Spokane support groups

Partners of Addicts Group – Is forming. For information, call 747-6901 and leave a message.

Passages Support Group – Provides peer-to-peer support from primary caregivers of children/adolescents with complex mental health needs. Meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Volunteers of America building, 525 W. Second Ave., Passages Parent room. Call 688-1103 or 892-9241.

Periphral Neuropathy Support Group – Meets the second Thursday of the month (except December), 7-8:30 p.m., Rockwood Clinic, 400 E. Fifth, second floor conference room 4. For information, call 327-3312.

Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome Support Group – Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, 2:30 p.m., Women’s Drop-in Center, 218 S. Howard. Call 455-4249.

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Support Group – Meets the second Friday of the month, 11 a.m., Valley Hospital and Medical Center, 12606 E. Mission. For information, call 921-6645.

Schizophrenia Support Group – Meets the first Monday of the month, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Community Mental Health Center, 107 S. Division, Room J. Call 235-4630.

Scleroderma Support Group – Meets the third Thursday of the month, 7-8:30 p.m., Deaconess Health and Education Center 910 W. Fifth, Room 263. Call Debbie at 467-8725. Scleroderma Foundation Web site is www.scleroderma.org.

Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH) – Meets the second Saturday of the month, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 1313 N. Atlantic, Rock Pointe East conference room. Hearing-aid compatible FM systems and captioning are available. E-mail shhh-spokane@hotmail.com or mail SHHH-Spokane, PO Box 3281, Spokane, WA 99220.

Sexaholics – Call 464-3376.

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous – For local contact call (781) 255-8825, Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Thursdays from 9 a.m.-8 p.m, or visit www.slaafws.org.

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 support group for new moms and mothers-to-be. Meets Wednesdays, 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.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly – Meets Mondays, 5:30 p.m. weigh in, 6:30 meeting. Cheney Community Church, Third and Fern Street, 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.

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.

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.

Adolescent Support Group – For children having trouble understanding and coping with chronic illness in a family, Mondays, 5:30-7 p.m., Holy Family Hospital; free; 533-5470.

Adult Adoptee Group – For adult adoptees to examine how having two families of origin affects adult life and relationships, exploration of search and reunion; facilitated by the Children’s Home Society. Call 747-4174.

AIDS Coalition – For meetings in the area, call the Inland Northwest AIDS Coalition at 622-0721.

Alcoholics Anonymous – For meeting times and locations, visit www.aa.org or call the Spokane Central office at 624-1442.

Adult Co-Victims to Homicide or Other Violent Death Group – For information about times and places, call Dan Fox at Lutheran Community Services, 747-8224.

Alzheimer’s Support Group – For locations and times in Spokane, Grant and Whitman counties, contact the Inland Northwest Alzheimer’s Association, 483-8456.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, South Hill – Meets the third Wednesday of the month at 1-2:30 p.m. at The Waterford; Kelle Madden, 536-2929.