Online Support Groups Near New Orleans
Whether you are in Metairie, Kenner, Slidell, Gretna or somewhere else on either side of the lake, ShareWell has live online support groups for the days when you cannot match the mood of the city. New Orleans expects joy of its people, and when you are grieving, anxious or just worn down, the second line passing your door can make you feel more alone than any quiet town would.
Every group meets online by live video, so you can join from home.
These online groups start during the day and evening in Central time, so they fit a day near New Orleans.
Hard to feel low in a city built for celebration
Life here is organized around festivals, parades, music and a table full of food, and the unofficial rule is that you show up and have a good time. That is a beautiful way to live until you are the one who cannot, because a death, a breakup or a stretch of depression has no place in a parade. Hospitality and service workers keep the whole thing running on late nights and seasonal money, and the drink that comes with every occasion is a problem for anyone trying to stop. Families here are deeply rooted and tightly woven, which means the person who is struggling is often expected to keep the family tradition going rather than sit one out.
How peer support helps near New Orleans
A peer group is an hour where you do not have to perform the city. You join from home in the city, Metairie or across the Causeway, say how you actually are, and sit with people who are also tired of pretending to be fine at the party.
What members near New Orleans talk about
- Grief in a city that celebrates everything
- Drinking that stopped being fun a long time ago
- Working late nights in hospitality and losing your days
- Feeling like the only one who is not having a good time
Who these groups may help
- People grieving while the city parties around them
- Hospitality and service workers on late and seasonal schedules
- Anyone cutting back on drinking in a place that pours freely
- Locals who love the culture and need a break from performing it
Support group topics for people near New Orleans
Every topic has its own page with live groups, so you can start with the one closest to what you are carrying.
Areas around New Orleans
Every group meets online, so you can join from home anywhere around New Orleans.
- Metairie
- Kenner
- Slidell
- Gretna
- Chalmette
- Mandeville
- Covington
- Jefferson Parish
- St. Tammany Parish
Crisis and help lines near New Orleans
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.
- Metropolitan Human Services District 24-Hour Crisis Line844-568-6473
Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes, 24 hours a day, every day
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