Peer-Support Recovery Resources
Eating Disorders:
Renfrew General ED Support Groups
Renfrew Center BIPOC ED Support Groups
Eating Disorder Harm Reduction Community
FEDUP Support Groups (for trans and gender expansive folx)
LGBTQ+ ED Support Group (Alliance for Eating Disorders)
Substance Misuse:
Harm Reduction for Alcohol Management Support
General:
National Alliance on Mental Illness Support Groups
NOTE: Ride The Wave Recovery: Professional Clinical Counselor PC does not specifically endorse any group nor promise any particular outcome relative to involvement in any groups listed. These are resources for folks to look into who might be looking for peer support/free resources.
Considering literature about healthy and unhealthy group spaces,* use personal discernment for any group involvement. In general, healthy groups are systems that, among other traits, allow members to come and go freely without fear of reprisal, shunning or loss of personal achievements/identity; are actively supportive of individuality and autonomy inside and outside the group; are free of shaming, guilting and indebtedness; do not insist or act as if to have the “one” “true” solution to all of life’s problems; do not promise future outcomes that are unrealistic or fantastical; and have a clear and definable system of informed consent, boundaries, and accountability/repair. Healthy groups have and promote pro-social and supportive relationships among members as opposed to promoting gossiping, cliques, and in-group/out-group dynamics.
*Edmonson, S. & Ames, A. (2026). A Little Bit Culty: Navigating Cults, Control & Coercion.
Hassan, S. (2015) Combatting Cult Mind Control.
ICSA Today. https://internationalculticstudies.org/icsa-classics/characteristics-associated-with-cultic-groups/ International Cultic Studies Association. June 26, 2025.
Signs of Healthy & Unhealthy Groups. https://stophazing.org/resources/workshops-trainings/10-signs-of-healthy-unhealthy-groups/ and https://hazing.cornell.edu/education/group-relationships-and-dynamics