A brief resource list for Alcohol and Other Drug Counseling (AODC)

Motivation Primum non nocere - first, do no harm
I have found that helping corporations become more profitable only enables those in power.
I have found that helping those in need empowers people.
My focus is now on people, not on corporations.

Get Help

Baycities NA NA meetings in south LA county
SA Salvation Army
211 Find phone number for referral listings
AA Alcoholics Anonymous
Barefoot History about AA
CA Cocaine Anonymous
Los Angeles
Christian Christian Recovery
Club Drug Club Drug dot org - information about club drugs
CODA Codependency Anonymous
DATOS Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies
Grapevine AA comics
HealthSquare Drug Dictionary
Institute Institute for Addiction Studies
NA Narcotics Anonymous
Nar-Anon Nar-Anon Family Groups
Rage-Anon Rageaholics Anonymous and Rage-Anon
Resources Substance Abuse Resources
Step Study Step Study archives
Workbook 12 Step Manual from Texas Christian University

Programs

Drug-Rehab Listing of rehab centers
Los Angeles Alcoholism Center for Women
Phoenix House
Twin Town
Long Beach Beacon House
Tarzana
Torrance Del Amo Hospital
St Jude St Jude Retreat

co-occurring

Bipolar Hope Bipolar magazine
NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness

LA County

LA Courts Los Angeles Superior Court - cases
LA Probation Los Angeles probation department
LA Sherrif Los Angeles sherrifs department
LBPD Long Beach Police Department
LB Transit Long Beach Transit
Metro Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Agency
Voter Los Angeles County Voter Registration

Orange County

OC Gov Orange County Government home page
OC Sherrif Orange County Sherrif
OC Transit Orange County Transit

State of California

BBS State of California Board of Behavioral Sciences
LegalInfo Official California legistlative information
Prop 36 Drug Policy Alliance site regarding Proposition 36
Voter State of California Voter Registration

United States

CFR42 USA Code of Federal Regulations - Title 42
CSAT Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
TIP - Treatment Improvement Protocols
TAP - Technical Assistance Publications
Fed USA Federal Registry
GPO USA Government Printing Office
HIPAA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Health Privacy Information website
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Clearing House
Prevention
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

Associations

Breining RAS certifications through the Breining Institute
CAARR California Association of Addiction Recovery Resources
CACCL California Coalition for Couselor Licensure
CAADAC California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
CADDAC approved schools
CAADE California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators
DPA Drug Policy Alliance
NAADAC National Association for Addiction Professionals
NACBT National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists
NCADD National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency
NIAAA National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIDA National Institute of Drug Abuse
SLC Southern California Sober Living Coalition

Schools

TIAC Training Institute for Addiction Counselors
CACREP Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
Petersons Petersons list of colleges
Masters-in-Counseling List of masters programs in counseling
Alliant Alliant International
Capella Capella online degrees
CSUDH California State University, Dominguez Hills
Fuller Fuller Theological Seminoary - Master of Arts in Recovery Ministry
Hazelden Hazelden MA in Addiction Counseling
Hope Hope International University
LBCC Long Beach City College
NDNU Notre Dame de Namur University
Pepperdine Pepperdine
Phoenix University of Phoenix

References

Anti-meth Project Anti-meth project in Montana
Expanded to additional states
BHRM Behavioral Health Recovery Management
CENAPS Terrence Gorski
Robert Chapman rebuttal
FuriousLove Website for the movie Drunk In Public
Motivational Motivational Interviewing
Institute for Motivation and Change
Marsha Linehan Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Peele Stanton Peele - harm reduction
Stephanie Brown Developmental model for treating alcoholism