Pathways to Recovery

Community Support Meeting

Bi-Weekly Thursdays
MH Public Library
(downstairs in the theatre)
6:30 to 7:30 PM
Unlike other support groups, this meeting is open to anyone impacted by addiction—whether you’re struggling yourself, or you’re a parent, spouse, or friend seeking support. With at least two OCJ Recovery Coaches present, we focus on creating a welcoming, solution-focused atmosphere centered around recovery. These bi-weekly meetings (6:30-7:30 pm), hosted at the Medicine Hat Public Library, offer a space for open discussion, connection, and support. Our coaches aren’t there to run a program but to ensure a positive, recovery-focused environment where everyone feels heard and supported.

Pathways Meeting Schedule - Spring/Summer '25

Spring 2025
April 17
May 1
May 15
May 29
Summer 2025
June 12
June 26
July 10
July 24
August 7
August 21

This meeting is for anyone who:

  • is in recovery themselves
  • supports someone impacted by addiction (parent, spouse, friend…)
  • lost someone to addiction
  • wants to know more about the disease of addiction
  • wants to build a support network

Although it is not an anonymous meeting, we ask that no identifying details of someone’s journey be shared outside the meeting room unless you have consent from them. If you are in attendance and under the influence of substances, we ask you to remain respectful and non-disruptive. You might be asked to leave if these requests cannot be met. Have an open mind to multiple pathways to recovery. There is not just one thing that works!

Testimonial:

"I just wanted to message and say great job on the meetings. I attended last week. I work the Al-Anon program as someone who personally hit a rock bottom being affected by addiction. I stuck by a partner with an opioid addiction who luckily got away from that, but since has been living in active alcoholism. I lost a very close sister to me on that side of the family 11 months ago to a fentanyl overdose. I've been attending Al-Anon for a year and a half now, working on myself to get out of my own rock bottom, but find myself needing more. Wanting to do more. I'm a mom to 3 boys and will do everything I can to be my strongest me through it all and educate them as they grow. And I just had to say you're meeting was absolutely amazing and stuck with me in more ways then I can say. You're reaching a lot of people. Not just addicts themselves. So I had to say great job, keep it up and I'll be back!!"

-Anonymous meeting attendee

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If you have any questions regarding this meeting, please contact OCJ Director of Operations and Education – Ryan Oscar at 403-800-1191 or email him at ryan@ourcollectivejourney.ca.

OCJ programs are designed from the ground up. They fill system gaps that people might otherwise fall through.
School Resilience Coach
Pathways to Recovery
OCJ Recovery Coach