Can't go to your 12-step meeting? Here's help.

These are scary times.  Twelve-step meetings, as a general rule, are rarely cancelled, but as the Daily Beast points out, this time it's different. Skipping some meetings may be wise, and perhaps even mandated.

That said, this is not the first time people in recovery have been unable to get to meetings. They might be in the battlefield, or in a remote location, or experiencing another kind of natural disaster. And said people have shown, time and again, that it is possible to stay sober even under these trying conditions. The literature has something somewhere about how soldiers in World War II stayed sober without meetings. (I'm frankly too lazy to look up where it is -- if  you know, feel free to drop the citation in the comments below.) They stayed sober, and they didn't have the internet. 

Here's the take-away: This is no reason to relapse. In fact, it's not even an excuse to skip meetings.
Nearly all these groups offer some version of virtual meetings. I've assembled some links below. I also included a link to any specific statements about COVID-19 that I found. If  you don't see your support group here, Wikipedia has a list of 12-step groups. If you want to add your group, feel free to do so in the comments.

Note to people with more than a year in recovery: Virtual meetings tend to have a lot of newcomers. So your voice is needed at these meetings. Please attend some, even if you're able to stick to your regular meeting schedule.

Stay safe, stay well, and stay sober, dear friends.

Adult Children of Alcoholics
Link to phone and online meetings: https://adultchildren.org/meeting-search/

Al-Anon
https://al-anon.org/pdf/covid19-info.pdf
Link to virtual meetings: https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/electronic-meetings/

Alateen:
Chat meetings: https://al-anon.org/newcomers/teen-corner-alateen/try-an-alateen-chat-meeting/

Alcoholics Anonymous
https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/en_updatesoncoronavirus.pdf
Online Intergroup: http://aa-intergroup.org/

Cocaine Anonymous
https://ca.org/content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-19-advisory.pdf
Online meetings: https://www.ca-online.org/

Co-Dependents Anonymous
Online meetings: https://coda.org/find-a-meeting/online-meetings/
Phone meetings: https://coda.org/find-a-meeting/phone-meetings/

Debtors Anonymous
https://debtorsanonymous.org/wp-content/uploads/Coronavirus_update.pdf
Virtual meetings (use drop-down for type of meeting): https://debtorsanonymous.org/meetings/?tsml-day=any&first-call=1

Eating Disorders Anonymous
links to virtual meetings:
http://eatingdisordersanonymous.org/meetings/?tsml-day=any&tsml-region=us

Emotions Anonymous
https://emotionsanonymous.org/file_download/5acea207-4fb5-4f06-bce6-65ea05b16a61
Link to virtual meetings: https://emotionsanonymous.org/what-we-offer/find-a-meeting/phone-and-internet-meetings.html

Gamblers Anonymous
Immediate assistance: http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/ga/hotlines

Narcotics Anonymous
Links to virtual meetings: https://www.na.org/?ID=virtual_meetings

Overeaters Anonymous:
https://oa.org/app/uploads/2020/03/OA-COVID-19-Letter-2.pdf
Links to virtual meetings: https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/?type=1

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
https://slaafws.org/wp-content/uploads/COVID-19%20Statement%2031420.pdf
Links to online and phone meetings: https://slaafws.org/meetings