Finding a Support Group

What is a Self-Help Support Group

About SHARE!

Stories

The Need

The mission of SHARE!, the Self-Help And Recovery Exchange, is to help people in Los Angeles pursue personal growth and change. SHARE! Empowers people to change their own lives and provides them a loving, safe, non-judgmental place where they can find community, information and support.

SHARE! Provides many services including:

• A Center for self-help meetings and events:
  We have five meeting rooms with almost fifty meetings a week which
  take place at SHARE! (Our center) in West Los Angeles.
  Meetings pay a percentage of their donations so that there is no rent
  pressure and it is easy to start a new meeting. Each meeting room is
  furnished like a living room with sofas, chairs and coffee tables, except
  our writing room, which has a conference table, and chairs. We provide
  space for sober dances, self-help marathon meetings and conferences.
  We also have leads on meeting space in other parts of the county.



• Countywide referrals,
  to more than 7000 self-help meetings representing 400 different programs.
  Our information is updated monthly as self-help groups
  tend to be moved around or come and go.
  We have 24-hour voicemail, which gives information on our 100 most
  requested referrals. In addition, trained volunteer referral specialists
  can find a meeting in your neighborhood that is right for you from 10 am
  to 4 PM. Call (310) 305-8878.



• Technical assistance for new and ongoing meetings,
  We can help with formation, meeting content, format, publicity, problems, etc.



• Volunteer opportunities,
  For ordinary people or for those doing court-ordered community service.
  We accept all volunteers even those with limited skills or felony
  convictions provided they are attending or willing to attend support groups.



• Open literature policy,
  We accept any and all materials for distribution at our center.
  Just send them or drop them off.

We are privately funded through donations. SHARE! Is a project of the Emotional Health Association, a California non-profit 501(c)3 corporation.