An Internet-based support group may be your best option if no groups meet in your community.
- Another option is to contact Alcoholics Anonymous (AA, http://www.aa.org) to find out whether AA meetings in your community are open to people in recovery from other substances besides alcohol.
- DualRecoveryAnonymous http://www.draonline.org
- LifeRing http://www.unhooked.com
- NarcoticsAnonymous http://www.na.org
- RationalRecovery http://www.rational.org
- SecularOrganizationsforSobriety http://www.cfiwest.org/sos/index.htm
- SMART Recovery http://www.smartrecovery.org
- WomenforSobriety, Inc. http://www.womenforsobriety.org
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) maintains a Web site ( http://www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov ) that shows the location of residential, outpatient, and hospital inpatient treatment programs for drug addiction and alcoholism throughout the country. This information is also accessible by calling 1-800-662-HELP.
- The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-TALK) offers more than just suicide prevention—it can also help with a host of issues, including drug and alcohol abuse, and can connect individuals with a nearby professional.
- The National Alliance on Mental Illness ( http://www.nami.org ) and Mental Health America ( http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net ) are alliances of nonprofit, self-help support organizations for patients and families dealing with a variety of mental disorders. Both have State and local affiliates throughout the country and may be especially helpful for patients with co-occurring conditions.
- The American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry each have physician locator tools posted on their Web sites at http://www.aaap.org and http://www.aacap.org , respectively.
- The Partnership at Drugfree.org (http://www.drugfree.org ) is an organization that provides information and resources on teen drug use and addiction for parents, to help them prevent and intervene in their children’s drug use or find treatment for a child who needs it. They offer a toll-free helpline for parents (1-855-378-4373).
- The American Society of Addiction Medicine (http://www.asam.org ) is a society of physicians aimed at increasing access to addiction treatment. Their Web site has a nationwide directory of addiction medicine professionals.
- NIDA’s National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (http://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/organization/cctn/ctn ) provides information for those interested in participating in a clinical trial testing a promising substance abuse intervention; or visit http://www.clinicaltrials.gov .
- NIDA’s DrugPubs Research Dissemination Center (http://www.drugpubs.drugabuse.gov ) provides booklets, pamphlets, fact sheets, and other informational resources on drugs, drug abuse, and treatment.
- The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (niaaa.nih.gov) provides information on alcohol, alcohol use, and treatment of alcohol-related problems (niaaa.nih.gov/search/node/treatment).