What we’re about
Welcome to Connecticut's Alternatives to Suicide network.
Alt2su Middletown group has been cancelled due to inclement weather: 1/9/24. Please check out our other groups, in-person and online options. Or please join us next week. Thank you for understanding!
This is a network of mutual Peer Support groups.
Alternatives to Suicide (also called: Alt2Su) is a network of peer-run support groups for people dealing with suicidal thoughts, urges, and/or previous attempts.
[[If you are interested in attending one of our virtual Alt2su groups, please email the contact person for that group, listed on our webpage.]]
These groups are safe places to talk about topics directly related to struggles with suicidal urges, Depression, or whatever else needs to be expressed.
Our Facilitators are trained to listen and use their own lived experience in support of others.
In these groups, we encourage the notion of responsibility to one another, not for one another. In lieu of this value, people can openly express their experiences without fear of someone calling crisis intervention or psychiatric hospitalization. We will only involve these services with the person's clear consent and group members will never be pressured to do so at any time.
These groups are for adults, 18+.
People are encouraged to come during times of crisis, as well as during times of strength.
You do not need a referral to join us. Participation is completely voluntary. No attendance is taken. Your attendance will be totally confidential.
We do ask that attendees come with an open mind, free of judgement - ready to receive emotional support as well as lend it to others.
This network is brought to you by Toivo Center and Advocacy Unlimited, a Peer-run organization serving Connecticut.
For more information about our approach and values, please take a look at the Alternatives to Suicide group charter - as originally developed by the Wildflower Alliance, a peer-run organization in western Massachusetts.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Alternatives to Suicide: Westport, CTPositive Directions - The Center for Prevention & Counseling, Inc., Westport, CT
Alternatives to Suicide in Westport takes place in Positive Directions.
As other Alternatives to Suicide support groups, this group uses a peer-based model to have open and frank conversations on suicidal thoughts, feelings or urges. It's a safe, non-clinical space where people ages 18 and up come together to talk about their experiences and emotional distress without judgment.Please contact the email or number below for questions regarding CT Alt2su's network Westport group.
[email protected]
203 227 7644
Contact information for this group may differ from contact information from other contact info listed elsewhere on this meetup. - Alternatives to Suicide Group at Toivo1477 Park St, Hartford, CT
This in-person group is an open forum to talk about topics directly related to suicide or whatever else needs to be expressed. We take a Harm Reduction approach.
The group is hosted by two Alternatives to Suicide Facilitators, who are also certified Recovery Support Specialists.
Facilitators are trained in Alternatives to Suicide approach and have lived experience of suicidal thoughts, urges or attempts.
Alternatives to Suicide groups are safe places where we can openly discuss these topics.In these groups, we encourage the notion of responsibility to one another, not for one another. In lieu of this value, people can openly express their experiences without fear of someone calling crisis intervention or psychiatric hospitalization.
These groups are for adults, 18+.
People are encouraged to come during times of crisis, as well as during times of strength.
We ask that attendees come with an open mind, free of judgement - ready to receive emotional support as well as lend it to others.For more information about our approach and values, please take a look at the Alternatives to Suicide group charter - as originally developed by the Wildflower Alliance, a peer-run organization in western Massachusetts.
*Email [email protected] for information*
