Meetings (12-step and otherwise)
The first thing you’re likely going to want to do if you’re looking to get sober is find your tribe. Find a group of people who you identify with and share your experience with them and let them help you. The best way to do that is to attend a support-group meeting. There are various kinds of support groups in the area, both 12-step based and not. 12 step groups are by far the most prevalent.
12-Step Groups
- The best place to look for 12 step meetings in the Charleston Area is TCIO.org. That’s the central hub for AA meetings in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties.
- A good 12-step beginner’s meeting – a meeting for people interested in an introduction to the program – can be found online via zoom. It is on Saturday Nights at 9pm at Zoom Code 261-477-5061. The password is 121212.
- The Port City Narcotics Anonymous Group is an excellent resource for finding NA meetings in the region. Here is their schedule
Non 12-step
- Secular-minded people seeking to be free from addiction may want to investigate Freethinkers of the Lowcountry
- There is a Buddhism based meeting called Recovery Dharma that meets on Monday nights Downtown.
- SMART Recovery holds recovery meetings in Mt. Pleasant
- Iron Wolf Recovery holds workouts for people based in Recovery.
- Ben’s Friends is a support group for members of the Food and Beverage Industry
- There is a Continuing Care community group on Daniel Island Monday at 6:30pm at the Church of the Holy Cross. This meeting is for people just coming out of treatment and their families. It is intended as a supplement to 12 step meetings.
Interventionists
If you or your loved one need a little help getting started a trained interventionist is the right person to call. Rather than assembling a peacemeal strategy by yourself, an interventionist can link you with all the right resources and provide you with accountability along the way.
- Stop Pause Play provides family oriented interventions for all compulsive behaviors.
Treatment Centers
Many people may want to go out-of-state for residential treatment. Going out of state has its advantages: a greater selection, more individualized treatment options, preservation of anonymity, longer-term treatment options, and better care. That said, the region does offer some options:
- Lantana Recovery is an intensive outpatient program in downtown program. They also offer sober living in the area for additional accountability.
- Willing Way is just over the border in Statesboro Georgia, and one of the more popular treatment centers in the area.
- Summit Waypoint is located about an hour out of town near Orangeburg. They offer a short residential treatment program, and then an intensive outpatient program in North Charleston
