|
Adolescent Girls Support
|
Miracles Happen Stroke Support Group
|
|
(For girls ages 13-18; addressing issues of sexual assault, rape and
incest) Clayton Center for Child and Adolescent Services. For more
information contact Brenda Tillman: 404-363-6781. |
(Brain Injury and Stroke Support Group for survivors and their
families: A positive support system to live life to the fullest.) -
Second Tuesday each month: 7:00pm. Southern Regional Medical Center.
Pat Buice: 770-473-7471; Billy Harness 770-471-5901; or Todd
Christian 770-473-1589
|
|
AIDS Phone Support
|
Multiple Sclerosis
|
|
(for persons infected or effected by HIV) contact 1-800-551-2728;
or 404-876-9944 or 404-872-0600 |
2nd Saturday each month: 10:30am. Amy Owens, 404-766-6377
or Anita Mullins, 404-256-9700; Southern Regional
Medical Center Health Education Center
|
|
Alcoholics Anonymous
|
Mysathenia Gravis Phone Support
|
(for individuals with an alcohol dependency)
- Every Wednesday, and Friday: 8:30pm. Riverwoods Psychiatric Center,
Cafeteria: 770-991-8500
OR
- Every Monday and Thursday: 8:00pm. St. John’s Episcopal Church,
College Park: 404-761-8402
|
Phone Support Only. Please call Myrna Evans: 770-507-0673
|
|
Back School
|
Narcotics Anonymous
|
|
(learn the proper way to sit, lift and stand) - Southern
Regional Medical Center: 770-991-8070. Registration
required - Fees vary
|
(for chemical dependency) - Every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday:
8:30pm. Riverwoods Psychiatric Center, Cafeteria: 770-991-8500
|
|
Battered Women's Phone Support
|
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of
Clayton County
|
|
Contact: Clayton County Securus House: 770-961-7233
|
(Educational programs and guest speakers for family and friends of
the mentally ill) Contact - Sandra Carney 678-289-8575 or NAMI GA
Help Line: 1-800-728-1052 / 770-234-0855
|
|
Bereavement Support
|
Overeaters Anonymous
|
|
(Grief support for those suffering a loss of a loved one:
Sponsored by Southern Regional Health System's Chaplain's
Office) –1st Thursday each month, 6:30 PM. Adult.
Contact: SRMC Chaplain’s
office: 770-991-8399
|
(12 step weight loss program) - Every Wednesday: 7:30pm, Mini:
770-478-2467, Southern Regional Medical Center.
|
|
Bosom Buddies - Breast Cancer Support Group
|
Parents without Partners Support Group
|
|
(for those who have experienced breast cancer and their families) -
First Saturday of each month from 10:00 - 11:30AM. RuPearl Sharpe:
770-252-5396; Southern Regional Medical Center
|
Every Thursday: 7:30pm. Jo Warshaw: 770-478-2104; Chapter House:
770-471-2801 (information updated weekly, messages checked daily);
7821 Old Morrow Road, Jonesboro. Call for orientation & membership fees
|
|
Breastfeeding Support Contact
|
Perinatal Support Group
|
|
(For Breastfeeding Mothers) Women's Life Center, Southern Regional
Medical Center. Contact 770-991-8014 or 770-991-8246
|
(Closure, support, and healing for those suffering from infant or
fetal death). 2nd Monday each month. Women's Life Center, Southern
Regional Medical Center. 6:30pm - 8:00pm. Contact: 770-991-8247 or
770-991-8399
|
|
Cancer - Look Good, Feel Better
|
Pituitary Tumor Network
|
|
(skin care, make-up and hair techniques for women undergoing
chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy - professional instructor is a
cancer survivor) - First Thursday each month: 10:00 am. American
Cancer Society: 770-460-8920; Southern Regional Medical Center,
Oncology Department Pre-registration required, class size limited.
|
Call for meeting locations and times. Cliff Hewitt: 404-366-8557.
Meet in Southside area quarterly
|
|
Cancer Support Group
|
SHARE Atlanta Southside - Pregnancy &
Newborn Loss Support
|
|
(for those suffering from cancer and their families) - Second Monday
each month: 6:00pm, First Baptist Church, Jonesboro , in their
The Rock Recreation Building: Joyce
Medin - 770-478-8823
|
(Perinatal Bereavement Support). 770-928-9603. Meets in McDonough
Christian Church, McDonough, GA. First Tuesday each month, 7pm - 9pm.
Contact main number for questions or more information.
|
|
Diabetes Support Group
|
Southern Crescent Multiple Blessings Support
Group
|
(for adults dealing with diabetes)
- Second Thursday each month: 7:00pm. Diabetes Educator:
770-991-8626; Southern Regional Medical Center Health Education
Center
OR
- Fourth Tuesday each month: 7:30pm. Ivy Lockett: 770-487-2862;
Heritage Bank, 440 N. Jeff Davis Dr. Fayetteville.
|
(Mothers of multiple births): Fourth Thursday each month: 7:30pm.
Room location may vary. Southern Regional Medical Center. Contact:
770-477-2629
|
|
Divorce Recovery Counseling & Support
|
Southern Crescent Sexual Assault Center
|
|
(counseling and support group for those experiencing divorce) - Call
for appointment and more information. The Rock Baptist Church, 6188
Georgia Highway 42: 770-961-6281
|
(For adult survivors of sexual assault, rape, incest, after the crisis is
over) - Call 770-603-4045 for more information. Or 24-hr Crisis line:
770-477-2177
|
|
Emotions Anonymous Phone Support
|
Survivors of Suicide Support Group
|
|
(for people recovering from emotional upheaval) – Please call the
EA information line at 770-925-4825 for meeting information or visit
www.emotionsanonymous.org.
|
(for family and friends of those who have completed suicide) -First
Tuesday each month: 7:30pm. For more information: 770-914-2654 (Laura
or Gary)
|
|
Epilepsy / Seizure Disorders Support
|
Teen Support Group
|
|
(for sufferers, their families and friends) Epilepsy Foundation of
America, Georgia Chapter: 404-527-7155; Also, 3rd Thursday each
month, 7:00pm Fayette Community Hospital: 770-460-7978
|
(For parents and teens pregnancy prevention, pregnancy response
issues, family crisis, abstinence, STD prevention, HIV and other
health education). 5:30pm each Thursday, Clayton County Health
Department. Contact Brenda Tillman: 404-366-6231
|
|
Fibromyalgia Phone Support
|
The Compassionate Friends
|
|
Contact Claude: 770-968-1569
|
(bereaved parents: miscarriage to adult) - First Monday each month:
7:30pm. Freddie Saye: 770-957-6610 or Metro Atlanta: 404-296-7795;
Poston Road Baptist Church, Jonesboro
|
|
Lupus Support Group
|
TOPS (Taking Pounds Off Sensibly) Support
Group
|
|
(For Lupus patients, friends and families) Sponsored by Lupus
Foundation of America, Inc., Greater Atlanta Chapter at Fayette
Community Hospital. –2nd Tuesday each month 7:00pm, Contact
chapter office: 770-952-3891.
|
(for those wanting to lose weight through a sensible diet program -
requires doctor’s certificate verifying your ideal weight) –
Metro Wide Contact: Brenda Isbell: 770-949-7271 for location near
you. $20 yearly membership fee (includes monthly magazine); $2-5
monthly dues which are chapter specific
|
|
MADD - Clayton / Henry County Chapter
|
Tourette's Syndrome Phone Support
|
|
(for all individuals trying to stop drunk driving and aid victims) -
First Monday each month: 7:00pm. Barbara Weller: 770-507-5755
|
(for those suffering from Tourette’s Syndrome) - Betsy Richards:
770-473-4783; TSA of Georgia: Heidi Cohen 404-250-4322 for more
information or group meeting locations.
|
|
Man-to-Man - Prostate Cancer Support
|
United Ostomy Group of Clayton County
|
|
(For men and their families and friends) - Sponsored by American
Cancer Society. Fourth Tuesday each month, 7:15pm: ACS: 770-632-2898 or
Dianne 770-991-8122. Southern Regional Medical Center
|
(For individuals with a colostomy, ileostomy, or urostomy) - Last Sunday
each month: 2:30pm. Call: 770-991-8499; Southern Regional Medical Center
Health Education Center
|