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The local organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, will host peer recovery support groups starting in January. The NAMI Connection Peer Recovery Support Group is a ...

We welcome new members to our support group. Ask about online participation options if you can't attend in person. Let us know if you're interested. We can give you the timings and discuss costs and ...

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series on mental health that will appear on the Saturday-Sunday Life section covers in May. When dealing with life’s biggest challenges, the input of somebody ...

Much of life went virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic — work, school and even some doctor's appointments. So did many support groups for people with alcohol use disorder. But people who attended ...

Jessica Booth is a New York-based freelance writer who regularly writes about health, wellness, parenting, food, travel, beauty and more for a variety of publications. She currently writes for Forbes ...

TAUNTON – “We haven’t really had a treatment center like this around here. It fills a need in the community,” said Beth Burnham, a recovering addict for the last 15 years, and member of the Taunton ...