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Sharing The Burden

We’re Here for You

We hold anonymous weekly meetings, open to everyone. A human being who is hurting needs help, no matter the source of their pain.

Our meetings are a safe place where the weight of addiction, depression, chronic pain, bereavement, and toxic relationships can be eased by sharing all which encumbers us. “No one should be without hope!! Our twelve-steps to recovery and spirituality know no bounds!!”



Who We Are

We are your equals, only!  There are no qualifications for attending STB meetings.  We share any burden and we do not abandon anyone!  We follow a proven path that has saved millions and supports millions every day.  Our roots go back to the early 1930’s.

We Are Expert Facilitators, and we gently share sensitive topics buried deep in meeting participants’ lives as well as in our own, and in the lives of the incarcerated. Our Burden-Sharing mission works for anyone.  All qualify and we all leave our status and our credentials outside the meetings.  We are all, unquestionably equal in a Sharing The Burden Meeting!

We Are Sharing The Burden Radio (STBRadio.ca).   We broadcast interviews with persons in recovery, ex-inmates, addicts, the mentally ill and those affected by these individuals.  Our program broadcasts every Tuesday evening at 10pm Eastern on 102.9fm Stouffville, Ontario, Canada, WhistleFM.com.  You can listen on any device connected to the internet.  Real, up-to-date recovery stories from ex-inmates, addicts, the mentally ill, their loved ones and family members, friends and those associated with these people.  Sadly, there are approximately 10 people affected by each addict and they do not receive the recovery programs that they need to become well.  As a matter of fact, most don’t even realize that they need help.

We are a link between the physical and the spiritual for many.  We are “bringing-it-all-together” for those directed to us.  Our STB family believes and knows no bounds.  We built a program that entices people to seek purpose and emotional stability using Sharing The Burden’s Steps, with special focus on the spiritual help that God, as each person understands God, may provide.  We will be “there!”  We are “more than enough” to start the journey with those we can motivate to hope again, and to dig in and do the work as part of a team. 

Who We Help

Anyone who reaches us is welcome and needed. Words like disqualified, interrupting, you should, this advice is for you, sharing of your stories or breaking someone’s anonymity; these are NOT WELCOME at Sharing The Burden.

The greatest value comes to those who are ready to receive it in a spiritual manner.  None of our members can explain this phenomenon and we have no need to try!

Who We Help

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About Scott Duncan

Scott has been involved in step-type recovery since 1994 when his son Sean first got involved with alcohol and other substances.  Sean knew at his first drinking episode that he had changed into someone who felt more in charge and powerful compared to his experiences in sobriety.  Sean was born to 2 substance abusers, and his dad was on the road drinking most week days.  Both parents grew up very affected by their parent’s drinking.  

Scott says “It’s just what we all did.  We socialized around the bar, both the men and the women.  We were a tough lot.” Until his mid-30’s, having started drinking at 13, Scott consumed too much and lived like a functioning alcoholic.  Fortunately, he did not have the genetics that would eventually turn the habit into an addiction.  Scott’s dad and his son Sean both did have those genetics.  For Scott, a strong decision was enough to keep any drinking under control.  However, at 44, Scott decided that his drinking got in his way when sharing with young potential addicts or those who already were hooked.  Many young people looked up to him and Scott knew that if he used any substance those who knew, would likely decide to do the same.  Scott packed it in and never drank again.  His recovery was incredible! When he lost his son Sean to an accidental overdose of the drug Fentanyl in 2012, Scott was ready to build STB to help like-minded young people to avoid early death.  He would not contribute to someone else losing a child based on the child’s emulation of Scott.

What happens when we share the burden

Sharing the Burden is a place where all are welcome. It has been a place for me to share my burdens and meet with people facing the same challenges. I am so grateful to STB

Stephen

Since coming to STB, a lot of great things have happened.  I’ve been able to cope with life’s circumstances. My relationships with family and friends has blossomed into a state that I can’t believe and at times I don’t think that I deserve the amount of support

Edward

I found Sharing the Burden while I was in Jail, and the help I have gotten from hearing others triumph over their addictions, makes me want to triumph over mine

James

STB is my place of comfort, no fear in saying the wrong thing, I can relate to love, caring and honest people, I place I can feel at home

Nina

Nobody is ever judged at STB and being involved with this group has helped me find a spiritual journey toward recovery

Steve

When you are down the members will prop you up, when you are hurting the members will patch you up and help you. When you need love, the members will show love

James

I have built a trusting and healthy relationship with my “higher power”, who i choose to call God

Ed

No matter who we are or what we have done, there is hope, faith, honesty & forgiveness 

God Bless

Brenda

Sharing the light for your journey