Contact Tom Halligan. Meets every Thursday, 10:30am.

Alanon Group (Mixed): Fridays 7:00-8:00pm

Alcohol Support Group For Lesbians Focus on alcohol use, misuse, abuse and addictions as they pertain to lesbian life. Closed support group meets in Berkeley. Lesbians of color and lesbians from poverty/working class encouraged.

Alternative House: 9-12 month Residential service: Supportive, drug-free, therapeutic environment for recently detoxified drug dependent persons who are attempting to re-enter society as self- sufficient individuals.

Northern California's largest lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community center. Classes, workshops, sports, support groups, addiction outreach, meeting space, volunteer resources and youth programs. Over 140 events monthly. Home to Sisterspirit Bookstore, Moonstruck Library and Archives and Lavender Liquids Espresso Bar.

Bisexual AA Group meets Mondays 8-9PM

Castro Country Club is a clean & Sober social club in the heart of the Castro offering video room, games, sundeck, patio and on-going artists in recovery exhibits.

Castro Village Detox offers low-cost (based on ability to pay) services for people recovering from drugs and alcohol.

COPASA (Comprehensive Outreach Project for Asian Substance Abusers): encourages Asian & Pacific Islander injection and polydrug users and their partners to enter treatment and reduce their risk of HIV infection, through outreach, counseling, assessment & treatment referrals. Multi-lingual. Free.

Counseling Center: immediate service for substance abuse situations. Long or shot term drug and alcohol related counseling for individuals and groups. Referrals as needed.

Drug Diversion Training: Sixteen hr. weekend training program offered as alternative sentence. - Topics include alternatives to drugs, problem solving, value clarification and stress management.

Dual Diagnosis Support group for those recovering from a dual diagnosis of alcohol/substance abuse and a major psychiatric diagnosis. M-F groups sponsored by Haight Ashbury Alcohol Treatment Services. Free Clinic Drug Detox, Rehab & Aftercare Programs.

Free Drop-in Group for lesbians, gay men & bisexual women & men with alcohol and/or other drug problems. Thur. eves 7-8 pm. Sponsored by Operation Recovery (part of Operation Concern.)

Gay/Lesbian Narcotics Anonymous meeting. Sundays 7-8.30 pm.

Heroin Detoxification: 24hrs/day - residential. For opiate addicted people. Seven day in-patient situation under doctor's supervision. In-house counselors are available 24 hours a day.

HIV+ Women and Caregivers in Recovery: Thursdays, 6:00pm.

Lesbian/Gay Narcotics Anonymous meeting Sun., 7:00-8:30pm.

Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Alanon meeting: Chico, Thur. 8-9pm, 12-step program for family, friends, & lovers of alcoholics.

A Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/HIV+ smoking cessation program which provides individual support and facilitated groups using lesbian/gay specific literature. Call for winter schedule.

Lesbians In Recovery meet once a month for fun and mutual support. Call (415) 664-1295 for info/location.

Immediate service for substance abuse crises. Long/short term drug and alcohol related counseling for individuals and groups. Confidential. Bilingual, cross-cultural counselors. The Effort, inc.

N.A. Meeting for persons with/affected by HIV/AIDS. Wednesdays, 10:30am.

Nar-Anon Family Group. A support group for friends, partners, and family of addicts or drug-abusers. Weekly Saturday meetings are in the Castro area.

Operation Concern/18th Street Services helps SF gay/bi-men with alcohol/drug problems get clean & sober. Group/individual counseling.

Operation Concern/18th Street Services provides outpatient drug & alcohol abuse counseling for gay & bisexual men of all ages and ethnic backgrounds. HIV education and prevention. Sliding scale fee. Esp.(415) 861-8803.

Operation Recovery (part of Operation Concern): counseling for lesbians, gay men & bisexual women & men with alcohol and/or other drug problems. People with other mental health problems or taking psychiatric medication, or living with HIV, are welcome. Low to no fee.

For women recovering from addictions, abuse & patriarchy. Earth-centered spiritual perspective. Sat. 1-2:30 pm.

Redwood Center, a program of CATS (Chemical Awareness & Treatment Services Inc.), a private nonprofit organization, provides holistic, low-cost substance treatment for men 18 years or older who are dependent on alcohol or drugs.

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) Mixed Support Group: Thur. 12:15- 1:15pm.

Stimulant (Cocaine & Methamphetamine) Detoxification: 24hrs/day, Residential. For Sacramento County residents. 7-14 day services, depending upon drug, under doctor's supervision. In-house counselors available 24 hrs/day. The Effort, inc.

Substance Abuse Prevention Program Assessment, education, early intervention and support through group and individual counseling to women concerned about their use of alcohol and other drugs

Walnut Creek Lesbian AA support/discussion group. Peer facilitated. Meets Wed. eves at Pacific Center, 1250 Pine St., Suite 301.

Women's Alcoholism Center provides residential, outpatient and educational services for women, children and families.

Women's Feminist Alternative to Patriarchal 12-Step Programs: Inclusive & Validating of each women's experience. Based on Charlotte Kasl's Many Roads, One Journey and her 16-Steps for Discovery and Empowerment. Meets Monday

Saturdays 1-2.30 pm.

Sponsored by Lyon-Martin Women's Health Services. Learn the effects of alcohol and other drugs in your life. Explore issues of addiction and recovery, make a clearer decision regarding abstinence.

Provides outpatient drug counseling services for at risk and drug and alcohol abusing youth through the Sacramento County Probation's Juvenile Center.