Newtown Support Groups

Friday, September 7       

AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion.

 

Saturday, September 8      

Daily Reflections meeting, St Rose School (Monsignor Conroy Room), 46 Church Hill Road, 6:30–8 pm.

 

Sunday, September 9     

AA, Newtown Senior Center, Riverside Road, 2 pm, open speaker discussion meeting, 90-minute meeting.

AA, Newtown United Methodist Church (lower level), 92 Church Hill Road, 7:30 pm, open speaker discussion meeting.

NA, Narcotics Anonymous, 38 Church Hill Road, rear entrance, 7:30 to 8:30 pm, information pamphlet/discussion meeting.

 

Monday, September 10      

AA Beginners’ Big Book meeting, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 7–8 pm.

AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 8:15 pm, closed discussion meeting, teens welcome.

Hope and Support Group, at Newtown Youth & Family Services, 10 Glen Road, meets every Monday 7:30–9:30 pm, for parents/caregivers concerned about a child’s suspected or confirmed substance use or abuse, all welcome. For additional information, call 270-4335.

 

Tuesday, September 11        

AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 12:15 pm, closed step meeting.

AA, St John’s Episcopal Church, 5 Washington Avenue/Route 34, 6:30 pm, one-hour closed step meeting.

Al-Anon, 38 Church Hill Road (use rear entrance), 7–8 pm. For more information, call 426-0731.

 

Wednesday, September 12      

Caregivers/Grandparents’ Group — The Second Time Around: Raising Your Children’s Children noon to 1:30 pm, at Newtown Youth & Family Services, 10 Glen Road; call 270-4335 for more information.

AA, Men’s Group, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm.

 

Thursday, September 13         

AA, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street (at flagpole), 8 pm, closed speaker discussion, nonsmokers meeting.

 

Monthly Meetings

The Alzheimer’s Support Group, meets the last Wednesday of each month at The Homesteads, 166 Mt Pleasant Road, from 6 to 7 pm; 426-8118.

Compassionate Friends, at Healing Hearts, 73 Stadley Rough Road, Danbury, 7:15 pm on fourth Tuesday of each month, grief support group for families who have experienced the death of a child. For information call Karen Butterfield, 845-225-5895.

Special Moms Prayer Group, support for moms with special needs children, at St Rose Parish Hall, 40 Church Hill Road, at 7 pm, the first Tuesday of the month (except July; no meeting). Open to all faiths. For information call Marisol Puterbaugh, 364-1655.

NAMI Support Group meeting for families of mentally ill relatives;  first and third Monday of the month, 7 to 9:30 pm at St Thomas Episcopal Church, 95 Greenwood Avenue (across from Caraluzzi’s), Bethel. 426-2426 938-3539.

Autism Support Group meets the first Thursday of each month at 7 pm at Newtown Youth & Family Services, 10 Glen Road. For additional information, call 270-4335.