Community Based Approaches
SMART Recovery (Self-Management and Recovery Training) is a science-based peer-support program that uses practical cognitive and behavioral tools to help people overcome addictions and problematic behaviors.
SMART Recovery Meetings
SMART Recovery (Self-Management and Recovery Training) is a science-based peer-support program that uses practical cognitive and behavioral tools to help people overcome addictions and problematic behaviors.
Recovery Dharma Meetings
Recovery Dharma is a Buddhist-inspired peer-support program that combines meditation, community, and Buddhist practice to support recovery from addiction.
The Sinclair Method Meetups
TSM Meetups is a free, peer-led nonprofit offering daily Zoom and Discord support groups for people using the Sinclair Method, providing community and encouragement for anyone working through TSM alongside their own medical care.
MARA – Bob's Story
MARA (Medication Assisted Recovery Anonymous) is a peer-support program for people using medication-assisted treatment (MAT), offering a structured, judgment-free approach to recovery grounded in science, self-direction, and mutual support.
Free, nationwide sober community offering hundreds of weekly events — fitness classes, hikes, art, meditation, team sports — built around the idea that connection and belonging change how people heal from addiction, not just abstinence alone.
She Recovers is a nonprofit movement supporting women recovering from addiction, mental health struggles, and trauma through online support groups, local coaching circles, trauma-informed body-based practices, and a podcast.
Moderation Management is a nonprofit, peer-support community for anyone who wants to drink less rather than quit entirely — free meetings, an online group, and self-guided tools to help you build a healthier relationship with alcohol at your own pace.
Women for Sobriety is a free, peer-led community built specifically for women, focused on building emotional growth, self-esteem, and empowerment alongside getting and staying sober while growing into the woman you want to be.
Sober Faction, run by The Satanic Temple, is a secular peer-support group for addiction recovery free of religious dogma and superstition. It uses Seven Rituals and an Allyship model with peers supporting each other as equals.
LifeRing is a secular, abstinence-based peer-support community built on self-empowermen. Meetings center on open conversation where members share what's working for them, with flexibility on how you get and stay sober.
Harm Reduction
Substance Use Harm Reduction
– Burn The Stigma
Tara Grace, harm reduction advocate from Burn The Stigma, explains how people can reduce the risks of substance use without requiring abstinence. Learn practical strategies, how naloxone reverses opioid overdoses, how to support loved ones, and why meeting people where they’re at matters.
We've Been Treating Addiction Backwards – Dee-Dee Stout
Dee-Dee Stout is a harm reduction counselor, trainer and educator with nearly 40 years in addiction treatment and author of Coming to Harm Reduction Kicking and Screaming. Her approach, Harm Reduction Psychotherapy, lets you define recovery for yourself — abstinence, moderation, or anything in between.
Harm Reduction, Abstinence & Moderation – Ken Anderson
HAMS (Harm Reduction, Abstinence, and Moderation Support) helps you change your drinking on your own terms — safer, reduced, or quit entirely. Founder Kenneth Anderson also wrote How to Change Your Drinking, a practical guide to alcohol harm reduction.
The Sinclair Method
The Sinclair Method (TSM) is an evidence-based approach that uses the medication naltrexone before drinking to gradually reduce alcohol cravings through pharmacological extinction.
Sinclair Method – Katie Lain
Katie Lain used the Sinclair Method for harm reduction and ended up sober. She went on to found Thrive Alcohol Recovery, which pairs naltrexone with coaching, community, and habit-change support to help others change their relationship with alcohol.
The Cure for Alcoholism Book
The Cure for Alcoholism by Roy Eskapa, with a foreword by David Sinclair, lays out the clinical research behind the Sinclair Method — using naltrexone alongside continued drinking to gradually reduce cravings and restore control over alcohol use.
