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Addiction
Al-Anon (for family and friends of alcoholics)
Discussion Group meets Tuesdays, 7:30 - 9:00 pm and Saturdays, 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm. Step Program meets Fridays, 8:00 - 9:30 pm. For more information, call 508-366-0556 or go to the Massachusetts Al-Anon website.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Meets Sundays, 10:30 am - noon. For more information, call 617-426-9444. Also meets Sundays, 7:30 - 8:30 pm. Call 617-332-3675 for information.
Overeater's Anonymous
Meets weekly on Saturdays, 7:15 am. For more information, call 781-641-2303 or visit our website www.oambi.org or email us at info@oambi.org.
Alopecia
Children's Alopecia Project (CAP) Support Group
Support group for children with alopecia areata that causes partial or total hair loss and their family and friends. Meets bi-monthly on Saturdays from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. Visit us at www.childrensalopeciaproject.org or contact Cindy at cindy@childrensalopeciaproject.org for meeting information.
Asthma and Allergies
Asthma & Allergy Foundation
Monthly food allergy and asthma educational and networking meetings. Call 781-444-7778 or go to the AAFA website.
Attention Deficit Disorder
Attention Deficit Disorder Group for Adults
Meets first and third Wednesdays monthly (except December), 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Free. For information, call John at 508-353-8348.
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Support Group
For Breastfeeding Mothers AFTER Hospital Discharge. Meets in the Allen-Riddle Building, Childbirth Education Classroom on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00 to 2:00 pm. Please call 617-243-6314 if you have any questions. Directions
Cancer
Prostate Cancer Support Group
Meets first Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm. For more information, call Carleton Merrill at 617-244-2421.
Cardiac/Heart
Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Medically-supervised healthy lifestyle and cardiac risk reduction program. Appropriate for individuals who have recently had a heart attack, angioplasty, heart surgery or have been diagnosed with angina. For more information, call 617-243-6378.
Heart Failure Prevention & Monitoring Program
Medically-supervised program for people with decreased heart function. Includes education, support, enhanced monitoring and physical reconditioning. For more information, call 617-243-6378.
Chronic Fatigue
Massachusetts Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome & Fibromyalgia Association
Serving people with CFIDS and fibromyalgia. For information, call 617-471-5559 or go to the Massachusetts CFIDS website.
Crohn's and Colitis
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
For information, call 800-314-3459 x13 or go to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation website.
Diabetes
Diabetes Classes
Two, 3 1/2 hour sessions, plus 2 hour follow up. Self-management of diabetes, blood sugar monitoring, nutrition, insulin and other meds, exercise and avoiding complications. Instructors are certified diabetes educators. For information call, 617-243-6800.
Diabetes Management Program
For patients and their families. Individual instruction and education in all aspects of day-to-day management of diabetes. For information, call 617-243-6800.
Diabetes Support Group: Living With Diabetes
Meets the second Wednesday of each month (September through May), 7:00 - 8:30 pm. For information, call 617-243-6144.
Dizziness/Vertigo
Vestibular Disorders Support Group: Living with Dizziness/Vertigo
Meets the first Monday of each month (October - June), 7:00 - 8:30 pm. For information, call 781-383-0253 or email clairehaddad@comcast.net.
Fibromyalgia
Massachusetts Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome & Fibromyalgia Association
Serving people with CFIDS and fibromyalgia. For information, call 617-471-5559 or go to the Massachusetts CFIDS website.
Frontotemporal Dementias
The Association for Frontotemporal Dementias
Caregiver and family support group for those affected by Frontotemporal Dementias. Meets last Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm. Silverman Board Room at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. For more information, please call 866-507-7222 or email FTD.Boston@gmail.com.
Association for Frontotemporal Dementias website
Grief and Bereavement
Childbirth Loss Support Group
For families who have suffered the death of a child before birth, at birth or shortly after birth. These meetings provide information, education, resources and the support necessary to heal from the grief experience. The groups, led by a licensed social worker, offer comfort and reassurance for both individuals and couples. Sponsored by Newton-Wellesley Hospital's HEAL Committee (Helping Educate After Loss). For more information, call 617-243-6221.
Moving On . . . Life after Spousal Loss: An Unusual Approach to Loss for Widows and Widowers of 55 Years and Older
How does one move on after the loss of a lifetime partner? What is left? How does one cope with the aloneness, the memories, the change in one's daily life? Meets on the third Wednesday of each month, 4:30 - 6:00 pm. For more information, call 781-899-7434.
Young Widow/Widower Support Group
A supportive atmosphere, grief education, and coping strategies to manage the loss of a spouse or partner. For ages 55 and younger. For information, call CareFinder at 617-243-6566.
Kidney Disease
Kidney Disease Support Group
Contact Joan at 781-891-0775 or NEKidney@comcast.net. A support group for chronic kidney disease, dialysis or transplant patients and their families, friends, caregivers and professionals.
Mental Health
Bipolar Disorder Support Group for Spouses and Partners
Free support group for spouses/partners of people who have bipolar disorder, particularly for those whose spouse/partner is generally not acutely ill. The peer-facilitated groups meet the first and third Thursdays of the month from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. For more information, or to participate, please email us.
National Alliance of Mental Illness
Education meeting meets the fourth Tuesday of each month, 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Family Support Group meets second Tuesday of each month, 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Meets Sept. to June. For information call Eileen 781-444-0750, or Jean 617-244-9833.
Multiple Sclerosis
MS Support Group Core Connections
For newly diagnosed patients. First Thursday of every month, 7:00 pm. For more information call Alan Weinberg at 508-380-7445 or go to www.coreconnections.org.
Myasthenia Gravis
MA/NH Myasthenia Gravis Foundation Support Group
Meets every other month on Sunday afternoons. Open to people with MG and their family and friends. For information, call Judy Weinberg at 781-444-4897.
Nutrition
Nutrition Counseling
Info: 617-243-6617, Appts: 617-243-6800. One-on-one consultation with a registered dietitian. Learn healthy eating habits for weight control and disease management.
Pediatric Nutrition Counseling
Info: 617-243-5212, Appts: 617-243-6800. Infancy throught adolescence. Failure-to-thrive, obesity, food allergies, GI disorders and age-related feeding concerns. Registered dietitian experienced in pediatrics.
Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Support Group
Meets fourth Monday of each month, 7:30 - 9:00 pm. For more information, call Ermes and Donna DeMaria at 781-444-7446.
Young Parkinson's Support Group of Greater Boston
Meets the third Saturday of each month, 1:00 pm. For more information, call Joel at 978-887-8544 or Laurie at 617-742-4308.
Spouses
Well Spouse Support Group
For those who take care of a spouse with a chronic condition. Meets the second Tuesday of each month, 7:15 - 9:00 pm. For more information, call Jerry, evenings and weekends, at 508-641-3508 or email him, or call Martha at 617-924-5206 or email her.
You Are Not Alone: The Boston Chapter of the Straight Spouse Network
The Straight Spouse Network is a worldwide organization of heterosexual men and women whose current or former mates are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. We provide personal and confidential support to help straight spouses and couples cope, heal, and move forward constructively. To learn more, visit our website at www.straightspouse.org. Generally meets the fourth Monday of every month, 7:30 - 9:30 pm. For information, call 978-618-6670.
Weight Loss
Gastric Bypass Surgery
For more information, call 617-243-3724. View schedule
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