STAYING CONNECTED IS IMPORTANT: 

VIRTUAL RECOVERY RESOURCES

INTRODUCTION

In an infectious disease outbreak, when social 

distancing and self-quarantine are needed to 

limit and control the spread of the disease, 

continued social connectedness to maintain 

recovery is critically important. Virtual 

resources can and should be used during this 

time. Even after a pandemic, virtual support 

may still exist and still be necessary.

This tip sheet describes resources that can be 

used to virtually support recovery from mental/

substance use disorders as well as other 

resources.

VIRTUAL RECOVERY PROGRAMS

• Alcoholics Anonymous: Offers online 

support 

https://aa-intergroup.org/

• Cocaine Anonymous: Offers online support 

and services 

https://www.ca-online.org/

• LifeRing: LifeRing Secular Recovery offers 

online support 

https://www.lifering.org/online-meetings

• In The Rooms - Online Recovery Meetings:

Provides online support through live 

meetings and discussion groups

https://www.intherooms.com/home/

• Marijuana Anonymous: Offers virtual 

support 

https://ma-online.org/

• Narcotics Anonymous: Offers a variety of 

online and skype meeting options 

https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/

• Reddit Recovery: Offers a virtual hang out 

and support during recovery https://www.

reddit.com/r/REDDITORSINRECOVERY/

Toll-Free: 1-877-SAMHSA-7 (1-877-726-4727) | Info@samhsa.hhs.gov | http://store.samhsa.gov

• Refuge Recovery: Provides online and virtual 

support 

https://www.refugerecovery.org/home

• Self-Management and Recovery Training 

(SMART) Recovery: Offers global community 

of mutual-support groups, forums including a 

chat room and message board 

https://www.smartrecovery.org/community/

• SoberCity: Offers an online support and 

recovery community 

https://www.soberocity.com/

• Sobergrid: Offers an online platform to help 

anyone get sober and stay sober 

https://www.sobergrid.com/

• Soberistas: Provides a women-only 

international online recovery community 

https://soberistas.com/

• Sober Recovery: Provides an online forum for 

those in recovery and their friends and family 

https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/

• We Connect Recovery: Provides daily online 

recovery groups for those with substance use 

and mental illness 

https://www.weconnectrecovery.com/freeonline-support-meetings

RECOVERY RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS

AA Beyond Belief

A program for the agnostics, atheists, and free 

thinkers interested in AA 

https://aabeyondbelief.org/

Al-Anon Family Groups

Providing help and hope for families and friends of 

alcoholics

https://al-anon.org/

Association of Recovery in Higher Education 

Represents collegiate recovery programs and 

collegiate recovery communities, the faculty and 

staff who support them and the students who 

represent them 

https://collegiaterecovery.org/
Toll-Free: 1-877-SAMHSA-7 (1-877-726-4727) | Info@samhsa.hhs.gov | http://store.samhsa.gov

VIRTUAL RECOVERY RESOURCES

Buddhist Recovery Network

Promotes the use of Buddhist teachings and 

practices to help people recovery from the 

suffering caused by addictive behaviors 

https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/

Celebrate Recovery

A Christ-centered 12-step recovery program 

https://www.celebraterecovery.com/

Crystal Meth Anonymous

Fellowship of people who share their experience, 

strength and hope with each other so they may 

solve their common problem and help others to 

recovery from addiction to crystal meth

https://www.crystalmeth.org/

Fountain House 

(NYC Peer Organization) virtual clubhouse 

with links to virtual “living rooms” and other 

community-focused virtual spaces

https://virtual.fountainhouse.org/

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation 

Contains online support meetings, blogs, 

mobile apps, social media groups, and movie 

suggestions, including the online support 

community, The Daily Pledge: https://www.

hazeldenbettyford.org/recovery/tools/dailypledge and “Tips for Staying Connected and 

Safeguarding Your Addiction Recovery”: 

https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/about-us/

news-media/tips-for-staying-connected

HelpGuide

A small non-profit organization that manages 

one of the world’s top ten mental health websites

https://www.helpguide.org/

Latinx Therapy 

Founded to destigmatize mental health issues in 

the Latinx community

https://latinxtherapy.com/

Mental Health America 

Mental health and Covid-19 Information and 

Resources 

https://mhanational.org/covid19

Moderation Management 

A lay-led non-profit dedicated to reducing the 

harm cause by the abuse of alcohol

https://moderation.org/

National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine

Coronavirus Information and Resources Guide 

https://www.nami.org/Support-Education/NAMIHelpLine/COVID-19-Information-and-Resources/COVID19-Resource-and-Information-Guide

National Alliance for Recovery Residences 

Compiled best practices and resources 

https://narronline.org/

One Sky Center

A national resource center for American Indian and 

Alaska Native health, education and research. Dedicated 

to quality health care across Indian country

http://www.oneskycenter.org/

Peer Recovery Center of Excellence

Provides training, technical assistance and resources on 

peer support services, recovery community organization 

capacity building, peer workforce development and 

evidence based practice utilization 

https://peerrecoverynow.org/

Project LETS

Peer-led communities of support education and 

advocacy for folks with live experience of mental illness, 

trauma, disability, and/or neurodivergence

https://projectlets.org/

Recovery Dharma

Method of freeing from suffering of addiction using 

Buddhist practices and principles

https://recoverydharma.org/

Rural Communities Opioid Response Program

Technical Assistance June 2020 Newsbrief “Sustaining 

Recovery Support Services During the COVID-19 

Pandemic” https://www.rcorp-ta.org/sites/default/

files/2020-08/RCORP-Newsbrief-SustainingRecovery-7-10-2020-508_0.pdf

Shatterproof 

“How I’m Coping with COVID-19 and Social Isolation 

as a Person in Long-Term Recovery” provides helpful 

suggestions http://bit.ly/shatterproof-coping

She Recovers

An international movement of self-identified women in 

or seeking recovery from a range of issues, including 

substance use disorders, trauma, abuse, codependency, 

grief etc. 

https://sherecovers.org/

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Toll-Free: 1-877-SAMHSA-7 (1-877-726-4727) | Info@samhsa.hhs.gov | http://store.samhsa.gov

The Chopra Center

“Anxious About the Coronavirus? Here Are Eight 

Practical Tips on How to Stay Calm and Support 

Your Immune System.” http://bit.ly/Chopra-calm

The Phoenix (fitness oriented recovery support) 

Now live streaming fitness classes through Zoom 

https://thephoenix.org/

The Trevor Project

The leading national organization providing crisis 

intervention and suicide prevention services to 

LGBTQ young people under age 25

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Therapy for Black Men

Provides an online directory for men to find 

a therapist to fit their needs by searching by 

location, specialization, and other detailed 

criteria 

https://therapyforblackmen.org/therapists/

Trans Lifeline 

Provides trans peer support for community, run 

by and for trans people

https://translifeline.org/

VetChange

Free, confidential online program to help 

Veterans cut back or stop drinking alcohol and 

learn to manage post-traumatic stress disorder 

symptoms without using alcohol

https://vetchange.org/home/index2

We R Native

Targeted to Native American youth, including all 

genders who have questions or difficulties

https://www.wernative.org/

White Bison or Wellbriety

Offers sobriety, recovery, addictions prevention 

and wellness/wellbriety 12-step learning 

resources to the Native American/Alaskan Native 

community nationwide

https://whitebison.org/

Women for Sobriety

An organization and self-help program also 

called the New Life Program for women with 

substance use disorders

https://womenforsobriety.org/

Reviewed July 2021

HELPFUL RESOURCES HOTLINES 

SAMHSA’s Disaster Distress Helpline 

Call or Text: 1-800-985-5990 (English and español) 

Website:

https://www.disasterdistress.samhsa.gov 

SAMHSA’s National Helpline 

Toll-Free: 1-800-662-HELP (24/7/365 Treatment 

Referral Information Service in English and español) 

Website: 

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 

Toll-Free (English): 1-800-273-TALK (8255) 

Toll-Free (español): 1-888-628-9454 

TTY: 1-800-799-4TTY (4889) 

Website (English): 

https://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org 

Website (español): 

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/help-yourself/enespanol/

Treatment Locator Behavioral Health Treatment 

Services Locator Website: 

https://findtreatment.gov/

For help finding treatment 1-800-662-HELP (4357) 

https://findtreatment.gov/

SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center 

Toll-Free: 1-800-308-3515 

Email: DTAC@samhsa.hhs.gov 

Website: https://www.samhsa.gov/dtac

Note: Inclusion or mention of a resource in this fact 

sheet does not imply endorsement by the Substance 

Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or 

the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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