Find Support
Whether you're a parent, grandparent, sibling, spouse, or someone else supporting a loved one with substance use disorder, you will need your own support. This catalogue can help you find it.
Use the filters below to find in-person and virtual resources across Pennsylvania that are available for caregivers and family members — not treatment directories, not clinical referrals, but places where you can connect with people who understand what you're going through.
Just One Lunch Bunch
Drew Michael Taylor Foundation Grief Center
“Just One” Lunch Bunch is a monthly social support group for individuals grieving the death of a spouse. Bereaved spouses gather at rotating local restaurants to connect, share conversation, and find support in an informal, welcoming setting.
Lancaster GRASP Chapter
Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP)
GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing) is a peer support community for individuals who have lost a loved one to substance use or overdose. The group offers compassionate, nonjudgmental support from others with lived experience, helping participants grieve, connect, and heal without blame or stigma.
Leah's Legacy
Leah’s Legacy offers individual and family recovery support services for those impacted by substance use, including peer support from a Certified Family Recovery Specialist (CFRS) with lived experience. Free, compassionate support focuses on education, advocacy, and connection, helping individuals and families navigate recovery with purpose and hope.
Learn to Cope
Learn to Cope
Learn to Cope is a free, peer‑led support network for family members and friends of individuals affected by substance use disorder, offering a safe space to share experiences, learn about addiction, and gain hope. Meetings are facilitated by trained volunteers and staff, include guest speakers and overdose education, and provide Narcan training, with no cost to attend for adults ages 18 and older.
Lehigh Valley GRASP Chapter
Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP)
GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing) is a peer support community for individuals who have lost a loved one to substance use or overdose. The group offers compassionate, nonjudgmental support from others with lived experience, helping participants grieve, connect, and heal without blame or stigma.
Lehigh Valley Parent & Family Support Group
Be a Part of the Conversation
Parent Partnership Meetings offer peer‑led support for parents and caregivers concerned about a loved one’s substance use. Meetings are led by volunteers with lived experience and provide a confidential, welcoming space for parents to support parents.
Limerick Parent Partnership
Be a Part of the Conversation
Parent Partnership Meetings offer peer‑led support for parents and caregivers concerned about a loved one’s substance use. Meetings are led by volunteers with lived experience and provide a confidential, welcoming space for parents to support parents.
Lower Bucks County Grandfamilies Support Group
Grandfamilies
This peer‑led support group brings together grandparents and other relatives who are raising the children of loved ones. Facilitated by grandparents with lived experience, the group offers a supportive space to share challenges, celebrate successes, build knowledge, and connect with others on similar caregiving journeys.
Media Parent Partnership
Be a Part of the Conversation
Parent Partnership Meetings offer peer‑led support for parents and caregivers concerned about a loved one’s substance use. Meetings are led by volunteers with lived experience and provide a confidential, welcoming space for parents to support parents.
"Morning Joe" in West Chester Parent Partnership
Be a Part of the Conversation
Parent Partnership Meetings offer peer‑led support for parents and caregivers concerned about a loved one’s substance use. Meetings are led by volunteers with lived experience and provide a confidential, welcoming space for parents to support parents.
Nar-Anon Family Groups
Nar-Anon Family Groups
Nar‑Anon Family Groups provide mutual support for family members and friends whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drug use. Using a 12‑step model based on the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, meetings offer a space for shared experiences, understanding, and coping strategies, with no requirement for participation beyond having a loved one with a substance use problem. Nar‑Anon is independent and not affiliated with other organizations, and meetings are free to attend. Visit the Nar‑Anon Family Groups website for more information about local groups.
National Association for Children of Addiction (NACoA)
National Association for Children of Addiction (NACoA)
The National Association for Children of Addiction (NACoA) provides resources, support, and education for children and families affected by a parent or loved one’s substance use. Through programs, tools, and professional training, NACoA works to ensure that no child impacted by family addiction goes unsupported, offering guidance for both individuals and those who support them at home, in schools, and in communities. Visit the NACoA website for more information about resources and programs.
There's always support available
Some parts of Pennsylvania — especially rural communities — have few local resources listed here. If your area has few in-person resources, that doesn't mean you're out of options. Our catalogue includes national, statewide, and virtual resources.
Other ways to find support
Call the Pennsylvania Get Help Now Hotline at 1-800-662-4357 — free, confidential, and bilingual.
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