Resources
Support Groups for Parents and Siblings
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This Zoom group meets on the last Sunday of each month from 12:00-1:00 pm EST. Contact marias@familiesanonymous.org.
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Families Anoymous has a virtual Zoom meeting on Mondays at 7:15 pm EST.
Zoom link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/289035143?pwd=QWs1MjFEN0hpUEpvK0ZtRnRPbTZuQT09
Passcode: 028809
Contact 404-213 -0604 or FA.Roswell.Georgia@gmail.com.
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Meets Tuesdays at 7:15 pm at Mt. Zion Church, 1770 Johnson Ferry Rd., Marietta, GA 30062
Hybrid: In-person and Zoom options. Please email eastcobbFAinfo@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
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Meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm in room 620 at The Church of the Apostles (3585 Northside Parkway NW, Atlanta, GA 30327).
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PRN meets every Thursday from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at 327 Dahlonega Street, Suite 502, Cumming, GA 30040. PRN provides a safe environment for parents to discuss addiction and substance abuse issues with other parents in the same situation.
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PAL meets each Tuesday from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at Northpoint Community Church (4350 North Point Pkwy, Alpharetta, GA 30022). PAL provides hope, through education and support, to parents of addicted loved ones. The meetings are open to anyone 18 years or older who has a loved one battling addiction.
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Prodigal Child Ministries offers support groups including Hope After a Prodigal Loss, Supporting Our Siblings, and Parents of Prodigals. There are in-person and virtual options. Visit https://www.prodigalchildministries.org/support-groups to learn more.
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Free, therapist-facilitated virtual support group offers a safe, judgment-free space for parents and caregivers to breathe, share, and feel understood. Meets every other Thursday, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm EST via Zoom. Register to attend at https://www.recoveryinsideout.com
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Meets every Saturday at 10:00 am in the Learning Center (portable classroom) at St. Brendan’s Church, 4633 Shiloh Rd., Cumming, GA 30040. This group offers strength and hope for friends and families of those battling addiction.
Books We Recommend
Strength for the Brokenhearted: A 31 Day Devotional for Hurting Parents
You Are Not Alone: Hope for Hurting Parents of Troubled Kids
From Guilt to Grace: Hope and Healing for Christian Moms of Addicted Children
When I Lay My Isaac Down: Unshakable Faith in Unthinkable Circumstances
It's Okay Not to Be Okay: Moving Forward One Day at a Time
Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are
Seeing Beautiful Again: 50 Devotions to Find Redemption in Every Part of Your Story – A Daily Devotional for Hope and Healing
You're Going to Make It: 51 Morning and Evening Devotions to Unrush Your Mind, Uncomplicate Your Heart, and Experience Healing Today (A 50-Day Devotional)
I Want to Trust You, but I Don't: Moving Forward When You’re Skeptical of Others, Afraid of What God Will Allow, and Doubtful of Your Own Discernment
Prayers for Prodigals: 90 Days of Prayer for Your Child
The One Year Book of Hope Devotional: Daily Biblical Comfort for When Life Hurts
Ministries We Recommend
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Hope for Hurting Parents
Hope for Hurting Parents provides resources for parents who are hurting over the destructive behavior or choices of their teen to adult children. Find support groups, books, blogs, daily devotions, websites, organizations, counselors, and coaches.
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Prodigal Child Ministries
Prodigal Child Ministries provides biblical and secular support and resources for the parents of struggling teens and young adults in crisis in order to give them hope.
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Thrive! Family Recovery Resources
Thrive! Family Recovery Resources takes a family-first approach to addiction and recovery with evidence-based solutions grounded in compassion, understanding, and love. Offering one-on-one support, support groups, workshops, events, resource navigation, and consulting services, most of their programs are available at no cost.
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Breathe by Kay Warren
Breathe provides holistic support to parents of children of any age with mental health conditions, especially those with serious mental illness (SMI). They offer retreats, group support calls, practical help, a comprehensive resource list, and products.
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Fresh Hope for Mental Health
Fresh Hope offers real hope for those with mental health challenges and those who love them. They provide a safe place for those who feel hopeless to process their pain and experience faith-filled hope through support groups, classes, coaching, and resources that are led and written by peers who are living well in spite of their own mental health challenges.
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Hope for the Heart by Jane Hunt
Hope for the Heart offers resources that provide clear answers from God’s Word as well as concise, practical guidance on mental health challenges, emotional and relational struggles, and spiritual life issues. They offer a broadcast, podcast, blog, downloadable biblical life guides searchable by topic, and educational events for individuals and churches.
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Celebrate Recovery
Celebrate Recovery is a support for individuals and their loved ones who struggle with hurt, pain, and addiction of any kind. They offer support groups with a biblically based approach to help achieve long-lasting recovery by healing hurts, guiding toward new health truths, and developing life-giving habits.
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Journey Groups
Journey is a community of women who have experienced betrayal and loss as a result of their spouses’ struggle with pornography addiction or other life-dominating sexual sin.
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Individual Coaching with Mary Topolinski
Mary Topolinski provides coaching programs for the parents of adults and teens who struggle with mental health and other serious life issues. Individual mentor-coaching and supportive group courses offer practical solutions and biblical hope.
Songs of Hope and Encouragement
Songs of Hope and Encouragement
Songs We Recommend
Enjoy this playlist that includes the songs we sing on retreat, as well as other worship songs. We pray they will encourage your heart and give you hope.