When you are facing a particularly difficult time in your life, whether it’s because you are finding life hard because you have just been diagnosed with a serious illness, or you’re struggling with an addiction, or perhaps because someone you love is an addict, there is an easy way that you can quickly fill your life with kind and caring people who will help you on your journey.

It has been observed that having found a support group and joining it is a good way to incorporate caring new friends into our lives.

For those who are hearing the term for the first time, support groups can be an informal or formal group of people who get together on a regular basis to share certain aspects of their lives with others and to offer each other emotional support.
Alcoholics Anonymous or A.A. is considered one of the most well-known of the support groups that exist today. In 1935, this organization started in Akron, Ohio, by two alcoholics when the found that talking to each other about their drinking and following a simple program helped keep them both sober.

The A.A. organization has extended all over the world since its beginning and millions of alcoholics have learned to live sober by helping each other.

There are several support groups today that deal with food, cocaine, addictions to narcotics, and many other activities and substances.

Additionally, the A.A. model has been used by support groups to help the children or partners of addicts.