednesday, 6-7:30 p.m., Central Maine Medical
Center Conference and Education Center, Lewiston; 795-
2440. RED HOT MAMAS, menopause management. Second Wednesday, 7-8:30 p.m., Chairmen’s
Rooms, 12 High St., Medical
Office Building, Central Maine
Medical Center, Lewiston; 795-
2633. SINGLE PARENTHOOD, 6:15-8 p.m., Mid-Coast Presbyterian
Church, 84 Main St., Topsham;
798-0665. Every other Wednesday. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), weigh-in 8:30-9:15 a.m., meeting follows. Seventh-day Adventist Church, Maine Street,
Brunswick. Men, women and children welcome; 353-8204. WEEKLY CANCER Support Group.
Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., Cancer Community Center, 778
Main St., South Portland; 774-
2200. YOUNGER WIDOWED Support
Group, for men and women under the age of 60 who have experienced the death of a spouse within the last three years. Eight meetings in the evenings. Small donations accepted. Call Susan 846-
5285.
Thursday
CANCER SUPPORT group, for people coping with a cancer diagnosis. Second Thursday, 6-
7:30 p.m. at Central Maine
Medical Center’s Cancer Treatment Center in Lewiston; 795-
2440. CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE, Second Thursday, 2-3 p.m., Running
Start Conference Room, Mid
Coast Hospital, Brunswick; 373-
6367. DEMENTIA, ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, for friends and families to share frustrations and successes. Third Thursday, 4-5:30 p.m.,
Mid Coast Senior Health Center conference room, 58 Baribeau
Drive, Brunswick; 373-3691. EATING DISORDERS ANONYMOUS. Every Thursday, 6-7 p.m., Stroudwater Christian
Church, 1520 Westbrook St.,
Portland; 781-2609. FAMILY DAY CARE Support
Group for Bath-Brunswick area providers. Third Thursday, 6:45 p.m., Bath-Brunswick Child Care
Services, Inc., 44 Water St.,
Brunswick; 389-1730. FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY
ANONYMOUS. Every Thursday,
9 a.m., First Parish Church, 40
Main St., Freeport; 775-2132. GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Woodfords Congregational Church, Portland;
773-7867. G.E.A.R. PARENT NETWORK, for parents and caregivers of children with special needs. Third
Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Bristol
Consolidated School. Call Lorelie Johnson at 832-4503 or 1-
800-264-9224. GRIEVING CHILDREN AND
TEENS, eight-week programs for
3- to 18-year-olds, Thursdays,
96 Campus Ave., Lewiston. Call
1-800-482-7412 ext. 115. LIVING WITH LOSS, six weekly sessions, 1:30-3 p.m., Parkview
Adventist Medical Center,
Brunswick. To register, call 729-
1641 ext. 249. LYMPHOMA support group, a facilitated support group for people with lymphoma. Every other Thursday, 6-7:30 p.m.,
Cancer Community Center, 778
Main St., South Portland; 774-
2200. MENDED HEARTS for heart-disease patients and families,
7 p.m., Turning Point Heart
Health Program, 96 Campus
Drive, Scarborough; first Thursday; 767-7083. MIRACLES IN PROGRESS, an Al-
Anon family group, Thursday,
7 p.m., United Church of Christ,
Washington St., Bath; 442-
9463. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS, every
Thursday, 7:30 p.m., United
Church of Christ, Congress Ave.,
Bath; 1-800-974-0062. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, recovery for compulsive over/under eating,
7 p.m., (newcomers welcome), library, St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, 27 Pleasant St.,
Brunswick; 443-4630. PET LOSS support group following the death of a pet or in anticipation of a pet’s death. CHANS
Hospice and Volunteers, 45
Baribeau Drive, Brunswick; 721-
1357. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly),
6-8 p.m., Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, Maine Street,
Brunswick; men, women and teens welcome; 373-2170. VISUALLY IMPAIRED, every third
Thursday, 10-11:30 a.m., Patten
Free Library, 33 Summer St.,
Bath. Call Samantha Green at 1-
800-741-2991.
Friday
ALANON, for families, friends and relatives of alcoholics; noon, Pilgrim House, 9 Cleaveland St.,
Brunswick. Call 1-800-498-
1844. BRUNSWICK STROKE SUPPORT
GROUP, facilitated education and support for stroke survivors and cargivers, first Friday, 1-3 p.m., board room of Mid Coast
Hospital, Medical Center Drive,
Brunswick; Jo Dumdey 725-
2770 or Dimitra Voulgari-
Toothaker 373–6175. Meets
September through June. CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS, fellowship of recovering codependents, 7 p.m., Dresden-Richmond Methodist Church, Richmond. CONSUMER COUNCIL OF MAINE,
Brunswick Local Council, represents consumers of mental health services and provides voice in shaping public policy and mental health services throughout the state, 1-3 p.m.,
Parkview Adventist Hospital board room, 329 Maine St.,
Brunswick. Third Friday of month. FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY
ANONYMOUS. Every Friday,
6 p.m., Bath Police Department conference room. 250 Water
St., Bath; Pam C. 442-7551 or
Kate V. 441-1550. MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY. Last Fridays, 7 p.m., True
North, 202 Route 1, Suite 200,
Falmouth; 386-0011, 846-
5923. Do not wear fragrances. PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP,
Lepage Small Conference
Room, St. Mary’s Hospital,
Lewiston, first Friday; call 1-866-
988-0991. S.N.A.P. (Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests), support group for men and women healing from sexual abuse by clergy; nondenominational and confidential. Third Friday. Call
934-1629, 946-7768 or 774-
5025.
Saturday
ALANON, for families, friends and relatives of alcoholics, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, 27 Pleasant St.,
Brunswick; 353-3254. ASE-ME, Adoption Search Consultants of Maine. First Saturday,
1-4 p.m., Room 403, Luther
Bonney Hall, University of Southern Maine, Portland; $5; Call
Sybil J. Coombs, 646-4258. FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY
ANONYMOUS, 9 a.m., Conference Room 1 and 2, Mid Coast
Hospital, 123 Medical Center
Drive, Brunswick; 775-2132. GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS, for gamblers who want to recover,
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 338 Pine St.
Lewiston. Call 782-7270 after
9 p.m. MS IN ACTION, Bath/Brunswick area, (brunch) 10:30 a.m., Topsham Fair Mall Café; open to patients, family members and friends; 729-3611. Fourth Saturday. S.I.A. (Survivors of Incest Anonymous), recovery, fellowship and hope, 9:30-11 a.m., St. Andrew’s Church, Glidden St., Newcastle.
Sunday
ADULT ADOPTEES, adoptive parents, birth parents and those whose lives are touched by adoption, second Sunday, 1-3 p.m., Mae’s Cafe. 160 Centre
St., Bath; 443-9876. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, 11 a.m., Conference Room 1, G-
107, Mid Coast Hospital; 373-
6585. C.O.A.C.H. (Children of a Christian Heritage) parent support group. Second Sunday. North
Woolwich Methodist Church,
4:30-6:30 p.m.; 737-9076. EATING DISORDERS ANONYMOUS. Every Sunday, 6-7 p.m.,
Mercy Hospital, 144 State St.,
Portland; 781-2609 or 773-
1521. EHLERS-DANLOS NATIONAL
FOUNDATION, for members, those who may be affected and any concerned. Third Sunday.
Call Nancy Ruff, 783-6841, for date, location and carpooling. FAMILIES OF ASTHMATICS support group, 7 p.m., first Sunday,
Parkview Adventist Medical Center, 329 Maine St., Brunswick. MAINE CHAPTER of Parents of
Murdered Children and Other
Survivors of Homicide, Room
113, State House Office Building, Augusta. Call John Poor,
829-4296. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, recovery from compulsive overeating group with varied format, 9 a.m., medical office building conference room, 123
Medical Drive, Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick. Call 729-3149. PARKINSON’S DISEASE support group for those with PD and their care partners, 1:30-3 p.m., fourth Sunday. Cafe Conference
Room, medical office building,
Mid Coast Hospital. Call 373-
6585. Meets September through June. SLAA (Sex and Love Addicts
Anonymous), 7-8:30 p.m.,
Brunswick; Call 774-4357 for location. VEGETARIAN support group, 6-8 p.m. First Sunday. Brunswick location; a physician and samples of vegetarian dishes for healthy eating/living. Call 725-
2211 for location.
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