Resources, Online And Real World

Listed below are assorted links to a variety of support and information groups and media. Every addict and alcoholic battling either active addiction or in early stages of recovery will benefit from some kind of support or other. It has been our experience that knowledge of the condition called 'addiction', combined with the renewed sense of self that comes from sobering up are key ingredients in sobriety maintenance.

Online Communities
Sober Musicians
Recovery Stores
Twelve Beads
Fellowship Based Programs
Alcoholics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
Crystal Meth Anonymous
Non 12 Step Programs
SMART Recovery
LifeRing
Women For Sobriety
800 Heroin
Information, articles and news about heroin addiction, suboxone treatment, etc...
Addiction News Network
A dynamic online addiction and alcoholism news magazine.
Treatment Facility Locator
Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration treatment facility locator.
Sober Living Network
The Sober Living Network is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in the operation and management of sober living and other community recovery support resources.
Alcohol And Drug Withdrawal
Online resource for information and articles about withdrawal and detoxification.
Oxycontin Addiction
Basic facts about Oxycontin, an opiate prescription painkiller that is highly addictive.
Cocaine And Crack
Cocaine articles news and information about cocaine and crack cocaine.
The Addiction-Help Blog
A provocative addiction blog, news feeds and articles, maintained by recovering addicts and alcoholics.
Rehab Referral
This website was created to help individuals and families make informed decisions regarding the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction.
Affordable Drug Treatment
Presents information on low-cost and affordable treatment and detox for drug and alcohol abuse.
Teenager Addiction Issues
Teen drug treatment can be based within an alcohol treatment center where professionals assist the rehabilitation process.
Science-Based Residential Treatment
In addition to stopping drug use, the goal of treatment is to return the individual to productive functioning in the family, workplace, and community. Twelve steps aren't always the solution.
Buprenorphine And Suboxone
Subutex and Suboxone now join methadone as medications that will be available for the treatment of heroin and other opiate addiction.
Treatment Hotline
Our team strives constantly for the "perfect placement"-refusing to try and force "square pegs into round holes."
Dual Diagnosis Information
A person who has both an alcohol or drug problem and an emotional/psychiatric problem is said to have a dual diagnosis. To recover fully, the person needs treatment for both problems.
Women's Drug Treatment
Addiction to drugs is a serious, chronic health problem for both women and men. Among women, however, drug abuse may present different challenges to health, may progress differently, and may require different treatment approaches.


Orange County Drug Treatment

Orange County Drug Treatment is a compilation of articles, stories, news, opinion, links and resources. While the links and resources for addiction help and support are primarily O.C. based, the alcoholism and addiction articles and news are collected from sources both national and world-wide.

At times it may appear that there is no structure nor organization whatsoever. When you consider that a multitude of both addicts and alcoholics "just happen" to also have ADD and/or ADHD, then is shouldn't really be a surprise. In fact, if 12 Step Meetings are part of your recovery have some fun and ask around a little.

Orange County Drug Treatment

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Is it a Disease? Is it Moral Deficiency? Is it Lack of Will? Whatever it is, millions of us have "it".

Therefore, despite everything you may have heard, that equals millions of ways to treat "it". From Methadone to Meditation, Treatment Centers by the Sea to Downtown Detox Clinics. And meetings.and meetings.and meetings. Or not.

While there is no denying that 12 Step programs are the most accessible (and affordable) of the rapidly escalating number of treatment options, the majority of Alcoholics and Addicts who have quit drinking or using drugs have never seen the doorstep of a 12-Step meeting. And they never will. At the same time, millions of formerly hopeless/helpless drunks and dope fiends have found a new way of life in the rooms of N.A. and A.A. (Just trust me when I tell you not to EVER bring up the topic of getting clean and sober without the 12-Steps in a 12-Step meeting. Denial may not be a bad word, but it's not exactly a compliment.)

If you've read this far hoping that I would have an answer for your particular brand of addiction, I am sorry to dissapoint you. There are plenty who will tell you what you should do. And how you should do, where you should do, and why you should do. Shouldy, shouldy-do, do.

At my last count there was over 100 "formal" or "official" 12 Step Organiziations. There are hundreds of thousands of churches and synagogues. The SAMHSA Database lists more than 14,000 treatment facilites, (many more are run from houses and/or Recovery homes.) Medication advances like Suboxone and Subutex make detox safer and more comfortable. And the Salvation Army has free treatment centers in practically every U.S. State. Today, "Alternatives to 12-Step" programs can be found with a simple Yahoo or Google search. It seems as if there are new alternatives every week. Some rational, some not so rational.

My point, if there ever really was one, is that it doesn't matter what "kind" of drunk you are or the religious or moral values currently buried by your addiction. You, and I, are two of millions. And absolutely, positively unique. That means there are millions of ways to get sober. (Hallelujah!)

Pick one, or two. Or start your own.

And let us know how it goes. Or doesn't go.

We'll leave the light on for ya.

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