Founded in 2016, the mission of Ben’s Friends is to offer hope, fellowship, and a path forward to anyone who struggles with substance abuse or addiction. By coming together, starting a dialogue, and acknowledging that substance abuse cannot be overcome by isolation and willpower alone, Ben’s Friends hopes to write a new chapter in the lives of food and beverage professionals across the country.”

Due to the recent covid surge, Ben's Friends Portland will not meet in person for the month of January, but we will instead meet online on Tuesdays at 10AM PST, joining the Ben's Friends national meeting on Zoom ID 119-860-355. We'll post updates on IG @bensfriendsportland and @bensfriendsnational, and on Facebook at Ben's Friends - National

Ben's Friends has online meetings every day at 10AM PST, on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings at 8PM PST, and there are men's and women's meetings on Wednesdays at 7PM PST. You can find all the links to meetings at bensfriendshope.com/meetings.

Founded in 2016, the mission of Ben’s Friends is to offer hope, fellowship, and a path forward to anyone who struggles with substance abuse or addiction. By coming together, starting a dialogue, and acknowledging that substance abuse cannot be overcome by isolation and willpower alone, Ben’s Friends hopes to write a new chapter in the lives of food and beverage professionals across the country.”

Due to the recent covid surge, Ben's Friends Portland will not meet in person for the month of January, but we will instead meet online on Tuesdays at 10AM PST, joining the Ben's Friends national meeting on Zoom ID 119-860-355. We'll post updates on IG @bensfriendsportland and @bensfriendsnational, and on Facebook at Ben's Friends - National

Ben's Friends has online meetings every day at 10AM PST, on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings at 8PM PST, and there are men's and women's meetings on Wednesdays at 7PM PST. You can find all the links to meetings at bensfriendshope.com/meetings.

Plates for the People is a series of free, monthly cooking classes for people in or seeking recovery, taught by award winning chefs in recovery. The Alano Club of Portland and the Portland chapter of Ben’s Friends have partnered with Cookshop and some of the country’s best chefs—including Gregory Gourdet, Tommy Habetz, Patrick McKee, Marcus Oliver, Gabriel Rucker and more—to bring the recovery community free, accessible classes where students learn about budgeting, meal planning, and how to cooking delicious, healthy dinners they can repurpose for multiple meals to feed themselves and others. Each class begins with the visiting chef sharing about their own journey with cooking and recovery, and concludes with the chef and students sharing a meal, and their stories, with each other. Free follow-up classes will be offered by Feed the Mass, the only non-profit cooking school in Portland.

This season of Plates for the People will be led by Chef Patrick McKee from Dame, as well as some special guest chefs!

Founded in 2016, the mission of Ben’s Friends is to offer hope, fellowship, and a path forward to anyone who struggles with substance abuse or addiction. By coming together, starting a dialogue, and acknowledging that substance abuse cannot be overcome by isolation and willpower alone, Ben’s Friends hopes to write a new chapter in the lives of food and beverage professionals across the country.”

Due to the recent covid surge, Ben's Friends Portland will not meet in person for the month of January, but we will instead meet online on Tuesdays at 10AM PST, joining the Ben's Friends national meeting on Zoom ID 119-860-355. We'll post updates on IG @bensfriendsportland and @bensfriendsnational, and on Facebook at Ben's Friends - National

Ben's Friends has online meetings every day at 10AM PST, on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings at 8PM PST, and there are men's and women's meetings on Wednesdays at 7PM PST. You can find all the links to meetings at bensfriendshope.com/meetings.

Founded in 2016, the mission of Ben’s Friends is to offer hope, fellowship, and a path forward to anyone who struggles with substance abuse or addiction. By coming together, starting a dialogue, and acknowledging that substance abuse cannot be overcome by isolation and willpower alone, Ben’s Friends hopes to write a new chapter in the lives of food and beverage professionals across the country.”

Due to the recent covid surge, Ben's Friends Portland will not meet in person for the month of January, but we will instead meet online on Tuesdays at 10AM PST, joining the Ben's Friends national meeting on Zoom ID 119-860-355. We'll post updates on IG @bensfriendsportland and @bensfriendsnational, and on Facebook at Ben's Friends - National

Ben's Friends has online meetings every day at 10AM PST, on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings at 8PM PST, and there are men's and women's meetings on Wednesdays at 7PM PST. You can find all the links to meetings at bensfriendshope.com/meetings.

"Get Ready To Be Blown Away by Lizzie No’s Songwriting" — Rolling Stone

"I love Kasey Anderson’s writing – he’s a writer’s writer, which I often say about songwriters who tend to write as though they are building a narrative arc for a book within each song." — Hanif Abdurraqib

Join acclaimed songwriters Lizzie No and Kasey Anderson as they trade songs and stories, discussing their work and recovery.

This event is part of the Alano Club's Artists in Recovery series. It is FREE, all-ages and open to all but donations supporting the Artists in Recovery programming are encouraged and can be made here.

Melissa Febos is the author of four books, including the nationally bestselling essay collection, GIRLHOOD, which has been translated into seven languages and was a LAMBDA Literary Award finalist, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, and named a notable book of 2021 by NPR, Time, The Washington Post, and others. Her craft book, BODY WORK (2022), was also a national bestseller, an LA Times Bestseller, and an Indie Next Pick. Her fifth book, The Dry Season, is forthcoming from Alfred. A. Knopf.

"Get Ready To Be Blown Away by Lizzie No’s Songwriting" — Rolling Stone

"I love Kasey Anderson’s writing – he’s a writer’s writer, which I often say about songwriters who tend to write as though they are building a narrative arc for a book within each song." — Hanif Abdurraqib

Join writer Melissa Febos and songwriters Lizzie No and Kasey Anderson for an evening of reading and performance, as they share their work and discuss their ecovery.

This event is part of the Alano Club's Artists in Recovery series. It is FREE, all-ages and open to all but donations supporting the Artists in Recovery programming are encouraged and can be made here.

Founded in 2016, the mission of Ben’s Friends is to offer hope, fellowship, and a path forward to anyone who struggles with substance abuse or addiction. By coming together, starting a dialogue, and acknowledging that substance abuse cannot be overcome by isolation and willpower alone, Ben’s Friends hopes to write a new chapter in the lives of food and beverage professionals across the country.”

Due to the recent covid surge, Ben's Friends Portland will not meet in person for the month of January, but we will instead meet online on Tuesdays at 10AM PST, joining the Ben's Friends national meeting on Zoom ID 119-860-355. We'll post updates on IG @bensfriendsportland and @bensfriendsnational, and on Facebook at Ben's Friends - National

Ben's Friends has online meetings every day at 10AM PST, on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings at 8PM PST, and there are men's and women's meetings on Wednesdays at 7PM PST. You can find all the links to meetings at bensfriendshope.com/meetings.

Founded in 2016, the mission of Ben’s Friends is to offer hope, fellowship, and a path forward to anyone who struggles with substance abuse or addiction. By coming together, starting a dialogue, and acknowledging that substance abuse cannot be overcome by isolation and willpower alone, Ben’s Friends hopes to write a new chapter in the lives of food and beverage professionals across the country.”

Due to the recent covid surge, Ben's Friends Portland will not meet in person for the month of January, but we will instead meet online on Tuesdays at 10AM PST, joining the Ben's Friends national meeting on Zoom ID 119-860-355. We'll post updates on IG @bensfriendsportland and @bensfriendsnational, and on Facebook at Ben's Friends - National

Ben's Friends has online meetings every day at 10AM PST, on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings at 8PM PST, and there are men's and women's meetings on Wednesdays at 7PM PST. You can find all the links to meetings at bensfriendshope.com/meetings.

Founded in 2016, the mission of Ben’s Friends is to offer hope, fellowship, and a path forward to anyone who struggles with substance abuse or addiction. By coming together, starting a dialogue, and acknowledging that substance abuse cannot be overcome by isolation and willpower alone, Ben’s Friends hopes to write a new chapter in the lives of food and beverage professionals across the country.”

Due to the recent covid surge, Ben's Friends Portland will not meet in person for the month of January, but we will instead meet online on Tuesdays at 10AM PST, joining the Ben's Friends national meeting on Zoom ID 119-860-355. We'll post updates on IG @bensfriendsportland and @bensfriendsnational, and on Facebook at Ben's Friends - National

Ben's Friends has online meetings every day at 10AM PST, on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings at 8PM PST, and there are men's and women's meetings on Wednesdays at 7PM PST. You can find all the links to meetings at bensfriendshope.com/meetings.