Resources

Educational

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER:

• Medicine Definition of Addiction (American Society of Addiction)
• SAMHSA
• American Society of Addiction Medicine
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Partnership for Drug Free Kids
• National Association for Children of Addiction
• NIDA for Teens
• Facing Addiction

HELPFUL DOWNLOADS:

• Free Recovery Centers – Kentucky (pdf)
• Does Your Mom or Dad Drink Too Much? (pdf)
• The 7 C’s (pdf)
• Good Samaritan Law (pdf)

Addiction is a Brain Disease
Dr Ruth Potee

Meeting/Support

FIND A MEETING AND SUPPORT:

• AA.org
• NA.org
• Smart Recovery
• Young People in Recovery
• Celebrate Recovery
• Voices of Hope (Lexington, KY)

FIND FAMILY SUPPORT:

• Parents of Addicted Loved Ones 
• Nar-Anon
• Al-Anon
• Alateen Meetings or 1-888-425-2666
• Alateen Chat
• NACoA
• Partnership for Drug Free Kids
• Partnership Help and Hope Text support (Text Join to 55753- for Daily supportive texts)

FACEBOOK SUPPORT: 

• The Addict’s Mom
• Thrive Family Addiction Support
• United for Recovery
• Casey’s Law
• Kentucky Parent’s Against Heroin
• Grandparent’s as Parents-Lawrenceburg
• GRITT
• ARMS of Hope

Treatment

MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT EDUCATION:

• https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/effective-treatment-opioid-addiction
• Https://samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment

TREATMENT LOCATORS:

• Find Help Now Kentucky
• NKY Hates Heroin
• Angel Initiative
• Get Help Lexington
• SAMHSA
• ODCP
• Recovery Kentucky
• Recovery Kentucky Treatment Centers (pdf)

NALOXONE (NARCAN) AND NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM (LOCATOR/EDUCATION):

• Kentucky office of Drug Control Policy
• Kentucky Syringe Exchange Programs
• Prevent-protect.org
• Opioid Overdose Rescue
• Kentucky Good Samaritan Law KRS.218.133 

Hotlines & Text Lines

• National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
• Crisis text line: Text hello to 741-741
• Free crisis call for addiction: 1-877-695-6333
• Free recovery support calls: Voicesofhopelex.org
• Kentucky Help Call Center: 1-833-859-4357
• SAMHSA: 1-800-662-4357
• Veterans Crisis line: 1-800-273-8255
• The Trevor Project: 24 hour help and support for crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth under 25: 1-866-488-7386
• Crisis Chat
• The National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
• National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-373-7888
• NAMI Helpline: 1-800-950-6264 (post traumatic stress)
• Sexual trauma-Support Survivors Crisis Hotline: 1-877-672-2124

Grief Support

• Grasp Help
• Hospice
• Compassionate Friends
• GRITT (on Facebook)
• Free Podcasts on Apple ITunes or Google Play: Grief Relief It Takes Time (GRITT) By Mary Wuerdeman
• Grief support for Kids after the loss of a parent: You are not alone by Lynne B. Hughes

Non-Profit Help

• Message us on our contact page here or on Facebook at United For Recovery
• Families Against Deadly Drugs
• Sliver Leaf (victims of sexual assault and abuse)
• Operation Parent
• Moyer Foundation
• Facing Addiction with NCADD
• ARMS of Hope (Facebook page)
• SPARK Ministries
• NKY Hates Heroin
• SOS for Addictions
• Christ’s Recovery Ministry (Facebook page)
• Bullitt Opioid Addiction Team (BOAT)

Helpful Videos

The Power of Vulnerability
Brene Brown

Three Steps to Save a Life
Tennent Slack, MD

To The Person Wanting to Give Up…Don’t
Juggling the Jenkins

Helpful Articles

Kids and Addiction: What to Tell Them and When

It’s Not the Drugs: Are Adverse Childhood Experiences Holding You Back?

The Seven C’s for Helping Your Child Heal During Your Recovery

Addiction Treatment is a Maze. A Way Out of it is Coming.