SOS is an alternative recovery method for those alcoholics or drug addicts who are uncomfortable with the spiritual content of widely available 12-Step programs. SOS takes a reasonable, secular approach to recovery and maintains that sobriety is a separate issue from religion or spirituality.
What does SOS stand for in recovery?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS), also known as Save Our Selves, is a non-profit network of autonomous addiction recovery groups.
What is a SOS meeting?
SOS (Save Our Selves) is a non-profit network of autonomous, non-professional local groups dedicated solely to helping individuals achieve and maintain sobriety. There are groups meeting in many cities throughout the country.
What does secular recovery mean?
The themes of most secular recovery groups are illustrated in LifeRing's “Three-S” philosophy: sobriety (“We do not drink or use, no matter what.”), secularity (the inclusion of people of all faiths and no faith within a mutual support process that emphasizes achieving recovery through human rather than divine ...
Description
SOS Counseling Services opened in November, 2006 with the hope and dream of being the best at serving those who suffer from substance abuse issues. SOS Counseling Services is serving the community and dedicated to helping people who have Alcohol or Drug abuse issues or concerns.
Is this treatment center really free?
Most of the listings on this website are free; however, we decided it would also be helpful for our visitors to see sliding scale treatment centers and low cost rehab centers for low income persons.
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ABOUT US
Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS) is a nonprofit network of autonomous, non-professional local groups, dedicated solely to helping individuals achieve and maintain sobriety/abstinence from alcohol and drug addiction, food addiction and more. Watch the award-winning short documentary about SOS!
News & Information
For over 30 years, Secular Organizations for Sobriety has been helping people to get, and stay clean and sober.
Download literature
You can now download SOS literature in English and Spanish to help support your recovery journey. SOS founder, Jim Christopher has created many resources to help you get started, and to help you succeed, long term.
Find a meeting
Need help with a drinking, drug or compulsive eating problem? If you are concerned about how you use alcohol, drugs, food, etc. or, if you're looking for a secular approach to your recovery, we can help! Find an SOS meeting near you.
CAN'T FIND A MEETING?
If you can't find a meeting near you, not to worry! This website and/or our phone number and email address is all you need. Simply contact us directly, we can help!
you can help!
Yup, Secular Organizations for Sobriety is a 501c3 non-profit. That means your generous contribution is tax-deductible. Your support helps us with the publication costs of literature, currently provided to those in recovery, free of charge, as well as facilities costs for local SOS meetings. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Contact us
For more information about starting a meeting in your area, finding a meeting, or simply learning more about SOS and what it can do for you, please contact us!
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The SOS Groups
- SOS is a non-profit network of autonomous, non-professional local groups dedicated solely to helping individuals achieve and maintain sobriety. There are groups meeting in many cities throughout the country. All those who sincerely seek sobriety are welcome as members in any S…
The History of SOS
- The SOS movement began with an article in the Summer 1985 issue of Free Inquiry magazine, the leading secular humanist journal in the country. James Christopher, the son of an alcoholic and a sober alcoholic himself, wrote "Sobriety Without Superstition," an account of the path he took to sobriety. This path has led Christopher from seventeen years of a fearful and guilty alcoholism t…
The SOS International Newsletter
- The SOS National Clearinghouse publishes a quarterly newsletter that is filled with items of interest to all recovering substance abusers, to professionals, and to the families and friends of alcoholics and addicts. The SOS International Newsletter serves as an information source for group convenors and as a forum for newsletter subscribers. Subscriptions are $18 per year.
Contact Information
- For information about a group in your area, information on book purchases or newsletter subscriptions, or if you would like to start a group, contact: