Queer Recovery

Links on the internet of specific interest to gays, Lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people in or seeking recovery from drugs and alcohol.

A New Life 2000: Recovery, AIDS, and a new life.
Rainbows from Rainy Days: An excellent personal site of a Lesbian in recovery.
Dennis McClure's Home Page: A gay alcoholic man in Atlanta's page and story.
Bob Wagner's Pages: A Seattle gay man's fun in recovery site.
Blue Hotel for Chinchillas: One man's recovery journey through incest and substance and sexual abuse.
John's Recovery Page: A gay alcoholic's links to program principles and ESH.
Children of Chaos: A Seattle-based individual's links.
Recovery by Rick Segreda: A short story featuring two gay alcoholics in recovery on their first date.
The Baugh-Finn Family: The personal page of two recovery gay dads in love, and their family.

Recovery Online: Links to just about every 12-Step Fellowship with an online presense.
Alcoholics Anonymous: General Service Office of Alcoholics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous: World Service Office of Narcotics Anonymous

Businesses and Non-Profits

Crissy's Pad: A well-designed, well-informed website of the Stop AIDS Project (SF) dealing with meth and gay men.
Gays In AA: IAC's excellent basic AA info for gay alcoholics.

Other Organizations

Sober Dykes on the Internet: Not only the home page for #soberdykes on Undernet, but a good resource for...well, sober dykes!
Lesbian Friends In Recovery: Lotsa links and references for the girl-luvin'-girl getting better.
Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans NA: A small site with some Gay NA meetings listed and past conference info.

NYC Gay & Lesbian Center – 12-step Meetings: Meetings at the Center as well as outreach programs to the community.
IAC Region Information for Gays and Lesbians: The AA IAC Region's Gay AA resource page. The Region includes Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.
Southern California Gay 12-Step Recovery: Listings of gay recovery meetings and resources in the Greater Los Angeles area.
The Triangle Club: A Washington D.C. host for gay 12-Step programs.
Saturday Night Live: Page of a Gay AA Home Group in Norfolk, VA.
The Pride Institute: A residential treatment program located in several US cities where being gay is okay.
The Galano Club: A Milwaukee, WI recovery and social club embracing gays, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transexual members of the community.
Gay AA Roundups: An up-to-date listing of international g/L/b/t AA roundups.
New Orleans Lambda Center: Grab a beignet and a coffee at Cafe Du Monde and head over to the Lambda Center for a meeting - located on the edge of the French Quarter.
Rainbow Convention 2001: Information on the Rainbow Convention 2001, sponsored by the Rainbow Subcommittee of the San Francisco Area of Narcotics Anonymous. I went last year and it gave me hope.
AA Meetings in New York City for Gay Beginners and Visitors: Manhattan meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous which specifically welcome us.

Books, Movies and Other Media

Gay and Lesbian Addiction Resources: Papers on gay and Lesbian addiction issues.
The Body Positive: An article on breakthroughs in g/l addiction treatment.
Amazon Spirit: Daily meditations for Lesbians in recovery.
Lavender Light: A book of daily meditations for gay men in recovery. A dog-eared copy sits next to my commode...good stuff.
Vastly More Than That: Stories of Lesbians and gay men in recovery.
Addiction and Recovery in Gay and Lesbian Persons: Sociological essays and research on g/L/b/t recovery issues.
The Boys In The Band: A sad 1970 classic about drunk urban queens. Remember, we do recover.
Go: A new hip flick featuring the insanity and sometimes comedic situations in drug addiction and sales.
Queer As Folk: Two party boys drink and drug and drag minors into their life as sex partners.
My Own Private Idaho: Is this a movie about addiction? Narcolepsy? Gays? Sorta.
Suor Omicidi: A cult horror film featuring nuns, Lesbians, morphine addiction and Joe Dallesandro. Something for everyone.
De Vierde Man: The Fourth Man, a masterful film about a gay drunk, a femme fatale, and murder.

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