President’s Message

Springtime is finally here, so time to start that spring cleaning and getting out into the great outdoors for some fresh air and exercise.

Yeah, right.

If you’re like me and don’t like cleaning, and have trouble getting out of the house, you may find our DBSA Boston support groups are a great place to reconnect and share your recovery story.

We run peer support groups every day—see our online and in-person support group schedules on our website dbsaboston.org—including groups on depression, for women, on bipolar and mania, coping with work, and senior strength for those 55 and over.

Spring means time for renewal, and that includes refreshing your spirit by connecting with other people dealing with mental health challenges. In addition to our volunteer opportunities for facilitation and tech support, we try to have support buddies in most groups.

Support buddies are there to help participants who may need one-on-one attention within the group. DBSA  will be conducting support buddy training soon, so if you have any questions you can email our Training Commitee at Training@dbsaboston.org.

We also need support buddies for our upcoming Foundations Training sessions on April 6 and 27. For more information on how to be a support buddy for the training sessions, email Chuck Weinstein at Chuck@dbsaboston.org.