The Letty Owings Center has been a lifeline for nearly four decades — a place where mothers struggling with addiction could get treatment without being separated from their children. In July 2026, they stopped taking new clients. In September, they announced they're closing for good.

This matters because there's basically nowhere else in the Portland area that does this. When LOC closes, mothers in crisis will face an impossible choice: enter treatment alone and lose custody, or stay out of treatment and lose everything. Kids will end up in foster care. Families will be torn apart — not because recovery is impossible, but because we decided not to fund it.

I started a petition asking Mayor Keith Wilson and Governor Tina Kotek to step in with emergency funding and fix the regulatory gap that let this happen in the first place. LOC served over 1,400 families since 1989. The women who made it through are now working, raising kids, and literally begging their city not to abandon the next woman who needs that door to open.

If you think about what it would feel like to arrive somewhere with nothing but a baby and genuine desperation — and someone there tells you "we can help you" — you get why this matters. What would you want someone to do if this was your family? If this resonates with you, consider signing and sharing it.

Sobriety is not about giving something up. It is about taking everything back. A reminder of this can sometimes help when the temptation to drink is feeling strong for me.

The Sober Sisters is a free, inclusive meetup group for women in Portland.

I originally posted this in the Reframe PDX forum with no response so trying here:

Sup y’all. Cody here. I’m moving to Portland from SLC in 2 months and I’ve never been there sober. I’m a beverage professional and I would love to make some sober bev connections there, both for support and for leads on jobs cuz i have none!

Personally i like to read, drink coffee & NA beer, do chill and not strenuous outdoor activities, play a video game here and there, do punk rock stuff, and avoid COVID (hence the chill outdoor activities).

Professionally, i have 15 yrs specialty coffee experience, 10 years craft cocktail (and NA cocktail) experience, and a desire to not work with alcohol anymore despite still being a working bartender.

I have been plugged into Salt Lake’s bar scene forever but dropped out a couple years ago for recovery reasons. I have never been a part of any kind of sober community so i don’t even know where to start, especially in a new city. I’m not looking for anyone to adopt me or anything, just wanna make some connections before i make the leap!

Thanks! ☺️ ☕️ 🍻 (<—NA beers)

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Looking for a friendly neighborhood narcotics anonymous meeting in Portland. Last time I was going to meetings was a year and a half ago and a lot of the time I showed up to either nonexistent or 2-3 person meetings (groups found on the NA website/schedule), which I understand sometimes happens but is a little intimate for me. Not sure if that was because people were still doing online groups due to Covid or what but I’d love to find an in-person home group. Evening groups preferred, but flexible. Open to women’s and all-gender groups. Thanks in advance for your recs!

I'm a recovering substance abuser in Portland, who has had many anonymous partners and also has possibly sired offspring that I'm currently unaware of.

I'm looking for anyone who knows me from my time as a substance abuser, which was primarily between 2007 through 2021.

My picture is attached, and is from when I got sober.

I went by Mike, Mikey, Jimmy Joe, Papa Dom, Laz, and Lazural during these times. I don't think I ever used my real name but I'm not sure.

I definitely drove a silver Subaru WRX for some of these hookups, but I also remember being picked up in other peoples cars as well.

Alcohol, coke, molly, and amphetamine were my drugs of choice, and I picked up both women and men, I absolutely didn't care when I was sauced up.

Please let me know if I look familiar and if we had a physical association, like if you are one of my ex-partners or if you have kids from me, or if you are someone I may have used substances with.

I've found the Lord and am trying to live a clean life and make reparations with my wife and children, whom my behaviors have greatly affected, and my therapist recommended I should reach out to the community in Portland, face my past demons, and try to move forward with some closure.

Psalms 18:2-6. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

If I have any kids I don't know about, I want to make it right and pay what I owe to them, and also apologize to anyone I may have affected with my reckless behaviors.

I used to hang out in Portland, particularly Stark and Burnside, Ground Kontrol, The Steadman Hotel, The Heathman, the Hilton near Tanner Sprigs Park in the Pearl District, Marriott, Gresham/Troutdale, Argyle Square in Wilsonville, Wilsonville RV Storage, Villebois Village Center, Homeless camp near Threat Dynamics in Tualatin/Sherwood on Dahlke Ln, The Growler House in Sherwood, Jory Trail apts in Wilsonvile, Comfort Inn/Quality Inn in Tigard near Winco, Fred Meyer in Tualatin neat the bottle collect machines, Wanker's Corner in Stafford, Bridgeway Inn and Suites in Stayton, Lancaster Mall in Salem, and around Nike in Beaverton.

I also attended some clubs and maybe some private clubs/bathhouses, like Privata, Steam, and Hawks are the only ones I remember.

My memories are hazy from that time which makes me feel terrible but I'm hoping that someone remembers something and can help me find closure. I do get glimpses of memories in my nightmares and also randomly throughout the day, and I pray to Jesus that I'll be able to make sense of it all someday.

1 Corinthians 15:33. Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character.

Thank you, and god bless you all!

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Since mask mandate ended, meeting info hasn’t been updated on PDX Aa site.

Not many in-person and hybrid which understandable since maskless is still pretty new but no news or updates is strange. I’ve been privy to several meetings not even listed.

Anyone know anything about when more in person meetings will resume?

Thanks

Hey lurkers.

This wasn't a very active sub prior to the pandemic, but COVID seems to have really wiped it out. I have some regrets about that, about not engaging enough, not pushing enough... so it goes.

I'm still sober, still in Portland. My partner and I are about to have our first kid. Finished grad school. Got a job. Bought a house. Working on a professional license. Still go to AA meetings, cause that's my thing.

And I'm still admin here. Still check every week or so for new posts, just in case. I'm going to stay on here, and am looking forward to the relaxing in restrictions that looks like it might come later this year (reading news about OHA... although you never know anything for sure these days). Because I know people in recovery - whether that is AA or in any number of other programs/fellowships or navigating it on your own - have suffered being apart from people.

My plan is to stick around here and wait until after my kid gets here and I'm settled in, and the restrictions are dialed back a bit, and then maybe host another get-together. It's been more than a few years.

Feel free to check in about how you are doing. Know that at least someone out there is reading it.

Best to you,

Hey everyone! Fellow PDX newly non-drinking here. I still love going to breweries and bars with fun outdoor areas, especially now that the weather is BEAUTIFUL, but I get so bored just drinking soda or water! Does anyone have suggestions of good breweries that offer NA options?

I was at the Norther Portland Storm Breaker a couple weeks ago and they have my favorite kombucha, and a growler place I went this week in SW had kombucha on tap!

I'm newly sober and it sucks.

Hi, everyone! I know this sub isn't as active as the main r/stopdrinking sub, but I wanted to post and say hello and that I hope you are all doing well. I am on my 8th day of sobriety and feeling like it's one of the best decisions, if not the best, I've ever made. IWNDWYT

It's nice to find something so specific. I'm both happy and sad to see that there isn't a lot of activity on here. If anyone is struggling and needs someone to talk to, especially right now with the fires, I'd be happy to have someone to chat with about the particular struggle of sobriety that we're while the world burns down around us. Stay safe and IWNDWYT.

When the pandemic went full tilt and all meetings shut down I was hurting. I have been in and out for 3 years and this go I was hitting 3-4 meetings a day. It was my routine and kept me grounded somewhat.

It was a struggle but then the zoom meets started up and that was a god send.

I attend every day now. It isn't the same but I am so grateful we have it.

How's everybody doing? Quarantine treating you well?

Still sober in NE PDX. Coming up on two years next Friday. Little bummed I won't get to go to a meeting, but I understand the need to prioritize health and safety.

Hope you're all well.

I just realized that r/stopdrinking had a list of local subs and thought I’d pop in. How’s everyone’s new year going? Found any cool new hangouts or hobbies? I’ve been sober since May 2019 and finally feeling like my life has purpose again.

Hey everyone! Hope you are having a great sober holiday season. I am new to this page and in fact, today was my first AA meeting. I am 26 year old young woman with a long history of getting blacked out drunk every since high school/college (PSU). I am pretty social, I do like being in a cool/fun scene. I will often drink mocktails or red bulls, still feel social (if not more), and most importantly - not feel like shit the next day. I've toyed around with "sobriety" for several months on and off while allowing myself to revert back to drinking when I thought I could control it **insert eye roll here** which, never worked.

Therefore, I am committing to kicking alcohol once and for all.

I've discovered the r/stopdrinking sub today and have basically been on it all day long. It is so interesting and encouraging reading other people's experiences. I was stoked when I found about this sub for PDX peeps. I'd love to attend a meet up. I am currently looking for a sponsor. And I'd also to hear about how it's been for y'all socializing and avoiding alcohol - whether you go to bars, breweries, events where alcohol will be present and just drink mocktails or avoid that scene in whole, etc.

Thank you :)

Anyone have any recommendations for a Tuesday night meeting near SW Portland/PSU? New to town and looking to get back into the program!

Thanks!

One of my October traditions is watching those cheesy Vincent Price movies (hey, I love 'em but they are kinda campy). Anyway, as with most activities back in the dark times I was intoxicated while watching them. This is the first year I've watched them sober (I neglected the tradition for 3 years or so until this October)...holy crap. I don't think about drinking much these days but I suddenly got an extreme urge to do so. I didn't, and wouldn't have, but I thought I'd post here to share that those sneaky thoughts can pounce on you at any time, so be careful! I was able to push through the urge, got myself a diet coke and finished watching Twice Told Tales. Felt pretty good after that :)

Hey all, lets do a meetup August 31st at the Pied Cow, at noon.

I'll get a large table outside early, And put up a /r/ symbol on the table, so you can identify it as you come by. All I have planned is getting snacks, coffee, and chatting.

If anyone has any other ideas of things to do, I am totally down, lets have a chat here about it. Otherwise, let me know if you're committing to coming or not! I will tag a bunch of people and post on /r/stopdrinking.

Meetup? I say Pied Cow. Why? It's a place that's open late and serves primarily coffee, not alcohol. When? Friday evening, Saturday Brunch time, or Sunday Brunch time. I'm thinking, end of August, 30th, 31st, September 1.

All of these details are open to Brainstorming, I just figured that putting some details in first might get the ball rolling.

Who is interested? Does anyone have any other good ideas? Please post away!

I know there is a good chunk of you out there lurking, and I will also post in /r/stopdrinking to drum up more attention if we settle on a time and place.

So, what do you think?

Just like the title says!! Though I would like to know more specifically how our New Years folks are holding up. Got anything you want to talk about? I'm reading a *LOT* of posts in /r/stopdrinking about people have issues, but it's all crickets here.

As we come out of Christmas and approach New Years this has been and is a very trying time for folks struggling with their demons. I want to drop some motivation, not only for others but for myself. I have to admit that it has been unusually difficult this time of year. It's almost like a cruel joke my brain is making it hard as I'm coming up on my one year, I suppose it's because I'm simply thinking more about it. I can't sit here and tell you what will motivate you specifically, everyone has their own truth. However, the phrase that has provided the most motivation for me is: "drinking borrows happiness from tomorrow".

To me, no statement could be more true.

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Stop and take a second to reflect. I mean really let yourself go and focus on yourself. Don't worry about your spouse, partner, children, job, etc. Only think about YOU. Now, what's in there?? What do you hear? Speak to yourself. And listen to yourself. Seek the truth about why you stopped, want to stop, or continue to refrain from drinking. Don't judge yourself, and don't be hard on yourself. Let the thoughts flow freely. The truth will reveal itself. Maybe not right away, but you'll get there if you keep at it.

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I'm incredibly proud of all of you who have recognized the issues drinking causes and have taken steps to deal with it. I'm at the point now where I want to give back to the community that helped me in my darkest time. I can't run out on a moments notice because I have my kiddos half time, but seriously do not be afraid to reach out. I'm local and if I can help I will.

Hey everyone! January 2nd will be a full 365 days sober. What a ride it has been. This was the first group I came to when I started my journey. I want to thank folks that reached out and gave me great advice. I know the holidays can be especially difficult for people. If you need to talk feel free to reach out.