Program Description

The MusiCares MAP Fund provides financial and supportive assistance for music people in need of addiction recovery services. If you know of someone in the music industry who is struggling with an addiction issue, please contact MusiCares. We can and will help. 

Call 310.392.3777 or toll-free 1.800.687.4227.

Free Recovery Groups

MusiCares is well aware that inpatient treatment is the very first step toward long-term sobriety. The most challenging work of the recovering music person comes when the client leaves treatment and is immersed back into their daily lives. Now clean and sober, they can again encounter the triggers, temptations, individuals, and lifestyle that they took leave of in order to save their own lives. They are again faced with bandmates or friends who are still using, schedules that are erratic, clubs and venues that are redolent of their former lifestyles, and almost daily cues to use. To assist our clients in recovery,

MusiCares offers various types of free recovery support groups in Los Angeles, Nashville, Austin, New Orleans, New York, Seattle, and Fort Collins, Colo. These groups offer a safe environment in which clients can discuss the challenges of staying clean and sober in the music industry. For more information about any of the groups listed below, please contact one of our MusiCares offices.

Free Group Meetings

Santa Monica, CA
Tuesdays: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
The Recording Academy/MusiCares
3030 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404

Fort Collins, Colo.
Tuesdays: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Rein Therapeutic Counseling and Consulting
619 S. College Ave., Suite 13, Ft. Collins, CO 80524

New Orleans
Mondays: 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Podesta Psychiatry, LLC
4322 Canal Street, upstairs, New Orleans, LA 70119

New York
Tuesdays: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
The Recording Academy/MusiCares
11 W. 42nd Street, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10036

Nashville, Tenn.
Wednesdays: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Pete Harris
1410 17th Ave South, Nashville, TN 37212

Austin, Texas
Mondays: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
The Recording Academy
3601 South Congress Ave. G-500, Austin, TX 78704

Seattle
Tuesdays: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Local 76 Musicians Association
3209 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98102