SEEKING HELP?
If You or Somone You Know Needs Help...
There are many sources of help for people seeking help for addiction to or
dependency on alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Some of these organizations
listed below can be accessed via the internet; others are simply a local
phone call away. Some Twelve Step groups, particularly Alcoholics Anonymous,
have many local meetings.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of Delaware County (ADAC)
ADAC is Delaware County’s leading source for prevention, education, referral to other agencies, interventions, and information. Click here for a full description of our programs.
- Address: 72 Main Street, Delhi, NY 13753
- Phone: (607) 746-8300 Fax: (607) 746-6981
- Website: www.adaconline.org
Al-Anon/Alateen
Al-Anon provides information on the effects of alcohol abuse and refers friends and families of alcohol abusers to nearby Al-Anon and Alateen support groups.
- Headquarters: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
- Address: 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617
- Phone: (800) 356-9966 Fax: (757) 563-1655
- Website: www.al-anon.org
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Founded in 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous pioneered the
Twelve Steps to Recovery and remains the largest and most successful self-help organization, with several million active members world wide. The AA preamble begins: "Alcoholics Anonymous is an organization of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with one another that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism…"
Locally the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council (see above) can provide you with a booklet listing the A.A. meetings in Delaware and surrounding counties. It can also put you in touch with individual AA members who would be glad to tell you about the organization.
A.A. Online
Here is how to reach A.A. headquarters and other services by phone or via the Internet:
- Headquarters: A.A. World Services, Inc.
- Address: P.O. Box 459, New York, NY 10163
- Phone: (212) 870-3400
- Website: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
Binghamton General Hospital (New Horizons)
New Horizons offers prompt access to services for people suffering from alcohol or drug-related problems.
Patients, family members, and referring sources may contact New Horizons at (607)762-3232 during business hours to schedule an assessment or to discuss our treatment services.
During evening, and weekend hours, persons may call the detoxification unit at (607)762-2255.
Licensed professional staff working as an integrated team provide treatment at all levels of care. Team members include Board Certified Addictionists, Physicians, Psychologists, Nurses and Social Workers.
Cocaine Anonymous
As the name implies, CA is an organization for those seeking to recover from cocaine addiction. Since there are currently no CA meetings in Delaware County, the following web sites, addresses, and phone numbers could be helpful.
- Headquarters: Cocaine Anonymous World Service Organization (CAWSO), Inc.
- Address: P.O. Box 2000, Los Angeles, CA 90049-8000
- Phone: (800) 347-8998 Fax: (310) 559-2554
- Website: www.ca.org
- Online Self-Test for Cocaine Addition: www.ca.org/catest.html
Delaware County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services
An "addictions outpatient treatment agency serving the needs of all those whose lives have been affected by the abuse of alcohol and drugs," the "Hamden clinic," as it is often called, offers consultation, evaluation, assessment/referral, education, aftercare services, and individual, group and family treatment. It is staffed by certified counselors and clinical social workers.
Delaware County Mental Health Clinic
The Mental Health Association promotes mental health education and serves the socialization needs of persons with a history of mental illness or developmental disability. Programs include a recreation and coping skills program for the disabled, parenting education, mental health workshops and seminars, information and referral, companionship programs, family and support training, assistance for self-help groups and in-service education and training for other human service providers.
Delaware County Stop DWI
The Mental Health Association promotes mental health education and serves the socialization needs of persons with a history of mental illness or developmental disability. Programs include a recreation and coping skills program for the disabled, parenting education, mental health workshops and seminars, information and referral, companionship programs, family and support training, assistance for self-help groups and in-service education and training for other human service providers.
Delaware Valley Hospital (Alcoholic Rehabilitation Unit)
Delaware Valley Hospital is conveniently located in Walton, NY, serving a population of over 32,000 residents in Delaware County, northern Sullivan County and Pennsylvania's northeastern Wayne County. Our 25 bed facility offers a comprehensive range of diagnostic and treatment services, as well as, acute care. Specialized departments within the hospital include a 24-hour Emergency Department, the Medical patient wing, with cardiac monitoring beds, and an Addiction Treatment Program.
Hazelden Foundation
Hazelden is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people recover from alcoholism and other drug addiction. It provides residential and outpatient treatment for adults and young people, programs for families affected by chemical dependency, and training for a variety of professionals. Hazelden is also known as the world's premier publisher of information on this subject and related areas.
- Address: CO 3, PO Box 11, Center City, MN 55012-0011
- Phone: (800) 257-7810
- Website: www.hazelden.org
Leatherstocking Education on Alcoholism/Addictons Foundation
(LEAF)
Reclaiming Lives, Strengthening Families, Building Healthy Communities LEAF Council on Alcoholism and Addictions is dedicated to helping create
a community where children and adults can live in healthy environments that are free from the effects of alcoholism and other addictive diseases.
We accomplish this through provision or support of education, prevention, referral, treatment, collaboration and advocacy.
LEAF, which serves Otsego County, is the counterpart of ADAC, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of Delaware County.
- Address: 80 Water St., Oneonta, NY 13820
- Phone: (607) 432-0090 or toll-free (800) 339-1894
- Website: www.leafinc.org
Nar-Anon Family Groups
Similar to Alanon, Nar-Anon is for the families and friends of narcotic addicts. In the Nar-Anon program, we learned that drug addiction is a disease that we are not responsible for. The drug user needs help and so do we. We discovered many of our efforts to control or change the situation were often actually enabling or encouraging this person to continue a self-destructive pattern. It has been a great relief to learn more effective ways of coping with this situation, while at the same time gaining some peace of mind, hope, and help for a better way to live.
- Address: P.O. Box 656570, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365-6570
- New York Area Meeting Information Hotline: Toll-free (800)984-0066
- Website: www.nynaranon.org
Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous, which sprang from the Alcoholics Anonymous movement, is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts. Started in 1947, the NA movement is one of the world's oldest and largest of its type, with nearly twenty thousand weekly meetings in seventy countries.
- World Headquarters Office: World Service Office of NA in Los Angeles
- Address: P.O. Box 9999, Van Nuys, CA 91409
- Triple Cities Area of Narcotics Anonymous Hotline: (607) 774-4907
- Triple Cities Area of NA Website: Triple Cities Area of NA
- Narcotics Anonymous World Services Website: www.na.org
Rational Recovery Systems
In Rational Recovery ®, the family has an entirely different role than in the traditional disease/treatment way of thinking. One popular idea is that families should gather together with other troubled families, seeking outside guidance and advice. One good example of this approach is Al-Anon, which views addiction/alcoholism as a family disease, and views family members as “enablers” and “codependents.” Like all addiction recovery groups, Al-Anon uses a doctrine that fosters endless dependence upon the groups, with the primary aim of simply recruiting the entire family into AA/NA.
- Address: P.O. Box 800, Lotus, CA 95651
- Phone: (530) 621-2667
- Website: www.rational.org
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
(SAMHSA)
This is SAMHSA’s (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) on-line version of the most recent National Directory of Drug Abuse and Alcoholism Treatment Programs. This Directory can be searched and will display a map that shows the location of treatment programs that meet your search specifications.
The Directory lists Federal, State, local, and private facilities that provide drug abuse and alcoholism treatment services. It contains:
- Treatment facilities that are licensed, certified, or otherwise approved by the State substance abuse agency for inclusion in the Directory.
- Treatment facilities administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Indian Health Service, and the Department of Defense.
- Website: http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov
