FAIRFIELD — Solano County offers a wide range of organizations and support groups to help those dealing with life issues such as the loss of a loved one, drug dependency, cancer or alcoholism.
Every Solano County community is home to groups that meet in churches, schools, hospitals and community centers to help people through the challenges they face.
These groups include:
Alanon:
Monday: 7 p.m., Kroc Center, 586 E. Wigeon Way, Suisun City; 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 209 N. Jefferson St., Dixon; 8 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church, First Street and Kentucky Street, Fairfield, 452-9444.
Tuesday: 6:45 p.m., Fairfield Men’s Group, North Bay Healthcare, 1900 Pennsylvania Ave., Fairfield; 7 p.m., Community Presbyterian Church, 2800 Georgia St., Vallejo; 7:30 p.m., 799 Yellowstone Drive, Vacaville, 452-9444.
Wednesday: Noon, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1600 Union Ave., Fairfield.
Thursday: Noon, Presbyterian Church, 425 Hemlock St., Vacaville (no children).
Friday: 7 p.m., Kaiser Permanente Medical Offices, 3700 Vaca Valley Parkway, Conference Room D, third floor, Vacaville.
Alateen: 7 p.m. Friday, Kaiser Permanente Medical Offices, 3700 Vaca Valley Parkway, third floor, Room D, Vacaville. 452-9444; Corazon De Alateen (Spanish), 3353 Broadway St., American Canyon.
Alcoholics Anonymous:
Sunday: (Fairfield) 8 a.m., Early Birds, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 10:30 a.m., Women’s Daily Reflections Study, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; Noon, Into-Action Nooners As Bill Sees It Book Study, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 5 p.m., Men’s Meeting, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 6:30 p.m., Into Recovery, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 8 p.m., Open Discussion, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; (Suisun City) 6:30 p.m., Suisun Sunday Night Seekers, First Christian Church 199 Marina Blvd.; (Vacaville) 10 a.m., Eye Openers, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 5 p.m., Easy Does It, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 7 p.m., Men’s Stag, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road.
Monday: (Fairfield) 6:30 a.m., Into Action Fellowship, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; noon, Into Action Nooners, 1731 D1 North Texas St.; 8 p.m., Living Sober Meeting, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; (Suisun City) 7:30 p.m., Si Se Puede Group, Congregational Church, 701 Suisun St.; (Vacaville) 6:30 a.m., Are You Serious?, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; noon, Lunch Brunch, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 6:30 p.m., Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 8 p.m., Primary Purpose Beginners Meeting, Christian Church of Vacaville, 66 Vine St.
Tuesday: (Fairfield) 6:30 a.m., Just for Today, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; Noon, Into Action Nooners, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 5 p.m., Keep It Simple Sisters, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 6:30 p.m., Beginners Meeting, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 8 p.m., Open Discussion, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 10 p.m., Candlelight Meeting, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; (Suisun City) 8 p.m., Serenity Group, Congregational Church, 701 Suisun St.; (Vacaville) 6:30 a.m., Uncertain Steps, Vaca Valley Alano Club 106 Peabody Road; Noon, Lunch Brunch, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 6:30 p.m., Tuesday Ladies, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 7:30 p.m., Grupo Mano Amiga, 100 Holly Lane; 8 p.m., Unity Group, Presbyterian Church, 425 Holly St.
Wednesday: (Fairfield) 6:30 a.m., Just for Today, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; Noon, Brown Baggers Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Book Study, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, 2700 Dover Ave.; 6:30 p.m., Into Recovery, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 8 p.m.,Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Book Study, 1731 D1 N. Texas St; 10 p.m., Candlelight Solutions, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; (Suisun City) 7:30 p.m., Si Se Puede Group, Congregational Church, 701 Suisun St.; (Vacaville) 6:30 a.m., Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; Noon, Lunch Break, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 7 p.m., Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 8 p.m., Grupo Mano Amiga, 100 Holly Lane.
Thursday: (Fairfield) 6:30 a.m., Just for Today, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; Noon, Into Action Nooners, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 6:30 p.m., On the Rocks, 4177 A Suisun Valley Road; 6:30 p.m., Grapevine, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 7 p.m. Grupo Solano, 155 E. Alaska Ave., Suite 3; (Vacaville) 6:30 a.m., Daily Reflection, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 10 a.m., Women in the Book, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; Noon, Lunch Brunch, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 6 p.m., Dirty Dozen Group, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 7 p.m., Group 86, Epiphany Church, Buck and West streets; 7:30 p.m., Grupo Mano Amiga, 100 Holly Lane; 8 p.m., Group 86, Epiphany Church, Buck and West streets; 8 p.m., Seekers Group, Christian Church of Vacaville, 66 Vine St.
Friday: (Fairfield) 6:30 a.m., Just for Today, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; Noon, Into Action Nooners, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 6:30 p.m., Beginners Meeting, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 7 p.m., The Last Call, Grace Episcopal Church, First and Kentucky streets; 6:30 p.m., Twin Cities Group, Grace Episcopal Church, First and Kentucky streets; 8 p.m., Big Book Study, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; (Suisun City) 7:30 p.m., Si Se Puede Group, Congregational Church, 701 Suisun St.; (Vacaville) 6:30 a.m., There is a Solution, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; Noon, Lunch Brunch, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 8 p.m., HOW Group, Community Presbyterian Church, Room C4, 425 Hemlock St.
Saturday: (Fairfield) 8 a.m., Early Birds, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; Noon, Brown Baggers, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, 2700 Dover Ave.; Noon, Into Action Nooners Sober Book Study, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 6:30 p.m., Character Building, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 8 p.m., Into Action Fellowship Hall, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; 10 p.m., Candlelight Meeting, 1731 D1 N. Texas St.; (Vacaville) 9 a.m., Clean and Sober, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 11 a.m., There is a Solution, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 5:30 p.m., The Minority Opinion, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 7 p.m., Saturday Night Special, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road; 8:30 p.m., All Groups Birthday Night (last Saturday of month), Community Presbyterian Church, 425 Hemlock St. For more information, call 446-2244 or go to www.aasolanonorth.org.
Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group: Information speakers, videos, open discussion and social interaction, 7 to 9 p.m. second Wednesday, VacaValley Wellness Center Conference Rooms, 1020 Nut Tree Road, Vacaville. Info: 624-7971.
Autism Support Group: Parent To Parent, 9 a.m., third Wednesday, Starbucks, 1200 Oliver Road, Fairfield. Info: 422-0464.
Celebrate Recovery: 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays, 2641 N. Texas St, Fairfield. Experience freedom from your hang-ups, hurts and habits. Info: 425-9673 or www.libertychurchonline.org.
Central Solano Citizen/Taxpayer Group: Noon second Friday, Benicia Grill II, 2390 N. Texas St., Fairfield. Free. Info: 425-1442, www.thetaxwatchers.org.
Compassionate Friends: 7 p.m. second Thursday, Fairfield Family Moose Lodge, 623 Taylor St., 434-8518. For parents, grandparents and adult siblings who experienced the death of a child of any cause, any age.
Diabetes Support Group: 3 p.m. first Thursday, VacaValley Health Plaza, 1010 Nut Tree Road, Suite 290, Vacaville. Free group discussion on diabetes and health. Info: 624-8230.
Domestic Violence Support Groups: (Fairfield) LIFT3 Support Group, 1125 Missouri St. No. 209, 398-6865, www.lift3supportgroup.com; SafeQuest Solano, 1049 Union Ave., Suite B&C, 422-7345 and Crisis Hotline: 1-866-487-7233; Child Haven, 801 Empire St., 425-5744. (Vallejo) Fighting Back Partnership, 505 Santa Clara St., 648-5230. (Vacaville) SafeQuest, 422-7345 or www.safequest.org.
Food Addicts Anonymous: 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Unity of the Valley Church, Vacaville; 9 a.m. Thursdays, Joseph A. Nelson Community Center, 611 Village Drive, Suisun City; 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Kaiser Permanente, 800 Sereno Ave., (not main hospital) Vallejo; 8:30 a.m. Saturdays, Trinity Lutheran Church, 2075 Dover Ave., Fairfield. For people recovering eating disorders. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. Info: 1-800-600-6028, www.foodaddicts.org.
Gamblers Anonymous Fellowship: For meeting times, dates and locations visit www.gamblersanonymous.org/mtgdirCA.html.
Grief Share: 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Liberty Church, 2641 N. Texas, St., Fairfield; 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Holy Spirit Church, 1070 N Texas St., Fairfield; 7 p.m. Wednesday, Crossroads Church, 190 Butcher Road, Vacaville; 1 p.m. Sundays, New Hope Christian Fellowship, 4910 Allison Parkway, Vacaville. Some programs have fees. Info: 446-4051, www.griefshare.org/groups/search.
HIV Antibody Testing: Rapid Oral Testing on demand, Solano County Health and Social Services Department, 2201 Courage Drive, Fairfield. 553-5552.
Homicide Survivors Support Group: 7 p.m. second Tuesday, Solano Family Justice Center, 604 Empire St., Fairfield. Survivors of homicide victims and victims of attempted homicides are welcome, regardless of whether the perpetrator has been apprehended. Info: Valerie Dodini, [email protected].
Journey Through Grief: 6 p.m. Tuesdays, NorthBay Bereavement Center, 4520 Business Center Drive, Suite 110, Fairfield. A 10-week series of classes focused on healing and learning about grief. Each participant must have been bereaved, or in mourning, for three months before registering. Each session is facilitated by a grief therapist and is offered free of charge to the people of Solano County. The class is limited to 12 people. Info: 707-646-3517.
Liver Transplant Support Group: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. third Saturday, Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center, 975 Serrano Drive, Vallejo second floor, conference room 3. Info: 747-5725.
Multiple Sclerosis Self-Help Group: Please call leader for location, dates/time and more information: Marian, 707-580-0112.
Narcotics Anonymous:
Sunday: (Fairfield) 10:30 a.m., Sunday Morning Serenity, Unity Hall, 711 Empire St.; 6 p.m., Learn to Live, Unity Hall, 711 Empire St.; (Suisun City) 8 p.m., Winds of Change Candlelight Meeting, First Congregational Church, Solano Street and Suisun Road; (Vacaville) 9 a.m., 1286 Callen St.; 6 p.m., Sunday, Newcomers, 1286 Callen St.
Monday: (Fairfield) 9:30 a.m., 711 Empire St.; Noon, Unity Hall, 711 Empire St.; 6 p.m., Monday Night Women’s Meeting, Unity Hall, 711 Empire St.; 7:30 p.m., A Better Bag To Grab, Unity Hall, 711 Empire St.; (Suisun City) 6 p.m., Monday Night Men’s Stag, 258 Sunset Ave., Suite M; (Vacaville) Noon, Multi-Noon Just for Today, St. Paul Methodist Church, 101 West Ave.; 8 p.m., Latinos En Recuperacion, 40 Eldridge Ave.; 8 p.m., Monday Night Miracles, Shiloh Baptist Church, 185 Chandler St.
Tuesday: (Fairfield) 9:30 a.m., 711 Empire St.; Noon, 711 Empire St.; 7 p.m., Unity Hall, 711 Empire St.; (Vacaville) Noon, St. Paul Methodist Church, 101 West St.; 7 p.m., More Lines Than a Bag of Dope Book Study, 1286 Callen St.
Wednesday: (Fairfield) 9:30 a.m., 711 Empire St.; Noon, 711 Empire St.; Noon, Unity Hall, 711 Empire St.; 7 p.m., 930 Empire St.; (Vacaville) Noon, St. Paul Methodist Church, 101 West St.; 8 p.m., Wednesday Night Living Clean, 101 West St.; 8 p.m., Mo Poder Superior, 1286 Callen St.
Thursday: (Fairfield) 9:30 a.m., 711 Empire St.; Noon, 711 Empire St.; Noon, Unity Hall, 711 Empire St.; 6 p.m. 600 E. Tabor Ave.; (Vacaville) Noon, Vacaville 12 Noon Program Study, St. Paul Methodist Church, 101 West St.; 5:30 p.m., Ladies Night Out, 1286 Callen St., no children; 7 p.m., Men’s Meeting, 1286 Callen St.; 5:30 p.m., Ladies Night Out, 1286 Callen St.
Friday: (Fairfield) 9:30 a.m., 711 Empire St.; Noon, 711 Empire St.; Noon, Open Discussion, Unity Hall, 711 Empire St.; 8 p.m., Vivendo El Programa, Unity Hall, 711 Empire St.; 8 p.m., Clean and Serene, Community United Methodist Church, 1875 Fairfield Ave.; (Vacaville) Noon, St. Paul Methodist Church, 101 West St.; 8 p.m., 1286 Callen St.; 10 p.m., Last Call Welcome to the Jungle, Vaca Valley Alano Club, 106 Peabody Road.
Saturday: (Fairfield) 10:30 a.m., 10th Step Meeting, Unity Hall, 711 Empire St.; 7 p.m., Fairfield Saturday Night, Unity Hall, 711 Empire St.; (Vacaville) 10:30 a.m., Early Bird Special, 1286 Callen St.; 7 p.m., Saturday Night Live, 1286 Callen St. Info: www.napasolanona.org.
National Alliance on Mental Illness: For information on variety of meetings offered, call 422-7792.
Neurofibromatosis Support Group: Meets quarterly. Call for time, date and location, 469-0467, [email protected] or www.nfcalifornia.org.
Ostomy Association Support Group: 7 p.m. third Wednesday (except July and December), Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center, 975 Serano Drive, Vallejo meeting rooms A and B on the first floor. Ostomates, spouses and family are welcome. Info: 447-0384, www.ostomysolano.org.
Overeaters Anonymous 12-step/Tradition Study: 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Liberty Church, 2641 N. Texas St., Fairfield, Tina, 323-696-2577; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Fairfield Cordelia Library, 5050 Business Center Drive, Fairfield, 446-1875.
Pet Loss Support Group: 7 p.m. first Tuesday, SPCA of Solano County, 2200 Peabody Road, Vacaville. Free. Bring photo of pet. Info: www.solanospca.com.
Prostate Cancer Support Group: 1:30 p.m. second Wednesdays, VA Clinic next to David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base. Info: 425-6575.
Schizophrenia Support Group: 9:30 to 11 a.m. first Wednesday, First United Methodist Church, 502 Virginia St., Vallejo. Info: 553-5735.
Senior Day Program: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Fairfield Adult Recreation Center, 1200 Civic Center Drive. Supervised activities for persons with cognitive or physical impairments. Enrollment required. Info: 428-7654.
Sexual Assault Survivors Support Group: 10 a.m. Thursdays (English) and 10 a.m. Mondays (Spanish); 6 p.m. first and third Thursday, Power Support Group. Fairfield group for survivors of sexual assault. Walk-ins welcome. Not 12-step. For location, directions and information, call 422-7345.
Society of Military Widows: 12:30 p.m. first Saturday, Airman and Family Readiness Center, Building 660, Travis Air Force Base. Support and social group for widows of retired and active-duty military. Info: 425-1332.
Solano Pride Center Engaged Youth Group: 5 p.m. Fridays, Youth Group meets; 4 p.m. Thursdays, drop in to chat; 6 p.m. Thursdays, Pizza Night, 1234 Empire St., Fairfield. Info: 207-3430, www.solanopride.org.
Take Pounds off Sensibly
Suisun City: Tuesday weigh-ins, 5:45 p.m., meetings 6:45 p.m., Suisun Senior Center, 318 Merganser Drive, Suisun City, 864-8141. www.tops.org.
Vacaville: Tuesday weigh-ins, 6:30 p.m., meetings 7 p.m., Epiphany Episcopal Church, 300 West St., Vacaville; Thursday weigh-ins, 6:30 p.m., meeting 7 p.m., McBride Senior Center, 1 Town Plaza, Vacaville. www.tops.org.
Veteran Men’s Grief Support Group: 10 to 11 a.m. second and fourth Thursdays, NorthBay Bereavement Center, 4520 Business Center Drive, Suite 110, Fairfield. Free. Info: 646-3517.
