Online Support Groups Near Charleston, South Carolina
Whether you are in Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, Summerville, Goose Creek or somewhere else in the Lowcountry, ShareWell has live online support groups for people trying to stay sober in a city famous for its food and drink. Charleston's restaurants and bars employ a huge share of the people who live here, and the industry runs on the very thing some of them are trying to quit.
Every group meets online by live video, so you can join from home.
These online groups start during the day and evening in Eastern time, so they fit a day near Charleston.
Upcoming Groups
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Sober in a city that runs on restaurants
The dining rooms on King Street and the kitchens behind them are where so many Charlestonians make their living, and the culture of the work is late nights, shift drinks and a crew that unwinds together at the next bar over. Deciding to stop drinking or using means stepping out of your own workplace's social life while still showing up to it every night. Friends who are still in it do not know what to say. Tourist season and the wedding calendar push the hours past what anyone can sustain, and the heat does the rest. Beyond the industry, Charleston is a city of long lunches and sunset cruises, and newcomers who moved for the water and the charm can find that every invitation comes with a glass in it.
How peer support helps near Charleston
A peer group gives you people who understand both the pull and the pride of staying sober, at an hour that works around a late shift. You join from home in West Ashley or the apartment in North Charleston after close, and the room stays the same even when the season changes.
What members near Charleston talk about
- Staying sober while working in food and drink
- Losing the after-work crowd when you stop drinking
- Burnout from a season of double shifts and no days off
- Anxiety that drinking used to quiet
Who these groups may help
- Restaurant, bar and hotel workers in recovery
- People in early sobriety who do not want to lose their friends
- Anyone in the Lowcountry whose social life needs a new center
- Partners of someone in the industry who is trying to quit
Support group topics for people near Charleston
Every topic has its own page with live groups, so you can start with the one closest to what you are carrying.
Areas around Charleston
Every group meets online, so you can join from home anywhere around Charleston.
- Mount Pleasant
- North Charleston
- Summerville
- Goose Creek
- James Island
- Johns Island
- Daniel Island
- Moncks Corner
- Charleston County
- The Lowcountry
Crisis and help lines near Charleston
ShareWell groups are peer support and are not crisis or emergency services. If you or someone near you is in danger, call 911, or call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at any hour.
- SC Mobile Crisis833-364-2274
All of South Carolina, 24 hours a day, every day
Official site
Support groups in other cities
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to live in Charleston to join?
I get off work at midnight. Is anything running then?
Is this the same as a twelve-step meeting?
I am not sure I have a problem. Can I still come?
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