Newtown

Support Groups

Friday, August 10       

AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion.

Saturday, August 11      

Daily Reflections meeting, St Rose School (Monsignor Conroy Room), 46 Church Hill Road, 6:30–8 pm.

Sunday, August 12      

AA, Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road, 2 pm, open speaker discussion meeting, 90-minute meeting.

AA, Newtown United Methodist Church (lower level), 92 Church Hill Road, 7:30 pm, open speaker discussion meeting.

NA (Narcotics Anonymous), 38 Church Hill Road (use rear entrance), 7:30 to 8:30 pm, information pamphlet/discussion meeting.

Monday, August 13       

AA Beginners’ Big Book meeting, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 7–8 pm.

AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 8:15 pm, closed discussion meeting, teens welcome.

Tuesday, August 14        

AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 12:15 pm, closed step meeting.

AA, St John’s Episcopal Church, 5 Washington Avenue/Route 34, 6:30 pm, one-hour closed step meeting.

Al-Anon, 38 Church Hill Road (use rear entrance), 7–8 pm. For more information, call 426-0731.

Wednesday, August 15      

Caregivers/Grandparents’ Group — The Second Time Around: Raising Your Children’s Children, noon to 1:30 pm, at Newtown Youth & Family Services, 10 Glen Road. For info, 270-4335.

AA, Men’s Group, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm.

Thursday, August 16         

AA, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street (at flagpole), 8 pm, closed speaker discussion, nonsmokers meeting.

Monthly Meetings

The Alzheimer’s Support Group meets the last Wednesday of each month at Homesteads, 161 Mt Pleasant Road, from 6 to 7 pm.

Compassionate Friends, at Healing Hearts, 73 Stadley Rough Road, Danbury, 7:15 pm on fourth Tuesday of each month, grief support group for families who have experienced the death of a child. For information call Karen Butterfield, 845-225-5895.

Special Moms Prayer Group, support for moms with special needs children, at St Rose Parish Hall, 40 Church Hill Road, at 7 pm the first Tuesday of the month (except for the month of July), open to all faiths. For information call Marisol Puterbaugh at 364-1655.

NAMI Support Group meeting for families of mentally ill relatives, at St Thomas Episcopal Church, 95 Greenwood Avenue (across from Caraluzzi’s), Bethel, 7 to 9:30 pm first and third Monday of the month; 426-2426 938-3539.

 Autism Support Group at Newtown Youth & Family Services, 10 Glen Road, 7 pm the first Thursday of each month. For additional info, call 270-4335.