• U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism
  
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
  
• Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Prevention Global Network
  
• Office of National Drug Control Policy
  
• Latest drug abuse statistics issued by SAMHSA
  
• New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
  
• 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
• Join Together Online: Supports community-based efforts to advance effective alcohol and drug policy, prevention, and treatment.
  
• The Children of Alcoholics Foundation
  
• Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies
  
• Center for Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University, New Jersey
  
• National Center on Addictions and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, NYC
  
• Drug use and abuse trends for adolescents compiled by University of Michigan
  
• American Society of Addictive Medicine
  

Hudson Valley Resources

Westchester County

• Official website for Westchester County
  
• Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health
  

Dutchess County

• Official website for Dutchess County
• Dutchess County Department of Mental Hygiene
  

Rockland County

• Official website for Rockland County
• Rockland County Department of Mental Health
  

Self-Help

• Alcoholics Anonymous Intergroup site
  
• Alcoholics Anonymous (in English, Spanish and French)
  
• 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
  
• Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others
  
• Secular Organization for Sobriety (SOS) - a secular 12-step recovery program
  
• Nicotine Anonymous
  
• Women for Sobriety – a women’s recovery program
  

Nicotine Treatment

• Nicotine Anonymous - a 12-step program based on the recovery program of Alcoholics Anonymous
  
• QuitNet – an online quit smoking community
  
• American Lung Association
  
• 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 Services

• www.teengetgoing.com
  Online interactive substance abuse treatment program geared to the needs of adolescents
• Variety of addiction resources
  
• Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
  
• US Dept. of Health & Human Services and SAMHSA’s National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information
  
• National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
  
• National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse
  
• Created for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, a program of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Freevibe’s goal is to provide teens with the knowledge and personal empowerment to reject drug use and other risky behaviors.
  
• Resource covering all aspects of alcoholism
  
• National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
  
• Resources on addiction and recovery
  

Recommended reading

• High Bottom Drunk
  By Charles N. Roper
  http://www.highbottomdrunk.com/
• 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