Hope After Loss Groups
Download the Hope After Loss Groups 2026 Calendar
Support for anyone who has lost a loved one to a substance-related death, such as an accidental overdose, drug-induced suicide, or drug-related murder. Facilitated by two professionals, one with lived experience.
Every Monday, rotating through these locations:
Wallingford, 7:00pm-8:30pm
TriCircle Office
116 S. Main Street
Parking and entrance are located at the back of the building.
Coventry, 6:00pm-7:30pm
1153 Main Street
Parking is located at the side of the building.
Rocky Hill, 7:00pm-8:30pm
506 Cromwell Ave, Suite 202
Parking and entrance are located at the front of the building.
Virtual options are available for all meetings. Email info@tricircle.org for access to a reoccurring Zoom meeting link.
Meetings are subject to rescheduling for
holidays or weather.
Hope After Loss Self Care Retreat
TriCircle’s 4th Annual Hope After Loss Self-Care Retreat
UPDATE: TriCircle has made the difficult decision to exercise the rain date option for the 4th Annual Hope After Loss Self Care Retreat scheduled for Saturday, September 6th. The retreat will be moved to the rain date of September 13, 2025. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. An email is being sent to all those registered. Please respond if you are still able to join us!
September 13, 2025
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
(Rain date September 13th)
This retreat is for Hope After Loss Group attendees, their supports, and 18+ persons that have had a loved one die due to a drug related passing.
Registration is required by August 22, 2025:
Please contact Paula LaJoie heypaula@friedab.com
There is no cost to the attendees.
TriCircle is grateful for funding made possible by DMHAS.
The Story Barn
952 Main Street
Somers, CT 06071
Links & Resources
- Grief Recovery After A Substance Passing (GRASP)
- The Compassionate Friends
- SAVE Grief Support
- WebHealing.Com
- The Cove – Center For Grieving Children
- Clear Life Counseling, LLC
- Wise Old Sayings Guide To Grieving Support Resources
- What’s Your Grief?
- Bereavement Miracles 12-Step Program
- The Grief Toolbox
- Adam’s House, Grief Support For Connecticut Children And Families
- Mary’s Place
Videos
Grief in Syndemic Times Workshop
Related Books
Since My Brother Died
Marisol Munoz-Kiehne
The Empty Place
Roberta Temes Ph.D.
The Beep Beep Man
L.P. Vine
When a Child Dies From Drugs
Pat Wittberger, Russ Wittberger
Healing After Loss
Martha Whitmore Hickman
Living When A Loved One Has Died
Earl A. Grollman
Badger’s Parting Gifts
Susan Varley
When Someone Very Special Dies
Marge Heegaard
Tear Soup
Pat Schwiebert, Chuck DeKlyen
I Am Your Disease
Sheryl Letzgus Mcginnis,
Heiko Ganzer
Symptoms of Withdrawal
Christopher Kennedy Lawford
ife Between Falls
Julie Lange
My Daughter’s Addiction
Marie Minnich
Birds of a Feather
Tom Crice
Grief is a Mess
Jackie Schuld