Support Groups

Spokane

Partners of Addicts (Fee-Based Support Group) – For more information, call (509) 747-6901 and leave a message.

Passages – 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 (509) 688-1103 or (509) 892-9241.

Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome – Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, 2:30 p.m., Women’s Drop-in Center, 218 S. Howard. Call (509) 455-4249.

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy – Meets the second Friday of the month, 11 a.m., Valley Hospital and Medical Center, 12606 E. Mission. For information, call (509) 921-6645.

Rectal Cancer – Meets the fourth Tuesday of every month from 5:30-7 p.m. For information and location, call Providence Cancer Support Center at (509) 474-5490.

Relationships Support Group – Meets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. The group focuses on building communication skills in all relationships. For more information and location, call (509) 747-7147.

Scleroderma – Meets the third Thursday of the month in January, March, May, July, September and November, 7-8:30 p.m., Deaconess Health and Education Center, 910 W. Fifth, Room 263. Call Debbie Liddell at (509) 467-8725 or Roberta Choma at (509) 467-7269. Scleroderma Foundation Web site is www.scleroderma.org.

Self-Help for Hard-of-Hearing People – 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. For more information, e-mail to shhh-spokane@hotmail.com or write to SHHH-Spokane, P.O. Box 3281, Spokane, WA 99220.

Sexaholics – Call (509) 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.

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 (509) 474-5490.

Spina Bifida – For anyone who has been touched by spina bifida. Meeting places and dates change; Ed at (509) 326-6355 or Susan at (509) 892-6756.

Spokane Parent to Parent – Group for parents who have children with disabilities meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at The Arc of Spokane, 127 W. Boone. For times, call (509) 328-6326; fax (509) 328-6342; or e-mail, p2p@arc-spokane.org.

Idaho

Divorce Adjustment Support Group – at Poignant Possibilities, Coeur d’Alene; Darwin, (208)667-8474.

Domestic Violence Support Group – meets from 7-9 p.m. Mondays and from 9-11 a.m. Tuesdays at the Women’s Center, 1010 Ironwood, Suite 110; (208)664-9303.

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; Kim, (208)765-9443.

Fat Flush Plan Support Group – meets on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. at Unity Church of North Idaho, 4465 N. 15th St.; (208)664-1125.

Food Addicts Anonymous – meets Thursdays, noon-1 p.m. at Hayden Lake Friends Church, 251 W. Miles Ave., Hayden; contact Joni, (208)691-3734.

Gamblers Anonymous – meets every other Tuesday at Denny’s; (208)664-5330.

Hepatitis C Support Group – meets the first Saturday of each month from 9-10:30 a.m. in the Kootenai Medical Center classrooms, 2003 Lincoln Way; contact Kristy Schoonmaker at 666-2930 or KMC Educational Services Department at(208) 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; (208)769-6254.

KMC Caregiver’s Support Group – meets first and third Thursday of the month, 10-11 a.m. at Kootenia Medical Center McGrane Center Classroom, 2003 Lincoln Way; contact Karen Pearl at (208)666-2355.

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.

Parkinson’s Support Group – meets at noon on the second Wednesday of each month at the rehabilitation gym at LaCrosse Health and Rehab, 210 LaCrosse, Coeur d’Alene. Information: (208)664-2185.

PFLAG – For parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, a support, education and advocacy group for North Idaho; information, (208)666-0187.

Physical Disability Support Group – meets 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at Kootenai Medical Center, classroom 3; contact Melody Gibbs, (208)664-2742.

Priest River Area Diabetes Support Group – meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month at Frank Chapin Senior Center, Fourth and Jackson, Sandpoint. information, (208)263-0871.