The Secular Organizations for Sobriety, a support organization for people recovering from alcohol and drug abuse, has added a new local group that meets three times weekly. Meetings will be held every:

Wednesday and Friday night at 7 P.M. in the log cabin adjacent to the Hope Unitarian-Universalist Church at 8432 S. Sheridan, Tulsa, OK 74133.

Meetings are also held at the Restoration Unitarian-Universalist Church every Saturday evening at 6 P.M., located at 1314 N. Greenwood, Tulsa, OK 74135.

S.O.S., also known as "Save Ourselves, or Saving Ourselves" was founded by Jim Christopher in 1986 in North Hollywood, California. It is a friendly alternative to such organizations as Alcoholics Anonymous, which many people feel have a religious/spiritual basis to its recovery program. S.O.S. takes a strictly secular approach, emphasizing that each individual must draw upon his or her own resources to deal with the problems of addiction: hence the name "Save Our Selves."

For further information, you may call or email Larry H. (384-0299; addictionhelp@cox.net). A flyer announcing the new S.O.S. group and a map telling how to find the meeting place is available.

A website pertaining to the national organization of SOS can be found at http://www.secularhumanism.org/sos/."