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 to 8 pm.

Sunday, August 12  

AA, Newtown Senior Center, 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, St John’s Episcopal Church, 5 Washington Avenue, Sandy Hook, side 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 to 8 pm.

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

Tuesday, August 14      

Grand’s Place Support Group, open to grandparents or other family caregivers raising children in diverse family situations, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, Parent Connection office, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street. For more information call Roseanne at 203-426-8375. All are welcome.

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 (rear entrance, first floor), 7 pm, all welcome.

Al-Anon, 38 Church Hill Road (rear entrance, second floor), beginner’s group, 7:30 to 8 pm. Open meeting, 8 to 9:30 pm. For more information, call 860-244-0022, or visit ct-al-anon.org.

Alateen, 5 Clapboard Ridge Road (Route 39), Danbury, 7 to 8 pm. For more information call 203-270-8577.

Cross Roads: a Christian Twelve-Step Program, 7 pm, Grace Christian Fellowship, 174 Mt Pleasant Road (in Youth Room, use church’s rear entrance); 203-270-1005 x12.

Wednesday, August 15  

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

Thursday, August 16    

Newtown Parent Connection Hope & Support, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, in the Old Courtroom,  7 to 9 pm; 203-270-1600.

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

Monthly Meetings

Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, for people with Parkinson’s and their caregivers; refreshments are served. Meets every third Monday of the month, at the Southbury Town Hall, from 1 to 3 pm. For information call Margaret Clark, 203-426-5534.

Newtown Parent Connection Bereavement Group, facilitated by a grief counselor, meets the first Wednesday of each month, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, Parent Connection office, 7:30 to 9 pm; 203-270-1600.

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, 38 Church Hill Road, at 7 pm, the third Wednesday of the month (except July; no meeting). Open to all faiths. For information call Beth, 203-426-3606.

Autism Support Group meets the first Thursday of each month at 7 pm at Newtown Youth & Family Services, 15 Berkshire Road. For information, call 203-270-4335.

Newtown Parent Connection Multi-Family/Extended Family Group, Hope and Support, offering an opportunity for siblings or other family members to share fears or frustrations in dealing with a loved one’s substance issues. First Thursday of every month, 7 to 9 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, Old Courtroom. For information call 203-270-1600.

To add a regularly scheduled Newtown support group, or to make changes, contact nancy@thebee.com.