classes & Events
Restaurants for Recovery
During National Recovery Month, the Alano Club of Portland is partnering with some of our favorite restaurants to raise awareness and support for recovery and overdose prevention resources.
Participating restaurants are donating a portion of sales on a non-alcoholic cocktail or dish to support the low-barrier, cost-free programming at the Alano Club.
Recovery Spin Class
The Alano Club and The Recovery Gym are proud to partner with Revel Indoor Cycling to offer FREE monthly spin classes open to anyone in or seeking recovery from substance use or mental health disorders!
The classes, led by Shannon Speakman, will be open to all levels of experience and ability, and will happen the first Sunday of each month at 12:15pm, at Revel Indoor Cycling.
Recovery Yoga
Our recovery yoga classes provide trauma-informed services and resiliency training in order to ensure all individuals have the tools to heal from the impacts of trauma, prevent re-traumatization, and realize their full potential.
In-person, Loft
Strength Training for Every Body
Join coach Eloise at The Recovery Gym for a strength training class for every body! All skill and experience levels welcome!
Creative Writing Workshop
Join Write Around Portland and Alano Club of Portland for this six-week course for writers of all experience levels!
This is a six-week course occuring each Monday from September 14th through October 19th from 6-8pm. Please register to let us know you are coming. Writers of all experience levels are encouraged to join!
This Creative Writing Workshop, in partnership with Write Around Portland, is facilitated by Lilly Do (she/her). Do joined Write Around Portland in 2020 and brings over 7 years of administrative experience and 8 years teaching English Composition in higher education. In addition to her involvement with Write Around, Do co-organizes QTAPI spaces through the writing project Liminal Bodies. Lilly earned her Master of Arts in English from Eastern New Mexico University.
Recovery Yoga
In partnership with Rayleen McMillan, our recovery yoga classes provide trauma-informed services and resiliency training in order to ensure all individuals have the tools to heal from the impacts of trauma, prevent re-traumatization, and realize their full potential.
In-person, Loft
Transitions Lab
Transitions Lab is a weekly peer-supported workspace that helps people in early recovery take practical steps towards stability and independence. Designed for individuals navigating housing, employment, and life transitions, the lab provides dedicated time and space to work on resumes, apply for housing, complete applications and move forward on real-world goals with support close at hand.
Participants can access on-site staff, peer mentors, and resource navigation - ensuring no one has to tackle these tasks alone. The lab offers a calm, welcoming environment where individuals feel equipped, encouraged, and connected as they build momentum in their recovery journey.
In-person, Cafe
DBT Recovery Action Group
FREE community series designed for anyone interested in strengthening their recovery and improving their mental health.
Introducing THE DBT RECOVERY ACTION GROUP
A FREE community workshop series, led by a certified peer specialist and coach, that isolates one actionable DBT skill per week.
We'll help you turn abstract coping mechanisms into accessible physical cues and tools that strengthen your emotional sobriety.
At A Glance: Our 6-Week Group Agenda
[ Week 1 Focus ] ──► Distress Tolerance. What to do when anxiety, cravings, or anger hit a 10/10 and executive function completely vanishes.
[ Week 2 Focus ] ──► Core Mindfulness. Navigating major life transitions without getting hijacked by the "Over-Caffeinated Anxious Mind" or the "Depressive Numb Mind."
[ Week 3 Focus ] ──► Distress Tolerance. Turning fight-or-flight energy into peaceful execution when facing a permanent loss, a past mistake, or an unchangeable reality.
[ Week 4 Focus ] ──► Emotion Regulation. Overcoming the behavioral traps of depression (isolation, inertia) and ADHD (avoidance/analysis paralysis).
[ Week 5 Focus ] ──► Interpersonal Effectiveness. How to ask for what you need or say "no" to protect your sobriety and mental health without creating explosive conflict.
[ Week 6 Focus ] ──► Emotion Regulation. Building a physical shield against emotional relapse by taking care of the biological engine.
Workshop agenda is subject to change at the facilitator's discretion.
Everyone is welcome. This offering is 100% cost-free. We hope you'll join us at TRG-Hillsboro.
Attendance at all six workshops is encouraged to get the most from this offering.
For questions about this group, please contact Josh C. at josh@portlandalano.org
Run TRG: Track Tuesdays
Join Run TRG at Duniway Track for an evening track run! All skill and experience levels welcome!
Community Reading Series
In partnership with Tin House, The Alano Club Community Reading Series is a monthly open-mic for writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid genres, generously hosted by Portland’s premier queer-owned and operated bookstore, Bishop & Wilde. This structured yet unscripted gathering is an occasion to share works in-progress and experience the rich overlap of Portland’s literary and recovery communities. While readers are not required to self-identify as being in recovery, we will maintain a sober-friendly environment for all sessions. We encourage readers of all experience levels to sign up for a guaranteed reading slot of 10 minutes or less, though two slots per session are reserved for first-time readers!
Yoga for Athletes at TRG
Yoga for Athletes focuses on enhancing performance by improving strength, flexibility and balance. Beginners and experienced yogis are welcome.
Constituent Caseworker Mobile Office Hours
Case Work Office Hours is an opportunity for in-person consultation with a Constituent Case Worker from United States Representative Suzanne Bonamici’s office. A Constituent Case Worker can assist you navigating issues with:
Federal Student Aid
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Veteran Affairs
Social Security Administration
IRS
Passport Services
30 for 30 Somatic Skills
FREE group series designed for anyone interested in strengthening their recovery and learning new ways of relating to their nervous system
Introducing “30 for 30” - A Somatic Series for Recovery
A FREE community workshop series, led by a certified peer specialist and coach, that combines 30-minutes of guided grounding techniques and 30-minutes of collaborative processing.
Using body-oriented tools and cues, we'll build coping skills that help keep us grounded and connected--to our physical bodies and one another--as we navigate short- and long-term recovery.
At A Glance: Our 6-Week Group Agenda
● Week 1 Focus: Calming the Storm (Autonomic Regulation & 4-7-8 Oxygen Regulator)
● Week 2 Focus: Navigating the Void (Dopamine Baseline Reset & Thought Labeling)
● Week 3 Focus: Holding the Boundary (Protecting Internal Peace & Somatic Body Scan)
● Week 4 Focus: The Taper (The Art of Stillness & 4-4-4-4 Box Breathing)
● Week 5 Focus: Processing the Weight (Somatic Grief Work & Heart/Shoulder Grounding)
● Week 6 Focus: The Sovereign Anchor (Stepping Into Your Expert Chapter & Open Awareness)
Workshop agenda is subject to change at the facilitator's discretion.
Everyone is welcome. This offering is 100% cost-free. We hope you'll join us at TRG-Hillsboro.
Attendance at all six workshops is encouraged to get the most from this offering.
For questions about this group, please contact Josh C. at josh@portlandalano.org
Yoga for Athletes at TRG
Yoga for Athletes focuses on enhancing performance by improving strength, flexibility and balance. Beginners and experienced yogis are welcome.
Run TRG: “Happy Hour” Trail Run
Join Run TRG for a Friday evening trail run through Forest Park! Meet at the Leif Erikson Gate on NW Thurman. All skill and experience levels welcome!
Sounds of Recovery
Join us as we come together as artists in recovery to express our creativity through the power of music, poetry, dance and more.
In person, Basement
Breathwork Workshop
Join us in the Loft for a ninety-minute Breathwork and Sound Healing workshop, presented in partnership with Heart Core Healing!
Recovery Yoga
Our recovery yoga classes provide trauma-informed services and resiliency training in order to ensure all individuals have the tools to heal from the impacts of trauma, prevent re-traumatization, and realize their full potential.
In-person, Loft
Strength Training for Every Body
Join coach Eloise at The Recovery Gym for a strength training class for every body! All skill and experience levels welcome!
Recovery Yoga
In partnership with Rayleen McMillan, our recovery yoga classes provide trauma-informed services and resiliency training in order to ensure all individuals have the tools to heal from the impacts of trauma, prevent re-traumatization, and realize their full potential.
In-person, Loft
Transitions Lab
Transitions Lab is a weekly peer-supported workspace that helps people in early recovery take practical steps towards stability and independence. Designed for individuals navigating housing, employment, and life transitions, the lab provides dedicated time and space to work on resumes, apply for housing, complete applications and move forward on real-world goals with support close at hand.
Participants can access on-site staff, peer mentors, and resource navigation - ensuring no one has to tackle these tasks alone. The lab offers a calm, welcoming environment where individuals feel equipped, encouraged, and connected as they build momentum in their recovery journey.
In-person, Cafe
Run TRG: Track Tuesdays
Join Run TRG at Duniway Track for an evening track run! All skill and experience levels welcome!
Yoga for Athletes at TRG
Yoga for Athletes focuses on enhancing performance by improving strength, flexibility and balance. Beginners and experienced yogis are welcome.
Reclaiming Well-Being
This free community workshop will introduce methods to reclaim your personal power through trauma-informed movement.
Join us at TRG-Portland on Thursday, September 24 for an introductory workshop with Julie Haleen of MOVE ME FREE. This workshop will provide a trauma-informed approach to fitness, fostering strength in recovery.
It’s time to ditch the scale and change the way we think about fitness.
This overview of an 8-week class series aims to help you reclaim ownership of your body and your emotional and psychological well-being through education, mindfulness, embodied strength training, and group support.
Originally created for women in correctional facilities, this program has been adapted to help community members break free from trauma, substance use, systemic oppression, and incarceration - Reclaiming power through education, group support, movement, breathwork, and empowerment.
What you can expect:
Introductions and Program Overview
Brief Education on Trauma and the Nervous System
Embodied Strength Training Workout + Somatic Cool Down
Breathwork
Reflective Discussion
30-minute Q&A and Closing
Your workshop instructor is Julie Haleen, CADC-I, QMHA-I, Founder of MOVE ME FREE, A Trauma-Informed Approach to Fitness. Julie is also a personal trainer and group fitness instructor.
Yoga for Athletes at TRG
Yoga for Athletes focuses on enhancing performance by improving strength, flexibility and balance. Beginners and experienced yogis are welcome.
Yoga for Athletes at TRG
Yoga for Athletes focuses on enhancing performance by improving strength, flexibility and balance. Beginners and experienced yogis are welcome.
Run TRG: “Happy Hour” Trail Run
Join Run TRG for a Friday evening trail run through Forest Park! Meet at the Leif Erikson Gate on NW Thurman. All skill and experience levels welcome!
Sound Bath
Join the Alano Club and PUSH Movement at The Recovery Gym in Hillsboro the last Saturday of each month for a free sound bath led by Anahata Beatspeaker!
In person, The Recovery Gym Hillsboro (1060 Baseline St)
Sounds of Recovery
Join us as we come together as artists in recovery to express our creativity through the power of music, poetry, dance and more.
In person, Basement
Recovery Yoga
Our recovery yoga classes provide trauma-informed services and resiliency training in order to ensure all individuals have the tools to heal from the impacts of trauma, prevent re-traumatization, and realize their full potential.
In-person, Loft
Strength Training for Every Body
Join coach Eloise at The Recovery Gym for a strength training class for every body! All skill and experience levels welcome!
Recovery Yoga
In partnership with Rayleen McMillan, our recovery yoga classes provide trauma-informed services and resiliency training in order to ensure all individuals have the tools to heal from the impacts of trauma, prevent re-traumatization, and realize their full potential.
In-person, Loft
Transitions Lab
Transitions Lab is a weekly peer-supported workspace that helps people in early recovery take practical steps towards stability and independence. Designed for individuals navigating housing, employment, and life transitions, the lab provides dedicated time and space to work on resumes, apply for housing, complete applications and move forward on real-world goals with support close at hand.
Participants can access on-site staff, peer mentors, and resource navigation - ensuring no one has to tackle these tasks alone. The lab offers a calm, welcoming environment where individuals feel equipped, encouraged, and connected as they build momentum in their recovery journey.
In-person, Cafe
Plates for the People
Plates for the People is a series of free, monthly cooking classes for people in or seeking recovery.
Plates for the People is a series of free, monthly cooking classes for people in or seeking recovery, led by Chef Patrick McKee (Estes).
Plates for the people began in 2019, when the Alano Club of Portland and the Portland chapter of Ben’s Friends 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.
Run TRG: Track Tuesdays
Join Run TRG at Duniway Track for an evening track run! All skill and experience levels welcome!
Yoga for Athletes at TRG
Yoga for Athletes focuses on enhancing performance by improving strength, flexibility and balance. Beginners and experienced yogis are welcome.
Free Legal Sercices and Expungement Clinic
A criminal record creates barriers to housing and employment, perpetuating a cycle of poverty for people in recovery involved with the criminal justice system. Unfortunately, clearing one’s record can be expensive, costing in excess of $3,000. That’s why we are thrilled to partner with Clear Clinic to offer this monthly free legal services and expungement clinic, where all services are offered free of charge.
In person, Cafe
Drop-ins welcome!
Somatic Sobriety
Led by Rayleen Courtney, this monthly workshop will explore somatic practices as a recovery support!
ALL levels of experience — with somatics and/or recovery — are welcome and affirmed.
In person, Loft
Free Legal Sercices and Expungement Clinic
A criminal record creates barriers to housing and employment, perpetuating a cycle of poverty for people in recovery involved with the criminal justice system. Unfortunately, clearing one’s record can be expensive, costing in excess of $3,000. That’s why we are thrilled to partner with Clear Clinic to offer this monthly free legal services and expungement clinic, where all services are offered free of charge.
In person, Cafe
Drop-ins welcome!
Sounds of Recovery
Join us as we come together as artists in recovery to express our creativity through the power of music, poetry, dance and more.
In person, Basement
Run TRG: “Happy Hour” Trail Run
Join Run TRG for a Friday evening trail run through Forest Park! Meet at the Leif Erikson Gate on NW Thurman. All skill and experience levels welcome!
Yoga for Athletes at TRG
Yoga for Athletes focuses on enhancing performance by improving strength, flexibility and balance. Beginners and experienced yogis are welcome.
Live Wire Presents An Evening of Poetry and Songs: A Benefit for the Alano Club of Portland
Join poets and authors Hanif Abdurraqib and Kaveh Akbar, and musicians Kasey Anderson and a Special Guest for an evening of poetry, music and conversation to benefit the Alano Club of Portland.
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first full length poetry collection, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much, was released in June 2016 from Button Poetry. In 2024, he released the bestselling non-fiction book There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension with Random House, which was longlisted for the National Book Award. Hanif is a graduate of Beechcroft High School.
Kaveh Akbar is the New York Times bestselling author of the novel Martyr!—a finalist for the National Book Award and one of the New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year—and two books of poetry: Pilgrim Bell and Calling a Wolf a Wolf. He is also the author of a chapbook, Portrait of the Alcoholic and editor of The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 110 Poets on the Divine and, with Paige Lewis, co-editor of Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance.
Kaveh is the recipient of fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Poetry Foundation, Civitella Ranieri, and elsewhere, and has been awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Family Foundation Award, the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize, the Levis Reading Prize, multiple Pushcart Prizes, and named one of the TIME 100 Next. His work has been translated into over thirty languages.
Kasey Anderson is a gradually-retiring songwriter whose songs you have absolutely heard, likely performed by artists other than Kasey Anderson.
All Ages
Yoga for Athletes at TRG
Yoga for Athletes focuses on enhancing performance by improving strength, flexibility and balance. Beginners and experienced yogis are welcome.
Run TRG: Track Tuesdays
Join Run TRG at Duniway Track for an evening track run! All skill and experience levels welcome!
Transitions Lab
Transitions Lab is a weekly peer-supported workspace that helps people in early recovery take practical steps towards stability and independence. Designed for individuals navigating housing, employment, and life transitions, the lab provides dedicated time and space to work on resumes, apply for housing, complete applications and move forward on real-world goals with support close at hand.
Participants can access on-site staff, peer mentors, and resource navigation - ensuring no one has to tackle these tasks alone. The lab offers a calm, welcoming environment where individuals feel equipped, encouraged, and connected as they build momentum in their recovery journey.
In-person, Cafe
Recovery Yoga
In partnership with Rayleen McMillan, our recovery yoga classes provide trauma-informed services and resiliency training in order to ensure all individuals have the tools to heal from the impacts of trauma, prevent re-traumatization, and realize their full potential.
In-person, Loft
Intro to Boxing
We are proud to partner with Portland City Boxing to offer FREE boxing classes to anyone in or seeking recovery! All levels of skill and experience are welcome, equipment will be provided!
Strength Training for Every Body
Join coach Eloise at The Recovery Gym for a strength training class for every body! All skill and experience levels welcome!
Recovery Yoga
Our recovery yoga classes provide trauma-informed services and resiliency training in order to ensure all individuals have the tools to heal from the impacts of trauma, prevent re-traumatization, and realize their full potential.
In-person, Loft
Somatic Sobriety
Led by Rayleen Courtney, this monthly workshop will explore somatic practices as a recovery support!
ALL levels of experience — with somatics and/or recovery — are welcome and affirmed.
In person, Loft
Sounds of Recovery
Join us as we come together as artists in recovery to express our creativity through the power of music, poetry, dance and more.
In person, Basement
Run TRG: “Happy Hour” Trail Run
Join Run TRG for a Friday evening trail run through Forest Park! Meet at the Leif Erikson Gate on NW Thurman. All skill and experience levels welcome!
Yoga for Athletes at TRG
Yoga for Athletes focuses on enhancing performance by improving strength, flexibility and balance. Beginners and experienced yogis are welcome.
Financial Literacy Workshop
The Alano Club is proud to partner with Embold Credit Union to offer a series of FREE Financial Literacy workshops!
Join us in the Cafe the first Wednesday of each month from 6:30 - 7:30pm for these workshops which offer practical tools, real-world guidance, and a supportive space to build your financial confidence. Start your journey towards financial empowerment - no experience needed!
May 6: Budgeting
June 3: Understanding credit
July 1: Paying off debt
August 5: Saving and emergency funds
September 2: Spending
October 7: Protecting yourself from identity theft and fraud
In person, Cafe
Free Legal Sercices and Expungement Clinic
A criminal record creates barriers to housing and employment, perpetuating a cycle of poverty for people in recovery involved with the criminal justice system. Unfortunately, clearing one’s record can be expensive, costing in excess of $3,000. That’s why we are thrilled to partner with Clear Clinic to offer this monthly free legal services and expungement clinic, where all services are offered free of charge.
In person, Cafe
Drop-ins welcome!
Yoga for Athletes at TRG
Yoga for Athletes focuses on enhancing performance by improving strength, flexibility and balance. Beginners and experienced yogis are welcome.
Run TRG: Track Tuesdays
Join Run TRG at Duniway Track for an evening track run! All skill and experience levels welcome!
Transitions Lab
Transitions Lab is a weekly peer-supported workspace that helps people in early recovery take practical steps towards stability and independence. Designed for individuals navigating housing, employment, and life transitions, the lab provides dedicated time and space to work on resumes, apply for housing, complete applications and move forward on real-world goals with support close at hand.
Participants can access on-site staff, peer mentors, and resource navigation - ensuring no one has to tackle these tasks alone. The lab offers a calm, welcoming environment where individuals feel equipped, encouraged, and connected as they build momentum in their recovery journey.
In-person, Cafe
Recovery Yoga
In partnership with Rayleen McMillan, our recovery yoga classes provide trauma-informed services and resiliency training in order to ensure all individuals have the tools to heal from the impacts of trauma, prevent re-traumatization, and realize their full potential.
In-person, Loft
End of Summer Community BBQ
Join us Monday, August 31st as we celebrate the end of summer with burgers, hotdogs, snacks and drinks! (Vegan options will be available.) Stick around afterwards as we hold a brief volunteer orientation in the Café.
International Overdose Awareness Day Community Event
Join us in the Café Monday, August 31st as we observe International Overdose Awareness Day with a free community event offering Compassionate Overdose Response training, peer support on hand, information and resources, and grief support from Grounded Grief.
Light refreshments and snacks will be served.
Strength Training for Every Body
Join coach Eloise at The Recovery Gym for a strength training class for every body! All skill and experience levels welcome!
Recovery Yoga
Our recovery yoga classes provide trauma-informed services and resiliency training in order to ensure all individuals have the tools to heal from the impacts of trauma, prevent re-traumatization, and realize their full potential.
In-person, Loft
Sounds of Recovery
Join us as we come together as artists in recovery to express our creativity through the power of music, poetry, dance and more.
In person, Basement
Sound Bath
Join the Alano Club and PUSH Movement at The Recovery Gym in Hillsboro the last Saturday of each month for a free sound bath led by Anahata Beatspeaker!
In person, The Recovery Gym Hillsboro (1060 Baseline St)
Run TRG: “Happy Hour” Trail Run
Join Run TRG for a Friday evening trail run through Forest Park! Meet at the Leif Erikson Gate on NW Thurman. All skill and experience levels welcome!