Partners for Substance Abuse Prevention
http://preventionpartners.samhsa.gov/partner_listing_focus.asp?Focus=fbg
“The mission of Partners is to decrease substance use and abuse by bringing effective prevention to every community. To further this mission, the Partners website is a virtual meeting place for all organizations that want to become involved in the substance abuse prevention effort or want to enhance or expand their current substance abuse prevention activities. This website provides organizations with networking opportunities, information, and resources to enable those already in the field to continue and enhance their work and to help newcomers become active in substance abuse prevention.”
Christian Recovery Connection
Use this directory site to connect to other Christian recovery sites from the 12 Step Cyber Café to the United Methodists in Recovery site. It also has links to a Spanish language site and other Internet resources.
Christian Recovery International
Over 1,800 pages of information are included on this site. It also offers a Members Only area that provides a safe and loving atmosphere, private chat rooms, daily scheduled recovery meetings, e-mail groups, message boards, 12 Step Bible Study Groups and more.
Faithworks
A joint effort of the faith community and the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, this initiative seeks to raise awareness of, and reduce the negative health, social and economic consequences stemming from the abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Faithworks seeks to work with all members of the state's faith community. It includes, but is not limited to, the Christian, Jewish and Islamic faiths.
Faith Partners
The mission of this organization is to equip people of faith to prevent substance abuse. The Faith Partners organization views the congregation as a full partner in community prevention and recovery. It is a national resource and clearinghouse for all faith traditions and it fosters a clergy and lay movement that recognizes the unique role played by congregations and religious networks in reducing substance abuse.
Interfaith Health Program
The Interfaith Health Program was launched at the Carter Center and is housed at Georgia's Emory University Rollins School of Public Health where it has close ties to the University's schools of theology and nursing. The site features a searchable database and includes practice models of working faith-based programs.
Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others (JACS)
There are approximately 20 groups loosely affiliated with JACS throughout the U.S. and Canada. The site is for Jews and their families whose lives have been affected by substance abuse. It is also for rabbis and treatment professionals involved or concerned with addiction in the Jewish community.
One Church - One Addict
A national program recruiting churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, assemblies and other congregations to establish and train ministry teams which then provide four services: referrals to treatment centers; acceptance, companionship, role modeling and support; family support and advice against enabling addicts and, finally, training to help faith communities become proactive and responsive to substance abuse issues.
“So Help Me God: Substance Abuse, Religion, and Spirituality” - The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA)
http://www.casalibrary.org/CASAPublications/Spirituality.pdf
CASA researchers explore the link the between “God, religion and spirituality and substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery, and how to better exploit any such link. By examining recent findings in practice and research with respect to the role of religion and spirituality in dealing with substance abuse and by listening to the voices of recovery, CASA aims to draw attention to a powerful source of hope for many affected by this disease. As part of this two-year study, CASA conducted two unprecedented surveys: one, asking presidents of schools of theology and seminaries about their perceptions of the extent of substance abuse problems and the formal training and coursework offered in this subject; the other, asking clergy in the field their perspective of these problems among their congregations and what training they had received in this area.
Adventist Review - Special Edition
This special edition of the Adventist Review is designed to help Adventists identify and understand that many within the church suffer from addictions. “The unwritten rule among us is: “We are God’s remnant. We have the truth. We don’t have addictions. But if we do, it’s because we don’t pray hard enough. We’re not spiritual enough.” …addiction is a spiritual problem—but it is also a physical, emotional, and psychological problem. We can no longer pretend that just “praying harder” will make it go away. We have attempted to create a Christ-centered, theologically and medically sound resource to assist you and those you care about in finding help, hope, and healing."
The Bridge Fellowship
1745 Logsdon Road
Bowling Green KY 42101
Tel: 502-777-1094
Fax: 502-777-1062Adventist inpatient recovery for codependency, with substance abuse, compulsive behavior, sexual abuse, and alcoholic relapse services (18 years or older).
Project PATCH
13255 SE 97th Avenue
Clackamas OR 97015-9798
Tel: 503-653-8086
Fax: 503-653-8265
E-mail: patch@aracnet.com
Web: www.projectpatch.orgA Seventh-day Adventist organization that seeks to provide preventive help for children ages 1-18. This program deals with all types of crises. Intake contact person Lynette Anderson.
Advent Home Youth Services
900 County Road 950
Route 1 Box 242
Calhoun TN 37309
Tel: 423-336-5052
Fax: 423-339-5986A residential counseling program for 12-16 year old boys from Seventh-day Adventist families. They specialize in working with boys who have behavior, attitude and academic problems. This is an ASI organization which also is a treatment center for chemical dependency. The program publishes a newsletter 3 times a year called "Advent Update," to keep supporters informed of the needs and growth of this youth ministry.
Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center
1710 Barton Road
Redlands CA 92373
Tel: 800-752-5999 / 909-793-9333
Fax: 909-335-4262The HelpLine is available 24_hours a day. Counselors provide each caller with a Christian therapist who can help with the caller's specific need. The caller can also visit the hospital for a free, confidential assessment. Inpatient and outpatient services for adults, adolescents, and children are provided. Recovery Services offer help for people addicted to alcohol and drugs. Free seminars are offered monthly. A FREE cassette called "How to Help" is available and explains how to assist a loved one seeking treatment for a problem. Inpatient drug treatment programs available.
Glendale Adventist Hospital
1509 Wilson Terrace
Glendale CA 91206
Tel: 818-242-3116
Fax: 818-242-5759If you think your child might be using drugs but don't know for sure, the Alcohol and Drug Services programs at Glendale Adventist Medical Center can help. Inpatient and out_patient rehab is provided. For a free slide guide that helps you identify a drug problem in your child, call 24 hours a day. Also there is a psychiatric in_patient facility.
St. Helena Health Center
P.O. Box 250
Deer Park CA 94576
Tel: 707-963-6200 / 800-358-9195
Fax: 707-967-5618At St. Helena you come in contact with a multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals who have years of experience in working with lifestyle change programs. The core group includes internists, other physicians, dietitians, exercise physiologists, recreation therapists, psychologists, counselors, nurses, chaplains and other noted specialists. When you have the constant support of a helpful staff and fellow participants who share similar experiences, it only strengthens your resolve to change. There is a Live-in Smoking Cessation Clinic and Alcohol & Chemical Recovery Program. (Hospital: 707-963-3611)
Cliff & Freddie Harris
Drug Alternative Program11868 Arliss Drive
Grand Terrace CA 92313-9873
Tel: 909-783-1094 / 800-784-1094
Fax: 909-783-1098
E-mail: dap@vmail.vbshop.comInpatient and outpatient support for drug and alcohol abuse (18-65 years of age). Adventist In-House Drug Rehabilitation Program. Cliff and Freddie also present seminars and initiate support groups.
Behavioral Medicine Services - Simi Valley Hospital
1850 Heywood Street
Simi Valley CA 93065
Tel: 805-582-5000
Fax: 805-527-3296Inpatient drug treatment program.
Castle Alcoholism and Addiction Program
Castle Medical Center640 Ulukahiki Street
Kailua HI 96734
Tel: 808-263-4429
Fax: 808-263-5123Alcohol/Addiction treatment program.
The Health Connection
55 West Oak Ridge Drive
Hagerstown MD 21740-7390
Tel: 800-548-8700
Fax: 301-790-9733
E-mail: sales@healthconnection.org
Web: www.healthconnection.orgSlides, videos, books on nutrition, health violence prevention, drug prevention, counseling, conflict resolution & anger, AIDS, alcohol, tobacco, wellness, displays and aids for health fair use, puppets and dolls with music and soundtracks are all available.
Association of Adventist Parents Keeping in Touch
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring MD 20904
Tel: 301-540-778-5132
Fax: 301-680-6090
E-mail: 74617.2242@compuserve.comOrganizes retreats (Celebration of Family Recovery) to provide a new dimension of hope for Adventists seeking recovery from chemical dependency, co_dependency, and other addictive behaviors. AAP Newsletter issued quarterly. For information contact Tom Neslund @ GC Health: 301-680-6702. Also includes an organized youth program, PACE. Call: 301-680-6719 Beth Pettit, Francis Soper, President of AAP: 540-778-5132.
Pastor Hal Gates
Regeneration Ministries - SDAXA3710 Oldani Rd
Raymond, WA 98577-9699
Tel: 360-942-2400
E-mail: sdaxahal@yahoo.comHal Gates, an attorney-turned-pastor who suffered from severe addictions in his early adulthood, has now produced a professional videotaped series on recovery from addictive behavior. This seminar consists of five sections: Filling the God-shaped Void Within; Childhood - the Temple-building Time; Faith, Forgiveness, and Freedom; Boundaries Set Us Free To Be; and, Breaking out of Denominational Denial. SDAXA (Seventh-day Adventists for Extinction of Addictions).