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Addiction Action
AddictionAction.org is a grassroots partnership working to promote HBO's groundbreaking ADDICTION Project, and help communities mobilize to build on this powerful opportunity to expand public understanding of addiction, treatment, and long-term recovery.

Addiction and the Family: Healing and Recovery - Webcast
Children of alcohol-and drug-addicted parents or guardians are profoundly affected by living with this experience. The show will examine intergenerational vulnerability and the risks involved for alcohol and other substance use disorders by the sons and daughters of addiction-prone homes. Family patterns, denial, and the elements for reaching recovery will be discussed as well as current trends in family interventions and programs.

Addiction Is a Brain Disease | Article
Addiction involves multiple factors-biology, environment, and brain mechanisms. Although the term “addiction is disease” has become commonplace, public opinion polling shows, that 40 % of New Jerseyans continue view it as a moral failing.

Addiction Recovery Guide
The Addiction Recovery Guide assists individuals struggling with drug addiction and alcoholism find help that best suits their needs. From evaluation to residential treatment, we have selected a range of outstanding programs and resources. To seek online help from others in recovery and to share your success story, visit their message board.

Addiction Recovery Resources for the Professional
Treatment for Professionals and Others Suffering from Addiction

Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTC)
Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTC) promote educational and research exchange among various disciplines and offers credentialing requirements for treatment professionals. The National ATTC distributes Eye on the Field, an electronic magazine containing information, features, and links to topical events in the addiction field.

Adult Drug Court Program- NJ
The mission of drug courts is to stop the abuse of alcohol and other drugs and related criminal activity. Drug courts are a highly specialized team process within the existing Superior Court structure that addresses nonviolent drug-related cases. They are unique in the criminal justice environment because they build a close collaborative relationship between criminal justice and drug treatment professionals.

Advocacy with Anonymity
This free brochure provides guidance to people in long-term recovery and their family members who want to speak publicly about the power of addiction recovery and advocate for policies that will make it possible for others to get the help they need. The brochure focuses on how to do this without violating anonymity traditions of 12-step groups.

Updated in 2006 through a partnership between Faces & Voices of Recovery, the Johnson Institute, Join Together and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD).

Alcohol Policies Project -Center for Science in the Public Interest
The Alcohol Policies Project helps to focus public and policy maker attention on high-leverage policy reforms to reduce the devastating health and social consequences of drinking. Since then, the project has worked with thousands of organizations and individuals to promote a comprehensive, prevention-oriented policy strategy to change the role of alcohol in society.

American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has resources for educating physicians on addiction disease and encouraging appropriate treatment for those suffering from addiction; highlights include a doctor referral database, reviews of medical research, and topical articles on addiction medicine and care.

America's Keswick Addiction Recovery Center
America's KESWICK offers a serene, peaceful haven to meet spiritual and physical needs. With a family-oriented, home-like atmosphere and year ‘round facilities, they are centrally located in Whiting, New Jersey - a short drive from Philadelphia or New York.

Book: Moments of Clarity
On February 17, 1986, after years of addiction and self-destruction, Christopher Kennedy Lawford reached a turning point in his life, one that would mark the beginning of his long road to recovery. In his New York Times bestselling memoir, Symptoms of Withdrawal, he chronicled his deep descent into near-fatal drug and alcohol addiction, and his subsequent hard-won journey back to sobriety, which he has maintained for more than twenty years. The Before and the After. But before and after what? What happened at that point in time to trigger the understanding within himself that he had to change? What finally forces any person to choose life over death?

Book: Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
Although the journey of the subtitle seems too dreadful to experience, even vicariously, Playboy contributing editor Sheff’s intense memoir is hard to put down. Beyond the visceral torture of helplessly watching Nic, his adolescent son, descend deep into the rabbit hole of addiction, Sheff confesses to the ubiquitous parental habit of second-guessing every decision he has made throughout Nic’s life, especially the ones he is forced to make as he tries to help the young man get and stay clean.

Center For Family Services
CFS offers substance abuse assessment, treatment, education and support for adolescents, adults, families and groups. Counselors work closely with clients to develop a personalized support program for recovery, helping individuals lead stable, healthy, addiction-free lives.

Clear Haven Center- Online Drug and Alcohol Research
Clear Haven Center is proud to present innovative research which tracks and analyzes the online search trends surrounding drug and alcohol addictions. The progressive study found within this website, analyzing over 1,000,000 phrases with over 360,000,000 combined annual searches, provides insight into global and societal tendencies, aiding in the development of successful addiction treatment plans, detox programs, and recovery resources.

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