The Secular Organizations for Sobriety, a support organization for people recovering from alcohol and drug abuse. Meetings will be held every:

"Café Connection"

• Noon Mondays and 7 PM Tuesdays
• Green Country Event Center, 12000 E. 31st St. (E. of Garnett)

"Life After Drugs Group"

• Thursdays 7 PM and Saturdays 6 PM
• Church of the Restoration UU (1314 N. Greenwood)

"Sunday Bryce House Group" (open to all)

• Sundays 8 pm
• Bryce House (1214 S. Baltimore) - (west of Boston Ave. Methodist Church)

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. (918-809-1152; 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/."