Adult Children of Alcoholic Parents is a twice-monthly support group for adults seeking to understand and heal from the lasting impact of growing up with a parent affected by alcohol use. Through guided discussion and shared experiences, participants will process grief, explore how childhood experiences continue to influence current relationships and beliefs, and build resilience in a supportive, nonjudgmental environment. Together, members will identify healthy coping strategies, strengthen self-awareness, and explore the choices and opportunities available to create a more fulfilling future.
Hosted by Veronica Silva-Cantu
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Group meets in McAllen, TX 78501
Adult Children of Alcoholic Parents is a twice-monthly support group for adults seeking to understand and heal from the lasting impact of growing up with a parent affected by alcohol use. Through guided discussion and shared experiences, participants will process grief, explore how childhood experiences continue to influence current relationships and beliefs, and build resilience in a supportive, nonjudgmental environment. Together, members will identify healthy coping strategies, strengthen self-awareness, and explore the choices and opportunities available to create a more fulfilling future.
An in-person support group for men and women ready to break free from substance use and build a stronger, healthier future. Guided by a licensed therapist, this group provides a safe space to deepen your understanding of addiction’s roots and heal the wounds that fuel it. Together, we’ll develop practical coping skills to manage urges, explore the impact of trauma, and work through guilt, anger, and shame. This process will empower you to build a recovery-focused lifestyle grounded in growth and resilience. If you’re ready to reclaim your power, this group is for you.
Hosted by Alyssa Hanshaw
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, LCDC
Group meets in McAllen, TX 78504
An in-person support group for men and women ready to break free from substance use and build a stronger, healthier future. Guided by a licensed therapist, this group provides a safe space to deepen your understanding of addiction’s roots and heal the wounds that fuel it. Together, we’ll develop practical coping skills to manage urges, explore the impact of trauma, and work through guilt, anger, and shame. This process will empower you to build a recovery-focused lifestyle grounded in growth and resilience. If you’re ready to reclaim your power, this group is for you.
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Alcohol Use Support Groups
Are there specific medications for alcohol use?
There are oral medications approved to treat alcohol use disorder—such as disulfiram, acamprosate, and naltrexone, which also comes in an injectable form. These medications do help people reduce their drinking as well as avoid the problem of relapse. Naltrexone helps reduce cravings, disulfiram can make a person feel sick when they drink, and acamprosate may help ease symptoms like poor sleep and anxious feelings.
How do alcohol recovery or rehabilitation programs work?
In inpatient programs, individuals live in a facility with other patients in recovery; in outpatient programs,individuals live at home. These facilities are staffed with healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses, psychologists, counselors, and psychotherapists. Staff can also include people who have recovered themselves, serving as mentors and guides. These programs may use abstinence, harm reduction, detoxification, psychotherapy, and other tools for recovery.
How do 12-step programs combined with psychotherapy work?
Members of 12-step programs help each other reach abstinence and work to maintain it. These programs promote complete change in the individual’s emotional, mental, physical, and even spiritual perspectives. Some programs require that new members attend 90 meetings in 90 days. Many people do attend these programs in conjunction with their work in psychotherapy; the combination of therapy along with 12-step can be extremely effective.
How does harm reduction combined with psychotherapy work?
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, harm reduction prevents death, injury, disease, overdose, and substance misuse. People who choose harm reduction for alcohol use reduce the amount of alcohol they intake. It is not abstinence-based like a 12-step program, but combining harm reduction with psychotherapy proves to be effective for many people.