Wareham Fighting Against Addiction's drop-in center is for everyone: those struggling with addiction, friends and family of someone fighting addiction or just people who want an education or Narcan training.

The addiction drop-in center began in November and is held once a month on the third Wednesday of the month from 5 to 9 p.m. There are addiction and recovery services for those who are active in their addiction. There's Narcan training and distribution and around 11 tables with vendors offering resources to the community.

Alyson McDonough, a group member of Wareham Fighting Against Addiction, said around 20 people are at the drop-in center each month from recovery businesses. In the three months the drop-in has been open, around five people have come in each time. They get bumper stickers, pamphlets of information and education. The Narcan training is one of the most popular things the center offers, McDonough said.

"We've been received very well," she said.

With 16 opioid-related deaths in Wareham in 2017 and nearly 200 overdoses, the issue of opioid use is an increasingly pressing one in town. A vigil for overdose victims at the end of November marked the opening of the drop-in center and mourned the thousands of opioid-related deaths that happen each year in Massachusetts.

A table from Teen Challenge, an adolescent girls center in the Cape Cod area, was set up for the first time on Wednesday night. The faith-based program helps girls ages 12 to 17 who are struggling with abuse, anxiety, addiction or depression.

"We're here for them to know that we're here to help the community," said Abbey Rhoades, who manned the table. "There's definitely hope for them."

Several people facing active addiction have been helped by Habit OPCO's table at the drop-in center, said clinician Kim West. The table has been at the center every month since it started, West said.

"We got a patient the first night we were here and we've had a few more since," West said. "If you get one person, it's worth it."

Habit OPCO, a West Wareham clinic, provides methadone, an opiate replacement that helps with withdrawals. If a potential patient comes to the drop-in center, Habit OPCO can set them up to come in the next morning and see a doctor.

"It's always helped, it's never hurt," West said. She said there have also been people coming to the drop-in center with questions on where to go to help loved ones with addiction.

The drop-in center will be held next at the Church of the Good Shepherd at 74 High Street on Feb. 21 from 5 to 9 p.m. For more information or to reserve a table at the drop-in center, email warehamfightingaddiction@gmail.com or call 774-326-0066.