Newtown Support Groups
Newtown Support Groups
Friday, September 2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion.
Saturday, September 3Â Â Â Â Â Â
Daily Reflections meeting, St Rose School (Monsignor Conroy Room), 46 Church Hill Road, 6:30 to 8 pm.
Sunday, September 4Â Â Â Â Â Â
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 Johnâs Episcopal Church, 5 Washington Avenue, Sandy Hook, side entrance, 7:30 to 8:30 pm, information pamphlet/discussion meeting.
Monday, September 5Â Â Â Â Â Â
AA Beginnersâ 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, September 6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Grandâs 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 Johnâs 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), beginnerâs 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.
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Wednesday, September 7Â Â Â Â Â
AA, Menâs Group, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm.
Thursday, September 8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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
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, 17 Church Hill 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 oneâs substance issues. First Thursday of every month, 7 to 9 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, Old Court Room. For information call 203-270-1600.
To add a regularly scheduled Newtown support group, or to make changes, contact Nancy@thebee.com.