Directory of Recovery Related Websites

Dr. Irene's Verbal Abuse Site

This site is created, owned, operated, and funded by Dr. Irene Matiatos. This is the place for you if you think you may be in an abusive relationship or may be abusive yourself.

Recovery Realm

Online AA, NA ,12 step and recovery chat, online meetings, message forums,and blogs. Be part of the solution, not the problem.

The Orange Papers

Certainly one of the most extensive criticisms of the 12 step approach and most specifically of A.A.

Sobriety.tv

Videos dealing with recovery and sobriety. These include videos of people in recovery, educational videos of the effects of addiction, addiction and the legal system and many other areas. They are broken down into several areas.

• Stories
• 12 Steps
• Documentaries
• Shorts
• Features
• Public Service Announcements
• Education
• Road to Recovery Shows

RecoveryChat.com

Web site focused primarily on chat rooms and online meetings. There are meetings scheduled every day and usually someone is in a chat room most hours of the day. Registration is required to participate, but registration is free. Meeting times are also included in this web site under the Online Meetings section.

Recovery Universe

A little known but very nice site dealing with recovery issues using primarily the 12 Step approach. It has chat rooms, audio files of talks and many other resources. It won the Recovery Website of the year in 2005 from Recovery Times, a well-deserved honor.

Serenity is Forever

Elegant gifts for sober women. Beautiful and very reasonably priced jewelry for recovering women. Things like the serenity prayer on hearts and prayer wheel bangles that endlessly repeat the serentiy prayer. These are made by an artist in recovery who finds this healing for her process of recovery as well.

Online Intergroup of A.A.

Online meetings for Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.). The Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous^® was formed to serve all online AA^® Groups in the rapidly growing online Fellowship. OIAA is composed of elected representatives of those online AA groups wishing to participate. As the Fellowship of AA grows and flourishes in this new medium of electronic communication, we will strive to provide whatever support we can offer to groups as they carry the message of recovery from alcoholism. ...

All Addicts Anonymous

In order to succeed in the All Addicts Anonymous way of life — in order to get sober and stay sober, or get clean and stay clean — do the following: Go to meetings — learn the Four Absolutes, the Twelve Steps, and the Ten Points — practice these principles in all your affairs. Do this, in your own way, in your own time — but do it — and your chances of permanent, life-long recovery are very high — pressing 100%.

Big Book Bunch

Background study and online questions about working through each of the 12 steps (plus step 0!), as well as essays on other topics in recovery.

BlameDenial

A site that challenges the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.

12 Step Cafe

The 12 Step Cafe is one of the oldest recovery support web sites on the internet. It is a full community website including a monitored, safe chat room. They support all forms of 12 step recovery.

StepChat.com

A site dedicated primarily to on-going online meetings. The site has 8 different chat rooms, 5 of which have meeting schedules and 3 of which are always open for open chat sessions. Chat meetings deal with addictions for alcohol, drugs, al-anon/codependency and self-injury. There are meetings every day and usually you can find someone in one of the chat rooms. Meetings are also listed on this web sites Meetings section.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Official site of the Alcohlics Anonymous World Services Organization. This was the original 12 step recovery program that was started in the 1930s. The site contains the latest version of the Big Book, which was the original text for the 12 step program. There are also links to meeting lists and various other resources related to the AA programs.

Narcotics Anonymous

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) was one of the earliest 12 step programs and is targeted towards recovery from drug abuse.

Addiction Recovery Guide

The Addiction Recovery Guide assists individuals struggling with drug addiction and alcoholism find help that best suits their needs. From evaluation to residential treatment, we have selected a range of outstanding programs and resources. To seek online help from others in recovery and to share your success story, visit our message board. - From their web site

Rational Recovery

Takes a psychological approach to addiction recovery.
Addictive Voice Recognition Technique ® (AVRT®) is an approach to addiction recovery based upon the experiences of people who have actually recovered independently, as an expression of moral judgment and free will. Surely you are aware that many men and women make great, abrupt changes in their sexual styles. AVRT ® is approximately how this is done, in an educational format offered only here, at this website.
-From their web site
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Creating Dreams, from the nightmares of hell...

An inspirational site about hopes and dreams, that come alive through recovery

Smart Recovery

"SMART Recovery® offers free face-to-face and online mutual help groups. SMART Recovery® (Self-Management And Recovery Training) helps people recover from all types of addictive behaviors, including: alcoholism, drug abuse, substance abuse, drug addiction, alcohol abuse, gambling addiction, cocaine addiction, and addiction to other substances and activities."

"SMART Recovery® sponsors more than 300+ face-to-face meetings around the world, and 16+ online meetings per week. In addition, o ...

Dick B's History of A.A. and Bible Roots

This is a very extensive site about the history of Alcoholics Anonymous and especially as it pertains to how it was influenced by the Bible and Christian movements and individuals.