Other Paths to Recovery

Your Path

Recovery can take more than one shape

If you want to explore approaches beyond New Form, this page gathers peer-led fellowships, recovery communities, and support models in one place.

12-step fellowship

Alcoholics Anonymous

A.A. is a fellowship of people who share their experience with one another to stay sober and help others recover, using a spiritually grounded process of personal change and mutual support.

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Peer-led 12-step

Narcotics Anonymous

N.A. is a peer-led, 12-step fellowship where people with drug addiction support one another in achieving and maintaining a drug-free life through shared experience and community.

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Science-based tools

SMART Recovery

SMART Recovery is a science-based, self-empowering approach that helps people change addictive behaviors by building motivation, managing thoughts and urges, and creating a balanced life.

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Secular peer support

LifeRing Secular Recovery

LifeRing is a secular, peer-run network that supports people in building their own recovery path by strengthening their sober self through mutual support and personal empowerment.

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Buddhist-inspired practice

Recovery Dharma

Recovery Dharma is a peer-led community that uses Buddhist practices - like mindfulness, meditation, and ethical living - to help people find freedom from the suffering of addiction.

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Women-focused support

Women for Sobriety

Women for Sobriety is a peer support program designed specifically for women, focused on building self-worth, emotional growth, and a new way of thinking to support lasting recovery.

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Culturally grounded healing

White Bison

White Bison offers culturally grounded recovery through the Wellbriety movement, helping individuals and communities heal from addiction by reconnecting with Native traditions, spirituality, and collective well-being.

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Self-directed abstinence

Rational Recovery

Rational Recovery is a self-directed approach that teaches individuals to achieve permanent abstinence by recognizing and separating from the addictive voice and relying on personal decision and control.

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Sober active community

The Phoenix

The Phoenix is a community-based recovery model that helps people build connection, purpose, and resilience through sober activities, relationships, and shared experience.

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Harm reduction

National Harm Reduction Coalition

The National Harm Reduction Coalition promotes practical, nonjudgmental strategies that reduce the harms of drug use and support people in improving health and well-being at any stage of change.

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National guidance

SAMHSA: Recovery and Support

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration leads national efforts to improve behavioral health, including mental health and substance use recovery. SAMHSA defines recovery as a process of change through which people improve their health and well-being, live self-directed lives, and work toward reaching their full potential.

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