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Where Hope Began: Finding Hope Celebrates 10 Years
Finding Hope Family Support Groups
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Finding Hope Team
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Where Hope Began: Finding Hope Celebrates 10 Years
Ten years ago, a small group of people gathered inside Putnam City Baptist Church in Oklahoma City — hurting, praying, and searching for answers. They weren’t the ones battling addiction; they were the ones loving someone who was.
That night, February 9th, 2015, Finding Hope was born.
Over the next decade, more than 10,000 loved ones of addicts walked through the doors of Finding Hope meetings. This raised awareness about the need for a support group for those grieving the loss of a loved one to addiction. In response to this need, Hope After Loss was created in 2022.
Today, there are over 60 Finding Hope and eight Hope After Loss groups meeting across the U.S., as well as virtual gatherings in two languages that reach families everywhere. There were also six Finding Hope and seven Hope After Loss retreats in 2025 that offered the loved ones of addicts a place to rest and heal.
But numbers only tell part of the story.
Behind every statistic is a mom who finally sleeps through the night. A dad who stopped blaming himself. A wife who realized that her husband’s addiction does not define her worth. A family that discovered that Jesus can bring beauty from brokenness.
Finding Hope and Hope After Loss are just that — hope for loved ones of drug addicts and alcoholics. Together, Finding Hope and Hope After Loss remind individuals and families impacted by addiction that they are not alone, it’s not their fault, and there is hope.
Addiction can impact anyone. Hope can reach everyone.
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