- U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism
- Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Prevention Global Network
- Office of National Drug Control Policy
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State
- Legal Action Center, New York City – a legal advocacy organization which helps fight discrimination against people with histories of addiction, HIV or criminal records
- Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies
- Center for Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University, New Jersey
- Drug use and abuse trends for adolescents compiled by University of Michigan
- American Society of Addictive Medicine
- The New Science of Addiction-Genetics and the Brain
Hudson Valley Resources
- Official website for Westchester County
- Official website for Dutchess County
- Official website for Rockland County
Self-Help
- Alcoholics Anonymous Intergroup site
- Monthly International Journal of Alcoholics Anonymous
- The Big Book Web Site
- Resources on recovery books, music and more
- Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters Site
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Cocaine Anonymous
- Marijuana Anonymous
- Overeaters Anonymous
- Nicotine Anonymous
- Women for Sobriety – a women’s recovery program
- Families Anonymous
Nicotine Treatment
- Nicotine Anonymous – a 12-step program based on the recovery program of Alcoholics Anonymous
- www.smokefree.gov – provides free, accurate, evidence-based information and professional assistance to help support the immediate and long-term needs of people trying to quit smoking
Youth Resources
- Variety of addiction resources
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
- National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
- National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Resource covering all aspects of alcoholism
- National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
- Resources on addiction and recovery
- Talking to Kids about Drugs and Alcohol
Recommended reading
- High Bottom Drunk
By Charles N. Roper
Highbottomdrunk - Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
By Nic Sheff - Beautiful Boy
By David Sheff - I Am Your Disease: The Many Faces of Addiction
By Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis and Heiko Ganzer - Losing Jonathan
By Robert Waxler, Linda Waxler - Addict In The Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery
By Beverly Conyers - Broken
By William Cope Moyers - Addiction: Why Can’t They Just Stop?
By Susan Cheever (Afterword), John Hoffman (Editor), Susan Froemke (Editor), Sheila Nevins (Introduction) - High Society: How Substance Abuse Ravages America and What to Do About It
By Joseph A. Califano Jr. - First Year Sobriety: When All That Changes Is Everything
By Guy Kettelhack - Drinking: A Love Story
By Caroline Knapp
Recommended viewing
- National Geographic: World’s Most Dangerous Drug (2006)
- 28 Days
- Rush
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Traffic
- Maria Full of Grace
- August: Osage County
- The Days of Wine and Roses
- The Lost Weekend