Support groups

Crisis Line-Referral Ser.

Available free 24 hours. Call 828-HELP, or 1-800-462-5525. Confidential and anonymous.

Alzheimer's Support Group

7 p.m. third Tuesday at Bethany Good Samaritan Village in the Kingwood Court Dining Room., Francine Trtanj, 829-1407.

Caregiver Support Groups

BAXTER --1:30-3 p.m. first Wednesday at Good Neighbor Home Care office. 829-9238.

AITKIN-CROSBY -- 3-4:15 p.m. third Thursday alternate between Cuyuna Regional Medical Center & Riverwood Health Care Center. 546-7031, or 1-800-698-2311.

Diabetic Support Groups

BRAINERD -- 7 p.m. second Tuesdays during Sept.-May at St. Joseph's Medical Center. 828-1981.

AITKIN --1 p.m. second Thursday at Riverwood Health Care Center-Lower Level-Mtg.Rm.2 in Aitkin. 927-5520.

Empty Arms Group

Miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death. 828-4402.

Suicide Grief Support Group

7 p.m. fourth Thursday, St. Joseph's Medical Center. 829-2561.

Grief Support Group

CROSBY -- HUGS (Hope & Understanding for Grief Stricken), meets 1:30 p.m. first & third Tuesdays at Cuyuna Regional Care Center. 546-8077 or 546-5863.

Chronic Pain Group

CROSBY -- 1-3 p.m. first & third Mondays at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Joyce, 546-8077 or Dick, 534-3627.

Brain Injury Group

7-9 p.m. last Wednesday at St. Joseph's Medical Center.

Organ Transplant Group

7 p.m. second Tuesday-St. Joseph's Medical Center. Kathy Bahma, 829-0839.

Family Support Network

Home of Parents Anonymous. 6-8 p.m. Mondays-Campus Playhouse, 501 W. College Drive, next to CLC. Support group for parents who want to improve parent-child relationships. Call: 828-HELP or 828-4485 and ask for Family Support Network. Completely confidential.

Families Anonymous

7:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays at St. Andrew's Church. 829-8932.

Divorce Support Group

7-8:30 p.m. every other Tuesday at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Baxter. 829-6756.

Children of Divorce

5:30-6:30 p.m. first & third Sundays at St. Andrew's Church. 829-8932.

Youth Resiliency Group

4 p.m. Wednesdays at Brd. Public Library, Crosby Public Library, and Pequot Lakes School. 18 yrs. or less. 828-4383.

ADHD Support Group

7 p.m., 1st Thursday at St. Joseph's Medical Center. Everyone welcome. Call to confirm meeting at 825-0116 or 825-9410.

LaLeche League

7 p.m. second Tuesday. Call Anne, 828-0809. Pregnant women, babies & moms.

Battered Women Support

Group meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. 828-1216.

Survivors of Sexual Violence

6:30 p.m. Mondays for adults. Call Tricia, 828-0494.

Emotions Anonymous

Depressed, anxious, worried, afraid or just plain stressed? Brainerd Area Emotions Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at St. Joseph's Medical Center.

Co-dependents Anon.

5:30 p.m. Mondays at St. Joseph's Medical Center-use elevator C. 829-0834.

CROSSLAKE -- 8-9 p.m. Wednesdays at Church of the Immaculate Heart.

Overeaters Anonymous

5:15 p.m. Tuesdays at First Congregational Church. 828-3383, or 764-2965. .

Gamblers Anonymous

7 p.m. Mondays and Fridays at St. Joseph's Medical Center's FOCUS Unit.

Narcotics Anonymous

8 p.m. Thursdays at Upfront Alano Club.

Mental Health Group

7 p.m. Tuesdays at St. Joseph's Medical Center. 828-7035.

C-I DMD Support Group

CROSBY -- C-I Depressive-Manic Depressive Support Group at 6 p.m. Thursdays at Crosby-Ironton Presbyterian Church. 546-6520.

Alliance for Mentally Ill

2 p.m. last Tuesday at St. Joseph's Medical Center. Martha, 568-4091.

HIV-AIDS Support Group

Noon on first and third Thursdays at St. Joseph's Home Care Office. 828-7444, or 1-888-235-2049.

Cancer Support Group

3-5 p.m. first Wednesday at St. Joseph's Medical Center. SJMC, 828-7610, or Pat Hassett, 829-1683.

Breast Cancer Support

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. second Friday at St. Joseph's Medical Center. SJMC, 828-7610, or Pat Hassett, 829-1683.

Man to Man: Prostate Cancer Support

7 p.m. second Thursday, St. Joseph's Medical Center. 828-7421 or 829-8245.

Fibromyalgia Groups

7 p.m. third Tuesday at St. Joseph's Medical Center-Kerst Room. 825-7032.

PEQUOT LAKES -- 1-3 p.m. first and third Thursdays at St. Alice Catholic Church. 568-4159.

STAPLES -- 7 p.m. first Monday at Greater Staples Care Center. 894-0332 or 1-800-525-8344.

Multiple Sclerosis

Support Groups meet at 9 a.m. second Tuesday at (Embers) Sawmill Inn. Vonnie, 828-9151.

Muscular Dystrophy Group

1 p.m. last Thursday at Bonanza. Caroline Schroemel, 829-1883, Howard McCrey, 727-3466.

Parkinsons Support Group

1:30 p.m. third Tuesday at Aicota Health Care Center in Aitkin. Louise Hasskamp, 927-2623, or Trix Wyant, 845-2394.

Gay Mens Group

7 p.m. Tuesdays. 828-4875.