Alcohol, drugs and families: Resources for the holidays

Holidays can be a time of joy, togetherness, and celebration. On the other hand, they can also bring up intense feelings of loneliness, despair, the stress of additional social pressures, and painful family dynamics. Sometimes our coping mechanisms, or those of our friends and family, include alcohol, drug use, or other compulsive and destructive behaviors. It’s important to know where to find local resources right here in our community for people who are affected.

Mercer Island is home to multiple 12-step meetings, and our surrounding communities of Bellevue, Issaquah, Kirkland and Seattle enjoy thriving recovery communities helping thousands of people every day find new, healthy and joyful ways of living. These communities include

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