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There isn’t a one-size-fits-all plan for treatment and recovery. Every person needs unique supports that value individuals’ experiences, goals and relationships. Resources collected below provide a breadth of options to help Minnesotan’s find the specific support they need to be successful in their recovery journey.
Minnesota Alliance for Recovery Community Organizations
Recovery community organizations offer a variety of support to individuals. Minnesota Alliance for Recovery Community Organizations (MARCO) works to build an ecosystem of recovery. Long-term system change starts in our communities. Recovery community organizations are essential partners in building a recovery-oriented society. Find a recovery community organization.
SMART Recovery
Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART). SMART Recovery is an evidenced-informed recovery method that helps build and maintain motivation, cope with urges and cravings, manage thoughts, feelings and behaviors, and live a balanced life. Find a SMART meeting.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous primary purpose is to help alcoholics to achieve sobriety. It doesn’t cost anything to attend A.A. meetings. There are no age or education requirements to participate. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about their drinking problem. Find an A.A. meeting.
Greater Minneapolis Intergroup - Alcoholics Anonymous
Intergroup is a Twin Cities service office dedicated to helping A.A. newcomers who seek support from Alcoholics Anonymous. Connect with Intergroup representatives.
Online Intergroup of Alcoholic Anonymous
The Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous (OIAA) helps online A.A. groups connect with alcoholics who still suffer. OIAA promotes unity among online A.A. groups, reaching members and volunteers, responding to the needs of online A.A groups and providing a central source of information about online A.A. Find an online meeting.
Minnesota Region of Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous includes people for whom drugs had become a major problem. Recovering addicts meet regularly to help each other stay clean. Through group experience, the therapeutic value of one addict helping another is without parallel. Find a meeting.
Virtual NA Meetings
Virtual NA provides a meeting search for both online and phone meetings of Narcotics Anonymous hosted from different countries around the world. Meetings on the Virtual NA meetings lists are sorted by language and day of the week. Find an online meeting.
Secular Organizations for Sobriety
Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS) is a nonprofit network of autonomous, non-professional local groups, dedicated solely to helping individuals achieve and maintain sobriety/abstinence from alcohol and drug addiction, food addiction and more. Find a meeting.
Women for Sobriety Women for Sobriety is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women overcome alcoholism and other addictions. The WOS program helps achieve sobriety and sustain ongoing recovery, helping women overcome their addictions and embrace a new positive lifestyle. Find a meeting.
Al-Anon The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experiences, strength, and hope in order to solve their common problems. It believe alcoholism is a family illness and that changes attitudes can aid recovery. Find a meeting.
Nar-Anon
Nar-Anon helps relatives and friends of addicts recover from the effects of living with an addicted relative or friend. The only requirement to be a member and attend Nar-Anon meetings is that there is a problem of drugs or addiction. Find a meeting.
Alateen
Alateen is a group for young people whose loved ones either have AUD or grapple with alcohol consumption. Groups offer support, guidance and connection with people facing similar challenges. Find a group.
Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA) People coming together to solve their common problem and help others to recover from addiction to crystal meth. The foundation of the fellowship is regular attendance at meetings where members discuss how they achieved sobriety and a new outlook on their way of living. Find a meeting.
Cocaine Anonymous (CA) Participants share experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem, and help others to recover from addiction. The primary purpose is to stay free from cocaine and all other mind-altering substances, and to help others achieve the same freedom. Find a meeting.
Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA)
ACOA is an anonymous program of women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. Participants meet each other in a mutually respectful, safe environment and acknowledge common childhood experiences and their effects. Find a meeting.
All Recovery Meetings
All are welcome in these free meetings that offer peer-to-peer, strengths-based support for anyone seeking mutual aid and connection. We honor all pathways to recovery, any pathway that helps someone find and sustain recovery, no matter what recovery looks like to them. Find a meeting.
WellBriety
The Wellbriety movement is a holistic model based on the use of Native culture to heal from the effects of the genocide and intergenerational trauma resulting from the boarding school era. Find a meeting.
In The Rooms
This global online community allows members to share their strengths and experience with one another daily through addiction recovery groups. Through live meetings, discussion groups for recovering addicts and other tools, people from around the world connect with one another and help each other along their recovery journeys. Join a meeting.
Celebrate Recovery
Celebrate is a Christ-centered ministry where people find freedom from their hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Find a group.
Minnesota Recovery Connection
Telephone recovery support connects you with a peer in recovery by phone on a weekly basis. Through this program, you can receive a weekly peer support phone call from trained staff and volunteers. Sign up for telephone support.
Recovery is Happening
Recovery Is Happening provides telephone recovery support to individuals who face substance use recovery challenges. As an innovative, peer-to-peer support service, staff and trained volunteers make weekly calls to check in on people’s recovery process. Call to find help: 507-218-4773.
Wellness in the Woods
The Virtual Peer Support Network (VPSN) meets by ZOOM or phone. Meetings provide tools and support to help participants lead a healthier and happier life. We offer sessions that focus on specific topics such as recovery support, recreational activities, LGBTQ+ support and more. Find a virtual or phone meeting.
Get help for alcohol and drug use problems
Minnesota has many types of treatment for individuals struggling with alcohol or drug use. It’s important to know what kind of substance use disorder services will work best in your path to recovery. Learn more about addition and recovery.
FastTracker
This website helps you find substance use disorder services near you. It also provides a list of tribal and out-of-state providers. Find a service provider.
DHS Licensing Information Look-up
This database of all Minnesota Department of Human Services-licensed programs allows people to select the appropriate substance use disorder license type to find providers. The database also includes licensing review information. Look up providers.
Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) Provider Directory
This directory lists health care providers that serve MHCP members including Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare enrollees. Search for a provider.
FindTreatment.gov
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) treatment locator includes tribally licensed programs, DHS licensed programs, and substance use disorder professionals in private practice. Find a treatment facility.
Women for Sobriety Women for Sobriety is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women overcome alcoholism and other addictions. The WOS program helps achieve sobriety and sustain ongoing recovery, helping women overcome their addictions and embrace a new positive lifestyle. Find a meeting.
Al-Anon The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experiences, strength, and hope in order to solve their common problems. It believe alcoholism is a family illness and that changes attitudes can aid recovery. Find a meeting.
Nar-Anon
Nar-Anon helps relatives and friends of addicts recover from the effects of living with an addicted relative or friend. The only requirement to be a member and attend Nar-Anon meetings is that there is a problem of drugs or addiction. Find a meeting.
Alateen
Alateen is a group for young people whose loved ones either have AUD or grapple with alcohol consumption. Groups offer support, guidance and connection with people facing similar challenges. Find a group.
Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA) People coming together to solve their common problem and help others to recover from addiction to crystal meth. The foundation of the fellowship is regular attendance at meetings where members discuss how they achieved sobriety and a new outlook on their way of living. Find a meeting.
Cocaine Anonymous (CA) Participants share experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem, and help others to recover from addiction. The primary purpose is to stay free from cocaine and all other mind-altering substances, and to help others achieve the same freedom. Find a meeting.
Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA)
ACOA is an anonymous program of women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. Participants meet each other in a mutually respectful, safe environment and acknowledge common childhood experiences and their effects. Find a meeting.
All Recovery Meetings
All are welcome in these free meetings that offer peer-to-peer, strengths-based support for anyone seeking mutual aid and connection. We honor all pathways to recovery, any pathway that helps someone find and sustain recovery, no matter what recovery looks like to them. Find a meeting.
WellBriety
The Wellbriety movement is a holistic model based on the use of Native culture to heal from the effects of the genocide and intergenerational trauma resulting from the boarding school era. Find a meeting.
In The Rooms
This global online community allows members to share their strengths and experience with one another daily through addiction recovery groups. Through live meetings, discussion groups for recovering addicts and other tools, people from around the world connect with one another and help each other along their recovery journeys. Join a meeting.
Celebrate Recovery
Celebrate is a Christ-centered ministry where people find freedom from their hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Find a group.
Mental health crisis response phone numbers
Emergency services are available on a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week basis for people having a psychiatric crisis, a mental health crisis, or emergency. See the directory of mental health crisis phone numbers.
Emergency 988 Lifeline System
If you need immediate emotional or mental health support, or are worried about someone else, please call or text 988 or visit the 988 Lifeline chat to connect online with a trained counselor. Start an online chat.
Non-emergency county, Tribe and regional offices webpage
If it is not an emergency, reach out to your county or Tribe to connect with community-based mental health services. Find your county or Tribe.
United Way 211
More than 200 agencies across the United States, each with a team of highly trained community specialists, are available to help people access the best local resources and services to address any need. Calls, online chats and text messages allow for help meeting basic needs like housing, food, transportation and health care. Call 211 for help or Find a local 211.
Recovery Bill of Rights
Recovery happens every day across our country and there are effective solutions for people still struggling. Whatever the pathway, the journey will be far easier to travel if people seeking recovery are afforded respect for their basic rights. Read the poster.
