AIDS/FORT SMITH FIGHTS AIDS - Meetings on Tuesday; call 479-452-1616 for time and location.

AL-ANON - For meeting times and locations call 479-441-9705.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - Daily meetings.  For more info call the 24-hour phone 479-783-0123.

ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION - info contact numbers:  (Mena 888-394-6100), (Paris 479-963-6151), (Greenwood 479-             
                                                  996-7878),  (Clarksville 479-754-1727),  (Van Buren 479-474-6885), (Alma  479-663-2371).

ALZHEIMER'S ASSOC. (WESTERN ARK. CHAPTER) - for info call 479-783-2022.

AMERICAN HEALING ARTS ALLIANCE - call 479-785-2422 or visit their web site at www.netcolony.com/health/ahaa

AMPUTEE SUPPORT GROUP - for info call 479-709-7190 or 479-782-9333.

ARKANSAS AUTISM SOCIETY - for more info on the parent support group, call 479-965-7896.

AUTISM SOCIETY OF ARKANSAS - parent support group (call 479-965-7896 for more info).

BREASTFEEDING GROUP - for info call 479-709-1913.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS - for more info call 479-782-6302 or e-mail CANHELP@SWBELL.NET.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY - a Christ centered recovery program that helps people gain freedom from "all kinds of hurts, habits, and hang-ups" and uses the traditional 12 steps of recovery plus 8 Biblical principles based on the Beatitudes;  local contact can be made through the following area churches:  Grace Community (646-1177),  Greenwood First Baptist (1-996-2166), Harvest Time Tabernacle (646-6001), Heritage Methodist (474-6424), Goddard Methodist (785-1415), St. Paul Methodist (783-5908).

COMMUNITY PRAYER BAND OUTREACH - group for families of the incarcerated (for info call 479-783-1696).

CROHN'S AND COLITIS GROUP - for more info call 479-782-3626.

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS - group for parents after the death of a child (479-646-5827 or 479-646-6856).

DADS ARE DISPLACED - a support group focused on children's rights and privileges to have close relationships with both parents;  PO Box 470141, Tulsa  OK  74147;  918-663-3652 (local contact number is 646-7410.

DEPRESSED ANONYMOUS - a 12-step program that helps depressed persons begin to take responsibility for their life situation;  for more info call 479-996-5929 or 479-420-3405.

DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP - for more info call 479-471-4315 or 479-474-3401.

DIABETIC ASSOC. (RIVER VALLEY) - support group for families of children with Type I diabetes (call 479-783-6014 for more info).

DIVORCE CARE - for meeting times and locations call  479-632-3201.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM - women's resource and legal advocate program                                                                                          (479-782-3993 or 479-782-1119).

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT GROUP - a service of the Crisis Center for Women (479-782-4956).

DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTIONS - a Step Study group for adults and teens (479-629-6914 or 479-651-6777).

EATING DISORDERS - for adolescents and young adults with anorexia and bulimia (479-646-4569).

FAMILY COUNCIL - for more info call 479-783-3101.

FAMILY READINESS - a group that works with families of National Guard members who are called up to active duty by assisting with financial problems and other personal matters.  Phone number is 479-782-8652.

FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP - for more info call 479-783-2247.

GAM-ANON - a group for family and friends of compulsive gamblers; currently meets at 6 pm on Tuesdays at the Fort Smith MillerBranch Library at 8701 Soutrh 28th Street.

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS - group that helps compulsive gamblers (call 213-386-8789 or visit their web site at www.gamblersanonymous.org.

GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDKIDS - call 479-996-1203 for more info.

HELP FOR HELPERS - a discussion group for those caring for the elderly (call 479-784-0405 for more info).

HIGHWAY TO HEALING - a 12-step support program (call 479-494-1804 for more info).

HOSPICE GRIEF - call 479-478-1159 for information.

HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP - call 479-785-3867 or 479-996-4018 for complete information.

KISMIF - a weight reduction group (479-782-6326 or 479-782-0211).

LA LECHE LEAGUE - for info call 479-996-5278 or 479-471-1118.

LUPUS FOUNDATION - for more info call toll-free at 1-800-294-8878.

MOMS SUPPORT GROUP (Mothers Offering Mothers Support) - for more info call 479-996-4341.

MOTHERS OF MULTIPLES - for meeting locations and times call 479-452-2387.

MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS SUPPORT GROUP (MOPS)- for more info call 479-785-3918 or 479-474-3144.

MULTIPLE  SCLEROSIS - for more info call 479-996-2222 or 918-647-7087.

MULTIPLE  SCLEROSIS (Van Buren group) - for information call 1-800-532-7667 (ext. 137); sponsored by the Multiple Sclerosis
Association of American.

MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION - for support group info call 479-646-0022.

NAR-ANON - for family and friends of addicts (479-452-5511 or 479-785-3874).

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS - for more info call 479-709-2110.

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL - for more info call 479-783-7819.

NICOTINE ANONYMOUS - for more info call 479-474-5265 or 479-629-4140.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS - for more info call 479-474-9606 or 479-452-1185.

PARENTS ANONYMOUS - for parents who "lose their cool"  (479-785-4046).

PEOPLE AGAINST CHILD MOLESTATION - for more info call 918-427-6860.

PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE - for family and friends of the disabled (479-648-1033).

POST-ABORTION GROUP - confidential women's group (479-484-5244).

POWER OF NOW - for more info call 782-9233.

PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER - for more info call 479-452-2260.

PSORIASIS SUPPORT GROUP  - call  479-474-1258 or 479-648-2990.

SEIZURE DISORDER/EPILEPSY SUPPORT - for  more info call  479-649-7875.

SOS (SINGLE PARENT OUTREACH SERVICES) - provides free services to single working parents; services include oil & filter changes, haircuts, financial counseling,  mammograms, interview skills, tax preparation, tutoring, eye exams, dental exams, well-baby exams & gyn. exams  (for more info call  479-441-9767).

SPECIAL NEEDS PARENTING - for more info call 479-632-3956.

STEP PARENTING GROUP - Step-Carefully Inc. (479-522-7490).

STROKE SUPPORT GROUP - for more info call 479-785-4233.

TEARS OF HOPE - Infant loss support group (call for info at 479-452-2710 or 479-649-8311).

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) - weight loss group (479-474-1863 or 479-646-1137).

WEIGH DOWN WORKSHOP - for more info call 479-474-4696.


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