Reality House, Inc. Residential
The Basics Located in an urban stretch of Astoria, Queens, just outside Manhattan, Reality House, Inc. offers both a co-ed outpatient program and transitional care substance abuse treatment for men. In...
View ArticleProceed, Inc.
The Basics Proceed, Inc. is a small nonprofit organization founded in 1970. The Puerto Rican Organization for Community Education and Economic Development (PROCEED) has three locations in and around...
View ArticleKaiser Permanente Chemical Dependency Services Sacramento
The Basics Located in South Sacramento, Kaiser Permanente’s Chemical Dependency Services offers outpatient support for individuals seeking substance abuse treatment. In addition to chemical dependency,...
View ArticleWhy Is Specialized LGBT Addiction Treatment Necessary?
For people in the LGBT community, being out and proud is more accepted in society than it’s ever been. What’s sadly ironic, however, is that the same shame and fear that kept those individuals in the...
View ArticleHow I Stay in Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Dena G.
I was active in my eating disorder for 30 years, between the ages of eight and 38. I had a history of compulsive eating, binge eating, anorexia and bulimia. The last 11 years of it were mostly...
View Article2Xtreme
The Basics 2Xtreme is an alternative outpatient treatment facility for boys and young men with substance abuse issues and behavioral problems. Located in Littleton, Colorado, just a half our Northwest...
View ArticleHawaii Counseling and Education Center
The Basics The Hawaii Counseling and Education Center was originally opened in 1985 and has since expanded from one location to a network of facilities in Kailua, Aiea and Haleiwa on Oahu....
View ArticleIllinois Institute for Addiction Recovery
The Basics The Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery began in 1979 when the board of trustees of Peoria’s Proctor Hospital trained staff at Minnesota’s Hazelden Clinic to treat its clients with...
View ArticleRiverside Resolve Center
The Basics Located in Kankakee County, Illinois, in the village of Manteno, Riverside Resolve Center is a facility for drug and alcohol addiction providing both residential and outpatient treatment. A...
View ArticleCrisis Intervention and Recovery Center, Inc.
The Basics Canton, Ohio’s Crisis Intervention and Recovery Center (CIRC) was created in 2006 with the merger of Nova Behavioral Health and The Crisis Center of Stark County. It occupies two buildings:...
View ArticleIntervention Recap, Episode 14: This is Brian N.
A&E struck gold back in 2005 when they launched the Emmy-winning Intervention, a docu-style series following alcoholics, drug addicts and those struggling with other disorders from the depths of...
View ArticleOnce Again, I Tried to Kill Myself
When I sink down so low all my rationality withers into nonexistence, the darkness can quickly swallow me whole and lead to untrue thoughts like “I cannot handle consciousness.” Two months ago, this...
View ArticleDeKalb Community Service Board
The Basics The DeKalb Community Service Board is a community-based organization that offers behavioral health services and programs for those with developmental disabilities. Located in Atlanta,...
View ArticleDriver Benefits, Inc.
The Basics Founded in 1975, Driver Benefits, Inc. provides outpatient substance abuse treatment and a range of DUI services, including First and Multiple Offender tracks. Located in Torrance,...
View ArticlePro-Active Resources
The Basics Pro-Active Resources offers a variety of substance abuse prevention and treatment services in Carmel and Noblesville, Indiana, two northern suburbs of Indianapolis. In operation since 1985,...
View ArticleDelaware County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services
The Basics The Delaware County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services organization was originally founded in 1985 as the “Alcoholism Clinic”, then in 1991 it merged with the county’s drug abuse agency to form...
View ArticleKaiser Permanente East Bay Hospital
The Basics The Kaiser Permanente East Bay Hospital offers medical services to the Oakland, California community. Underneath its comprehensive umbrella of medical, mental and behavioral health services...
View ArticleProActive Institute
The Basics Founded in 2005, ProActive Institute provides substance abuse treatment services, specializing in treating co-occurring disorders. Located in the Vinings area of Northwest Atlanta, Georgia,...
View ArticleDidi Hirsch Mental Health Services
The Basics Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services was founded in the 1930s in an effort to help women affected by the Great Depression. Originally named Los Angeles Psychiatric Service, it was renamed to...
View ArticleNorwalk Hospital Behavioral and Mental Health
The Basics Norwalk Hospital Behavioral and Mental Health offers outpatient, inpatient and a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) for treatment of a variety of different behavioral health issues....
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