|
Menu FLIER (pdf)
|
Links With Other Sites For Additional
Information and Resources
Please see our “Referrals” page for information on
sources of help for substance-involved young people and their families. In
addition, the “recovery groups”
area provides information on “self help” and “mutual aid” groups that may be
helpful for young people and their families.
The following sites provide information
about alcohol, tobacco, other drugs; prevention; chemical
dependency/alcoholism/addiction; intervention; recovery; family issues;
government policy; news; research; advocacy; and other information/resources.
The inclusion of any site listed on this page is not an endorsement of the
site, the program or agency, or the information and opinions expressed on the
site. Due to constraints of space, many very worthwhile resources are not
included. Please contact us to
suggest a resource for this page!
Bonus: Click on the (freebie!) areas to find "freebies"
– items that may be sent to you FREE on request!)
|
News and Local Events |
|||
The sites listed below provide fact sheets and/or
publications with facts about various substances. Several of the sites listed in “Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Information …"
and in “Sites Especially for
Children, Teens and Young Adults” also include
facts sheets or publications with facts about alcohol, tobacco and other
drugs.
Handout (pdf) with alcohol/other
drug/paraphernalia information.
American Council for
Drug Education (ACDE)
provides a Basic Facts about Drugs page.
Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA)
provides Drug information pages and a Drugs
of Abuse (pdf) booklet.
Indiana Prevention
Resource Center (IPRC)
provides Drug facts pages.
MSNBC provides an
Interactive Guide
to Illegal Street Drugs.
National Institute on
Drug Abuse (NIDA)
provides a Drugs of Abuse page. (freebie!)
Office of National
Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
provides a “Drug facts” page. (freebie!)
- National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Drug information page. Prescription drug
abuse information page.
Partnership at Drugfree.org has a “Drug Resource” page, a “Drug guide (pdf) for Parents,” and a “Prescription and over-the-counter drug guide”
(pdf.)
Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides Facts and
publications about drugs. (freebie!)
USA Today: Guide to Illegal Drugs page.
The Washtenaw County Public Health Department: Drug fact sheets accessible from their “health education materials” area.
Drug Paraphernalia and Drug Identification
The sites listed below provide pictures and/or
descriptions of various substances and of paraphernalia that may be associated
with use of various substances. Several
of the sites listed in “Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Information …" also include this information.
A handout with alcohol/other drug/paraphernalia information is posted here.
Handout (pdf) with alcohol/other
drug/paraphernalia information.
Office of National
Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign has pages about drug paraphernalia. (freebie!)
Pillbox (National Library of Medicine/National Institute of Health)
enables rapid identification of unknown
solid-dosage medications (tablets/capsules) based on physical characteristics
and high-resolution images. Once a medication is identified, Pillbox provides
links to drug information and FDA-approved drug labels.
United States Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA)
has photos of controlled substances (search the site for the drug you are
interested in viewing) and photos and descriptions of paraphernalia.
Web MD has an online
tool for identifying pills.
Alcohol/Other Drug
Terminology, “Street” / Slang Terms, and On-Line Teen Lingo
(Many of the drug descriptions in sites listed
under “Alcohol/Other Drug Facts” include
slang/street terminology.)
An Addiction Recovery
Glossary: The Languages of American Communities
of Recovery by William White: Just as people in the culture of addiction often
have a shared “language” so too do people in recovery from chemical dependency
have a “language” shared and understood by others in the “culture of recovery.” This document (pdf)
lists and describes words and phrases common to members of the “culture of
recovery.”
Indiana Prevention Resource Center (IPRC) includes a dictionary
of street drug slang terms.
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) includes a comprehensive directory
of "street terminology" for drugs and drug paraphernalia.
-
Teens and Technology on the ONDCP “The Anti-Drug”
web site is a crash course in popular communication tools used by teens
today that offers guidance and advice to help parents monitor their teen's
activities on these devices.
Legal
Information and Drug Schedules (Legal
Classification)
Alcohol Policy
Information System (APIS) provides detailed information on a wide variety of
alcohol-related policies in the United States at both State and Federal levels.
U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) describes drug
schedules and lists the various drugs in each schedule.
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Information, Including
Prevention, Intervention, Addiction, Treatment,
Recovery, Research, Advocacy, Policy, Legal and Family Issues
Addiction Project (produced in partnership between HBO and the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation) provides science-based information about addiction and recovery, and
information about help for adolescents and adults.
- HBO: Addiction – The Films posts segments of
the feature-length documentary film “Addiction.”
American Council for Drug Education (ACDE; an affiliate of the Phoenix House Foundation)
provides information for teens, adults, and professionals.
American Society of
Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
provides medical information and news about addiction and treatment and lists
board certified addiction medicine specialists.
Association of
Recovery Schools site provides information on secondary and post-secondary schools that
support students in recovery from alcohol or other drug dependence.
Behavioral Health
Recovery Management Project (BHRM)
provides articles on management of and recovery from addiction and mental
illness, recovery, advocacy and family issues.
-
Adolescent Program Support Site
of Chestnut Health System provides information on effective adolescent
evaluation and treatment interventions (targeted to professionals). (freebie!)
-
Society for Adolescent
Substance Abuse Treatment Effectiveness is network of researchers,
evaluators, providers, and policymakers interested in pooling their knowledge
and resources to improve the field. Information on the site may be of
interest to the public also.
Center on Addiction
and the Family (COAF)
provides information for professionals and for the general public about issues
related to and resources for children and adults affected by the substance
abuse of a parent or guardian.
Community Anti-Drug
Coalitions of America (CADCA)
provides information for community coalitions advocating for prevention and
treatment of substance abuse.
Facing Alcohol
Challenges Together (FACE)
provides information, resources and training for addressing underage drinking
issues.
Institute
for Research, Education and Training in Addictions (IRETA) provides science-based
information, documents, education and training related to addiction treatment.
Love First provides comprehensive information
on "intervention," including articles, suggestions, and checklists.
The site is maintained by Jeff and Debra Jay, intervention specialists.
National Association
for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA)
provides information for professionals, family members, other caring adults,
and for children who are affected by family alcoholism/addiction. (freebie!)
National Center on
Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) provides research reports, news,
advocacy information, conferences, and parent and teen pages.
National Criminal
Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
provides reference for criminal justice issues including law enforcement, drugs
and crimes, and juvenile justice issues.
(freebie!)
National Inhalant
Prevention Coalition (NIPC)
provides comprehensive information on inhalant abuse.
National Institute of
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) provides alcohol information, research, facts,
resources, and pages for children, teens and college students. (freebie!)
-
NIAAA Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Data base provides links
to journals, web sites, and data bases with alcohol/other drug research
information.
-
NIAAA College
drinking: Changing the Culture.
-
NIAAA Rethinking
Drinking provides research-based information to help individuals who drink
to assess their drinking habits and how their health may be affected.
National Institute on
Drug Abuse (NIDA)
provides drug abuse information, research, facts, resources, and pages for
children and teens. (freebie!)
- Drugs, Brains and Behavior: The Science of Addiction (pdf) explains how addiction is a
brain disease and how the disease affects behaviors. (freebie!)
National Library of
Medicine “Medline
Plus” provides information from the National Institutes of Health and other
sources on a variety of health topics, including prescription and
nonprescription drugs and substance abuse issues.
- Medline substance abuse link.
Office of National
Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) provides information on
national drug control policies, strategies, enforcement, prevention and
treatment, news, and downloadable publications. (freebie!)
Free resources for
helping teens choose to stay drug free, for parents, teens, and community: (freebie!)
-
Parents: The Anti-Drug
provides information and parenting advice. (freebie!)
-
“Above the Influence” for teens.
Partnership at
Drugfree.org provides drug facts
and parenting resources and advice for prevention, intervention and
treatment of substance abuse in any stage of substance use.
- DrugFree.org
provides a free “parent helpline” (1-855-378-4373) that
parents/guardians can call to talk to “parent specialists” who are “licensed social workers and psychologists with
years of experience” about substance abuse problems (please note this
is not a “crisis line” and is not open around the clock.)
Prevention Network (PN) is a Michigan
coalition of volunteer and professional groups that provides support to
Michigan prevention groups and efforts.
Project Cork provides
information on
substance abuse issues targeted to professionals; including a bibliographic
database; resource materials; and an extensive, searchable database.
Project
GHB provides information
about GHB, Ketamine, “Ecstasy” (MDMA) and prescription drugs.
Project
Mainstream is part of an interdisciplinary project that provides resources and
information to improve health professional education on substance abuse.
Reclaiming Futures pilots and
reports on collaborative programs to help young people who are in trouble with
drugs, alcohol, and crime.
-
Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) publications describes evidence collected to improve
services and tailor treatment for adolescents.
Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the part of the US Department of Health and Human Services that
provides information on substance abuse prevention and treatment programs,
funding, policy/legislation, links to clearinghouses, data/statistics, and
other issues. (freebie!)
-
SAMHSA
Prevention
Platform is an online resource for substance abuse prevention; it provides
informational resources and interactive tools for volunteers and professionals.
-
SAMHSA
National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) is a searchable
database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and
substance use disorders, designed to help people, agencies, and organizations
implement programs and practices in their communities.
-
SAMHSA Drug Free Workplace Resource Center provides
centralized access
about drug-free workplaces and related issues.
Treatment Improvement
Exchange (TIE) provides
information exchange between Center for Substance Abuse Treatment staff and
state/local agencies.
Treatment
Research Institute (TRI)
is a private, non-profit research organization working to reduce the effects of
alcohol and other drug abuse on individuals, families and communities by
employing scientific methods and disseminating evidence-based information to
help convey the results of research to policymakers, treatment providers,
prevention organizations and the families of those affected by substance abuse.
- Slide show on the effects of alcohol/other drug use on the adolescent brain.
United States Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA)
provides information about enforcement issues related to controlled substances,
and substances of abuse.
University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Violence Institute of New Jersey “Source Book” of violence and prevention programs provides
summaries of promising and effective prevention programs that are available for
adoption or adaptation for schools, agencies, and community members.
University of Utah Genetic Science Learning
Center has informative and fun interactive learning programs about the
science of addiction.
FOR PARENTS OF PRE-TEENS and TEENS
– guides to talking to your child about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
Massachusetts Department of Public Health has a pamphlet (pdf) on “Talking to Your Pre-Teen About Alcohol,
Tobacco and Other Drugs: A 10-Step Guide for Parents.”
Mothers Against Drunk
Driving “Power Of Parents” web site has underage drinking
information and tips for talking with teens about drinking.
Parent Central provides parenting information, help lines
for parents, and an opportunity for parents to ask questions and receive
answers from parenting professionals.
Parent Further (from
the SEARCH
Institute) describes a positive,
strength-based approach to parenting, including for
preventing and intervening with substance use problems.
Prevention-Smart
Parents provides an online
learning aid for parents and caregivers with facts about preventing drug
abuse, including a section on children who have started using substances.
FOR PARENTS who are concerned that their
child may be using alcohol/other drugs
The section above on “Alcohol,
Tobacco and Drug Information” includes many sites with parenting
information, and our “Referrals” page includes
information about sources of help for alcohol/other drug problems. The “recovery
groups” area of this page provides information on “self help” and
“mutual aid” groups that provide help for substance-involved young people and
for parents. Suggestions for on-line sources of information specifically for
parents who are concerned that their child is or may be involved with alcohol
or other drugs are listed below.
Chestnut Health
System Questions and Answers (pdf) About Adolescent Substance
Abuse Problems and Their Treatment by Richard A. Risberg
and William L. White.
The Anti-Drug is part
of the Office of National Drug Control Policy “Anti-Drug” site.
- Information for parents on the signs and
symptoms of teen drug use.
- “Action
guide” for parents who suspect their child may have an alcohol/other drug
problem.
Partnership at
Drugfree.org provides information
for parents concerned about possible substance use of their child.
- Time To Act provides information on how to tell if your teen is
using and how to take action to intervene.
- Intervention E-Book (pdf) provides suggestions for what to do if your
child is using alcohol or other drugs.
- Time To Get
Help is for parents of young people experiencing alcohol/other drug
problems.
- Treatment E-Book “How To Find The Right Help for Your Child With An Alcohol or
Drug Problem” (pdf) guide to finding treatment.
“Intervention” is
an effective technique that can be used by families, friends and others who
care, to help someone suffering from chemical dependency. Through intervention,
people who care use love and honesty to break through the denial that keeps an
addict or alcoholic locked in the downward spiral of their disease. Intervention is designed to bring about a moment
of clarity that will allow the person with addiction to accept help. The intervention process helps “raise the
bottom” to where the person is, rather than waiting for him/her to become
sicker and to “hit bottom” on his/her own. The section above on “Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Information” includes
sites with information about “intervention.” Specific sources of intervention
information follow:
Love First provides
intervention information.
Partnership at Drugfree.org provides intervention information. Also, a guide (pdf) to intervention.
SITES ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN, TEENS and YOUNG ADULTS
Above the Influence, from
the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign (a program of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy,) provides information and fun activities to
encourage teens to choose to be drug free.
Adolescent On Line
Smoking Cessation Program (ASPIRE)
is a tobacco cessation site for teens from the University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center.
Alateen provides support for young
people affected by a parent or guardian's drinking.
Alcoholics Anonymous
includes a message to teens (pdf.)
American Council for
Drug Education has pages for children and young people.
Center on Addiction
and the Family has pages for children and young people.
Center for Disease
Control and Prevention tobacco site has videos, posters and fact sheets for/about
youth. (freebie!)
Go Ask Alice! is a health question and
answer service produced by Columbia University’s Health Education Program
to provide information to assist young adults in decision-making about their
physical, sexual, emotional, and spiritual health.
Marijuana Anonymous
includes stories from teens.
National Association
for Children of Alcoholics has pages for children and young people.
National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has a site for young teens and for college
students.
National Institute on
Drug Abuse “NIDA for
teens” site has facts about drugs, addiction, recovery; real stories from
teens; learning activities.
Partnership at
Drugfree.org "Check Yourself" site has quizzes and information
to help using teens evaluate their relationship and possible dependency on
alcohol/other drugs, and information, stories and resources to promote a drug
free life style to teens who have used substances.
Reach Out is a web site for teens who are
dealing with difficult issues that provides information, encouragement and
stories from other teens who have successfully dealt with adversity.
Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has pages for children and young
people: (freebie!)
- Building Blocks for a Healthy Future (for children.)
- Stop Underage
Drinking (for teens.)
Teen Central (from
KidsPeace) is an interactive
site for young people to share stories and receive professional advice. It
lists teen help lines for all states, and other information.
Teen Get Going uses music,
chat rooms, interactive features, videos, and real-time counseling to help
teens overcome alcohol and other drug addictions.
OVERDOSE INFORMATION
(IF YOU THINK SOMEONE MAY HAVE OVERDOSED ON
ALCOHOL OR OTHER DRUGS, CALL 9-1-1 IMMEDIATELY! Don’t wait, don’t let them "sleep it
off," don’t try to diagnose or treat the situation yourself; don’t think
about legal or social ramifications – CALL 911!)
An information sheet (pdf) on alcohol and other drug overdose.
American Association
of Poison Control Centers
has a national 24-hour toll-free telephone hotline.
SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION
If you are feeling
desperate, isolated, hopeless – please, reach out and talk to someone. Help is available!
If you know or suspect
someone may be suicidal, there are things you can do to help!
National Institute on Mental Health has a suicide information page with links to resources.
National Strategy for Suicide
Prevention includes information, news and resources.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (a program of
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) is a national 24 hour
toll-free hotline that also provides information about
suicide prevention and links to suicide prevention resources. (freebie!)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) white paper (pdf) - Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention:
Evidence and Implications.
The Trevor Project operates a crisis and suicide
prevention lifeline and provides online support for LBGTQ (lesbian,
bisexual, gay, transgendered, questioning) young people, and resources for
educators and parents.
Washtenaw Alive is a suicide prevention
coalition in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
Yellow Ribbon is an organization dedicated
to prevention teen suicide.
Back To The Top Of The Page
FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS SITES
CSAP's Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
Center for Excellence provides information and resources about FASD.
F.A.S. Family Resource Institute
provides information, referrals, family support, prevention, and training
related to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders Web Site provides information about Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, and is sponsored by the FASD Community Resource
Center.
National Organization
on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (NOFAS) provides information on prevention of, research
about, and resources for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
(Information on tobacco and smoking issues can also
be found on several sites in the "Alcohol, Tobacco
and Drug Information …” section.)
American Lung
Association (ALA)
offers tobacco information and smoking cessation assistance.
Adolescent On Line
Smoking Cessation Program (ASPIRE)
is a tobacco cessation site for teens from the University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center.
Center for Disease
Prevention and Control (CDC)
Tobacco Information Center provides tobacco information, including prevention
and cessation. It also provides materials on smoking and tobacco, including
literature, posters, and videos for various ages- most of which are free. (freebie!)
Kid'sHealth provides
doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through
adolescence.
- Kid’sHealth for Parents
includes suggestions for helping your teen with smoking.
- Kid’sHealth for children
includes tobacco prevention information.
- Kid’sHealth for teens
includes tobacco information and smoking cessation for teens.
National Cancer
Institute (NCI) Tobacco
Control Research provides a step-by-step cessation guide; local, state and
national telephone quit lines; instant messaging service; and
publications. (freebie!)
Nicotine Anonymous is
a “twelve Step” recovery
program for people who want to stop using nicotine.
QuitNet is a
comprehensive tobacco and
smoking information and cessation site.
ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
The
Teen Years Explained: A Guide
to Healthy Adolescent Development (pdf) from Johns Hopkins University.
Center for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) provides
information about the prevalence of behaviors practiced by young people that
put their health at risk, including alcohol, tobacco and other drug use.
The "Monitoring the
Future" school survey, developed by Lloyd Johnson at the
National Criminal
Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) provides criminal justice and juvenile justice data
and statistics.
Partnership at
Drugfree.org Partnership Attitude Tracking Survey (PATS)
tracks the attitude of parents and teens about illegal drugs.
Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Office of Applied Studies (OAS) provides state and
national data and statistics on alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse, drug related
emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases, and substance abuse
treatment. The site includes reports,
data tables, and Power Point slides.
- Academic performance and substance use among students age 12 to 18.
- Information from the 2003 NSDUH on the relationship between age of first use and development of
alcohol dependence.
- National Survey on Drug Use & Health (NSDUH)
provides data on the prevalence of substance use, serious mental illness,
related problems, and treatment in the
- Underage Drinking has reports
focusing on underage drinking.
- Youth and Substance Use
has reports
focusing on substance abuse and youth.
Washtenaw County Public Health Department (WCPH) web site includes fact sheets and reports pertaining
to
- Underage and Under the Influence (pdf): The Alcohol Climate in
Livingston and
SUBSTANCE ABUSE NEWS
and CURRENT EVENTS
Center for Substance
Abuse Research (CESAR) fax is a weekly, one-page overview
of timely substance abuse trends or issues, sent to subscribers by e-mail or
fax.
Dawn Farm Blog
provides current addiction-related news, research and opinion.
Faces and Voices of
Recovery (FAVOR) provides recovery-related news.
National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) “Spectrum”
summarizes news from alcoholism research.
Partnership at Drugfree.org
provides news on alcohol and other drug issues.
Reclaiming Futures blog provides
news and information on effective ways for communities to help young people in
or at risk for trouble with drugs, alcohol, and crime.
Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Newsroom provides new
government reports and information.
LOCAL EVENTS (in/around
The “Dawn Farm Education Series” is a FREE, annual workshop
series, developed to provide accurate, helpful, hopeful, practical, current
information about addiction, recovery, family recovery and related issues; and
to help reduce the barriers that prevent chemically dependent people and their
family members from GETTING HELP and GETTING WELL. The series is intended to have broad appeal
for people in recovery, people interested in recovery, family members and
friends, professionals and students. The 2011 – 2012 series will continue
through June 26, 2012 and covers a variety of topics. For information, please contact Dawn Farm at (734) 485-8725 or info@dawnfarm.org.
Fundraiser for Dawn
Farm! Wednesday February 15, 5:00 to
8:00 pm at Big Boy Restaurant at 497 Zeeb Road in
Scio Township Michigan (Ann Arbor mailing address.)
Dawn Farm will hold
raffles throughout this time, and Big Boy will donate 10% of all proceeds
during this time to Dawn Farm. There is
no need to bring a flier or ticket; just come and 
purchase/enjoy at tasty meal. Please see the flier (pdf) or contact Dawn Farm at 734-485-8725
for information.
The Dawn Farm Third Annual Ride
for Recovery is a family fun and fitness event and a fundraiser for Dawn
Farm. There will be bike rides, runs and walks with opportunities to
participate at any fitness level. Registration includes "Fun Day at the
Farm" for riders/runners/walkers and their families – food, hayrides,
tours of the working farm, kid's activities in the Dawn Farm Community Barn,
and more! We'll have a "Recovery Celebration" (with hot food!) from
11:30 am to 1:00 pm. All rides, jogs, and walks start and end at Dawn Farm, 6633 Stony Creek Road,
Have a great time and support
a great cause on Sunday September 9,
2012; 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm;
at the Dawn Farm 39th Anniversary Jamboree
held at
Dawn Farm, 6633 Stony Creek Road,
Double rainbow at the
2011 Jamboree!
ADVOCACY for SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, and ADDICTION TREATMENT and
RECOVERY
The Alcohol Justice Institute
works to reduce alcohol problems through environmental prevention, works to
promote effective alcohol policy, conducts media advocacy, and supports
grassroots campaigns.
Behavioral Health
Recovery Management Project (BHRM)
posts several papers that discuss recovery advocacy.
Center for Science in the Public
Interest (CSPI)
advocates for sound science-based policy on health, food safety, and alcohol
policy.
Ensuring Solutions to
Alcohol Problems (ESAP)
at George Washington University Medical Center seeks to increase access to
treatment for individuals with alcohol problems. The site provides information
on alcoholism and issues related to access to alcoholism treatment.
Faces and Voices of
Recovery (FAVOR)
provides news, campaign information, resources, stories related to recovery
advocacy.
Facing Alcohol
Challenges Together (FACE)
is a Michigan-based organization that provides information, resources and
training for addressing underage drinking issues.
Livonia Save Our Youth
Task Force is a local, grass-roots group of parents, professionals and
community advocates working to reduce alcohol and drug-related problems in the
Livonia, Michigan area.
MOMSTELL works to promote awareness; eliminate
stigma; join families who want to work for positive change regarding alcohol
and other drug issues; and offer education,
emotional support, and understanding to families coping with a child active in
drug addiction, a child in recovery, or the loss of a child from drug
addiction.
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month encourages involvement in advocacy and promotes the message
that recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders is possible. (freebie!)
National Association
for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) is a membership
organization serving addiction-focused health care professionals, who
specialize in addiction prevention, treatment and education. NAADAC supports research and advocates for
policies improving the prevention and treatment of addiction.
- NAADAC Legislative Action Center provides information on legislative and
advocacy issues related to addiction, and a “scorecard” with the voting records of members
Congress on addiction issues.
National Organization
on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (NOFAS) provides advocacy information related to fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD,) including policy initiatives and statements,
legislative news, and FASD advocacy events.
Physicians and
Lawyers for National Drug Policy (PLNDP) provides research reports and advocacy
recommendations on substance abuse issues.
(freebie!)
-
"Adolescent Substance Abuse: A Public
Health Priority" (pdf) contains recommendations for policy changes aimed
at the prevention, screening, assessment, and treatment of adolescents.
Recovery Is Everywhere is a public education
campaign designed to reduce stigma
by informing the public that they unknowingly have contact with recovering
addicts every day who work hard and contribute to their communities, offer hope that addicts do recover,
and challenge stereotypes about
addicts and addiction. (freebie!)
William White Papers is a web site with writings
by William White and co-authors on addiction treatment and recovery and
recovery advocacy.
SELF-HELP/MUTUAL
HELP/SUPPORT GROUPS and RECOVERY PROGRAMS for RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION and for
FAMILY and FRIENDS AFFECTED BY ALCOHOLISM and ADDICTION
The following are links to sites with information
about some commonly attended support and recovery programs for recovery from
alcohol/other drug problems and for family and friends, including some programs
targeted to specific ages or needs. Inclusion on this list is not intended to
be an endorsement of the program.
For
additional information: Faces and Voices of
Recovery maintains a “Faces & Voices Guide to Mutual Aid Resources.” This
resource provides explanations of and information about “mutual aid” groups for
recovery from chemical dependency, mental health and related problems,
including descriptions and contact information for groups that meet “face to
face” or provide on-line support, group development suggestions, and
information for professionals.
“Speaker tapes:” One way to learn
about “mutual aid” groups is to listen to group members
tell their story of what it was like, what happened, and what it’s like for
them now in recovery. Member stories can be heard at “open meetings” of the
group (meetings that the public may attend,) or from recordings. Sites where
recordings of Twelve Step program members telling their story can be accessed
on line include:
Narcotics Anonymous speaker tapes.
Recovery Speakers has
digitalized recordings of recovery speakers.
Thursday A.A.
Speakers from the Thursday night 8:00 pm open Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
at Grace Lutheran Church in Monroe, Michigan.
XA Speakers posts recordings from speaker meetings, conventions and
workshops of 12-step fellowships, including Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon
Family Groups, Cocaine Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous:
"Twelve-Step" Support and Recovery Programs for
Alcoholism/Addiction Recovery
Alcoholics Anonymous
(AA): AA is a “Twelve Step” recovery program for anyone of any age that wants
to stop drinking alcohol.
-
AA World Service Office.
-
AA in Southeast Michigan (“Area 33.)
-
A list of AA telephone “hotlines”
in Southeast Michigan.
-
AA in Washtenaw
County, Michigan (Huron Valley Area Intergroup.)
-
AA in Livingston County, Michigan.
AA resources of special interest
to young people:
- AA video for young people.
- AA pamphlet: “A MESSAGE TO TEENAGERS...How to tell when drinking is becoming
a problem.”
- Michigan Conference of Young People in AA is an annual convention in
Michigan with fellowship activities for young people in AA.
- International Conference
of Young People in AA is an annual USA convention with fellowship
activities for young people in AA.
- List of Washtenaw County AA and
NA meetings (pdf) that have been suggested by young people in the programs
as being attended by many young people.
Alcoholics for Christ
is a Christian
recovery program for people with alcoholism/other drug addiction and their
families.
Alcoholics Victorious
(AV) is a Christian
recovery program for people with alcoholism.
Ann Arbor Women’s
Group (AAWG) supports women
recovering from alcoholism and drug-addiction in Washtenaw County by providing
a healthy social network, mentoring, help connecting with resources, job skill
development, healthy activities, stigma reduction and other support.
Chemically
Dependent Anonymous is a “Twelve Step” recovery program for anyone of any age that wants to stop the use of any mood-changing chemicals.
Cocaine Anonymous (CA)
is a “Twelve Step” recovery
program for anyone of any age that wants to stop using cocaine.
Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA) is a “Twelve Step” recovery program to help
people stop using crystal methamphetamine.
Dual Recovery
Anonymous (DRA) is a “Twelve Step” recovery program for people with both addiction and mental
or emotional illness.
Heroin Anonymous is a
“Twelve Step” recovery
program for heroin addicts.
Jewish Alcoholics,
Addicts, Chemical Dependents and Significant Others (JACS) has information and
programs for chemically dependent individuals and their families that help them
to connect with Judaism based spiritual recovery.
Marijuana Anonymous
(MA) is a “Twelve Step” recovery program for people with marijuana addiction
(includes a meeting in Ann Arbor.)
Methadone Anonymous
Support (MA)
is a 12 step fellowship that gives support to those on “methadone maintenance
treatment” for opiod addiction (also known as "Medication Assisted
Treatment" or MAT.)
Narcotics Anonymous
(NA): NA is a “Twelve Step” recovery program for anyone of any age that wants
to stop using drugs of any type.
-
NA World
Service Office.
-
NA in Michigan.
-
NA in Washtenaw County area of Michigan (includes Livingston
County meeting information.)
Nicotine Anonymous is a recovery program
for people who want to stop using nicotine.
White Bison is a Native American non-profit
organization that offers healing resources, including a 12 Step recovery
program, to Native Americans seeking to find sobriety and recovery from
addictions to alcohol and other drugs.
Non"12-Step" Support and Alcoholism/Addiction
Recovery Programs
Buddhist
Recovery Network
supports
the use of Buddhist teachings, traditions and practices to help people recover
from addiction. It is open to people of
all backgrounds, and respectful of all recovery paths, promotes mindfulness and
meditation, and is grounded in Buddhist principles of non-harming, compassion
and interdependence..
LifeRing Secular Recovery is a secular
(non-religious) program for recovery from addictions.
Rational Recovery advocates and
describes an “addictive voice recognition technique" for stopping
addictions.
Secular Organization
for Sobriety (SOS) is
a non-religious recovery program.
Self Management And
Recovery Training (SMART)
is a recovery program that uses rational-emotive behavioral therapy techniques
for addictions.
Women for Sobriety (WFS) is an
addiction recovery program for women.
SUPPORT and RECOVERY PROGRAMS for PARENTS, FAMILY and FRIENDS
of SUBSTANCE ABUSERS
Adult Children of
Alcoholics/Adult Children Anonymous (ACOA/ACA) is a “Twelve Step” program for adult children
affected by parental alcoholism or dysfunction.
Al-Anon Family Groups: Al-Anon is a “Twelve Step” program for family
and friends of alcoholics/addicts.
-
Al-Anon World Service Office.
-
Al-Anon in Michigan.
-
Al-Anon in the Washtenaw County area
of Michigan.
-
Al-Anon in Livingston County, Michigan.
Alateen is an Al-Anon
program for teens that are affected by family alcoholism or addiction. Please see Al-Anon links, above.
Alcoholics for Christ
is a Christian
recovery program for people with alcoho9l/other drug addictions and their
families.
Co-Anon is a program for family and friends
of cocaine addicts.
Dawn Farm “Family Matters” (pdf)
group is a free, ongoing Tuesday evening
support group for family and friends of people with addictions, whether the
person with addictions is or has ever been a Dawn Farm client. Please contact Dawn Farm for
information.
Families Anonymous (FA) is a “Twelve
Step” program for families with substance abusing children.
Jewish Alcoholics,
Addicts, Chemical Dependents and Significant Others (JACS) has information and
programs for chemically dependent individuals and their families that help them
to connect with Judaism based spiritual recovery.
Nar-Anon is a “Twelve
Step” program for family and
friends of people with addiction.
- Nar-Anon in Michigan.
American Self Help
Clearinghouse provides information on locating, starting, publicizing and
maintaining self help, mutual aid and support groups and programs, networking
for self/mutual help, and for locating state self help clearinghouses.
Michigan Self Help
Clearinghouse provides information
on locating self help, mutual aid and support groups in Michigan, and on-line
publications about starting, publicizing and maintaining self-help, mutual aid
and support groups and programs.
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT (for those who have experienced the death of a loved one due
to alcohol/other drugs)
When someone we love dies due to his or her alcohol or other drug use,
grief is often compounded by guilt and anguish over what we imagine might have
been done to prevent it. A death due to
alcohol or drug use is not the fault of another person, any more than death
from any other illness is another person’s fault. Family and friends do not
cause, and can not control or cure, the diseases of
alcoholism/addiction any more that they cause, control or cure any other
disease. The following are resources that provide help for healing to those who
are grieving for a child, other relative or friend who has died due to
substance use or a substance-related cause.
Bereaved Parents of the USA (BP/USA) offers
support, understanding, encouragement and hope to other bereaved parents,
siblings and grandparents. (General bereavement support; not specific to losses
from alcohol/other drugs.)
Compassionate Friends is a self-help support
organization that assists families toward the positive resolution of grief
following the death of a child of any age and provides information to help
others be supportive. (General bereavement support; not specific to losses from
alcohol/other drugs.)
Ele’s Place is a nonprofit, community-based organization
with a mission to create awareness of and support for grieving children and
their families. Programs are available in the Ann Arbor and Lansing (Michigan)
areas. (General bereavement support; not specific to losses from alcohol/other
drugs but applicable to children who have lost a family member due to
alcohol/other drug problems.) .
Grief Recovery After Substance
Passing (GRASP)
provides help, healing, compassion and understanding for families or
individuals who have experienced a loved one’s death as a result of
alcohol/other drugs. (Bereavement support is specific to losses from
alcohol/other drugs.)
Grief Recovery On Line (GROWW) provides message boards, resource listings and secure
chat rooms for bereaved people. (General bereavement support and
bereavement support specific to losses from alcohol/other drugs.)
Healing Hearts for Bereaved Parents is
dedicated to providing grief support and services to parents who are suffering
as the result of the death of their child or children. (General bereavement
support; not specific to losses from alcohol/other drugs.)
Kite Network provides peer
support for grieving people in Washtenaw County and surrounding area of
Michigan. (General bereavement support; not specific to losses from
alcohol/other drugs but applicable to people who have lost a family member due
to alcohol/other drug problems.)
Michigan
Network for Grieving
Children raises awareness of the needs of children grieving a death and
assists Michigan communities in providing support for them. (General
bereavement support; not specific to losses from alcohol/other drugs but
applicable to children who have lost a family member due to alcohol/other drug
problems.).
National Alliance for Grieving
Children promotes awareness of the needs of children and teens grieving a
death and provides education and resources for anyone who wants to support
grieving children. (General bereavement support; not specific to losses from
alcohol/other drugs but applicable to children who have lost a family member
due to alcohol/other drug problems.)
Partnership at Drugfree.org created
a memorial
website to give friends and family members a special place to share their
memories of loved ones who lost their lives to drugs or alcohol. (Bereavement
support is specific to losses from alcohol/other drugs.)
Survivors of Suicide helps those who have
lost a loved one to suicide resolve their grief and pain in their own
personal way. (Bereavement support for loss due to suicide; not specific to
losses from alcohol/other drugs.)
"TEENS USING DRUGS: WHAT TO KNOW and WHAT TO
DO" Disclaimer
PLEASE NOTE: this site is not a counseling
or treatment service. We welcome comments and requests for information about
the "Teens Using Drugs: What To Know and What To Do" program and/or
about this Web site, but the people who maintain the Web site are not substance
abuse professionals and cannot provide advice about substance abuse
problems. Parents, family members,
teens, professionals, and concerned community members are all welcome to attend
the free "Teens Using Drugs: What To Know and What To Do" program to
learn more about adolescent substance abuse problems and what can be done to
help adolescents with alcohol/other drug problems. If you are not able to
attend this program, you can click on the "referrals"
section to find suggestions for other options, and check the "information/links" section for sources of
information.