The Pause is a Community Center for Recovery
which supports both alcoholics and addicts as well as family members
and loved ones of those suffering from substance misuse.
Who We Are
The Pause is one of the largest facilities of its type in Massachusetts serving people from Hyannis to Provincetown year-round as well as seasonal visitors from around the world.
Our Mission
The Pause is a Community Center for Recovery which supports both alcoholics and addicts as well as family members and loved ones of those suffering from substance misuse. We facilitate this by providing a dedicated space for 12-step meetings and year round sober social activities.
Pause A While – With Us
Meetings per Day
With on average four meetings held at the facility each day, and with close to 200 individuals attending these meetings, The Pause is one of the largest dedicated facilities of its type in Massachusetts.
12 Step Meetings
12-step meetings are the long-term treatment component for alcoholism and addiction. Individuals who are attending these 12-step meetings each day are actively and successfully treating their addiction and alcoholism.
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First Day of Sobriety
According to Alcoholics Anonymous’ statistics, close to 40% of meeting attendees received their very first day of sobriety directly through attending a meeting versus from a recent hospitalization or rehab visit.
Welcome to Pause A While “The Pause”
The Pause is a Community Center for Recovery which supports both alcoholics and addicts as well as family members and loved ones of those suffering from substance misuse. We facilitate this by providing a dedicated space for 12-step meetings and year-round sober social activities.
Pause A While, the facility, is operated and managed by an independent nonprofit: Pause A While Inc., a 501(C)3 organization. Both The Pause, the facility, and the nonprofit manager of the facility, Pause A While Inc, are not affiliated with any 12-step recovery group such as AA.
Today’s Meeting Schedule
News & Events
2025 Pause Golf Tournament ~ Calling all golfers and sponsors!
Planning is already underway for the 3rd annual Pause Golf Tournament. We are grateful to announce our Premier sponsor, Right At Home! If you are interested or know a local business you think would like to sponsor this event, here is the link to sign up. Golfers...
La Bella Vita Benefit Dinner
Please join us to celebrate Spring and the 2nd anniversary in our new home! Hope to see you there. Click Here to REGISTER
National Recovery Month
September is National Recovery Month. Please join us for a free screening of the award winning documentary Recovery City. Directed and produced by local filmmaker Lisa Olivieri. An intimate, unflinching portrait of four individuals who refuse to let themselves or...
Reflections
from Visitors at
the Pause
“It’s a safe and secure place to sit and read.”
“A good place to meet with my sponsor.”
“I don’t miss meeting in a dark church basement.”
“I always feel better after a meeting.”
“Disease stole my family; the Alanon Fellowship gave me a new family.”