Recovery Resources

About.com  - is an online neighborhood of hundreds of helpful experts, eager to share their wealth of knowledge with visitors. 

Alanon/Alateen - For over 50 years, Al-Anon (which includes Alateen for younger members) has been offering hope and help to families and friends of alcoholics.

Alcoholics Anonymous - is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.

Narcotics Anonymous - provides a recovery process and support network inextricably linked together. One of the keys to NA’s success is the therapeutic value of addicts working with other addicts. Members share their successes and challenges in overcoming active addiction and living drug-free productive lives through the application of the principles contained within the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of NA.

SoberRecovery.com - SoberRecovery® & SoberRecovery Community Forums list hundreds of drug rehab centers, drug addiction treatment and alcoholism treatment resources in the U.S., Canada, and Overseas.

Professional Organizations

AcuDetox.com - National Acupuncture Detoxification Association

DMHMRSAS - Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services

NAADAC - The Association for Addiction Professionals

NACoA - National Association for Children of Alcoholics

SAMHSA - The Government's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

VAADAC - Virginia Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors

BTG Affiliates

Alliance for Addiction Solutions - an international nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting effective nutritional and other natural methods for the treatment of addictive disorders.  They advocate the use of innovative techniques to establish individualized biochemical balancing of the brain and body.

Connected Pathways - Recovery can mean many things — recovery from addictions to drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, or food for instance; it can also mean recovery from trauma or stress.

The Hart Center - a licensed non-residential treatment facility dedicated to helping people find meaning & purpose in their lives by offering unique activities for personal growth and transformation.  Certified auricular acupuncture specialists assist with the detoxification process in the early stages of detachment to reduce cravings for those releasing unhealthy attachments.

Intervention Services, Inc. - Bringing an addict to sobriety with the nation's leading drug and alcohol intervention service provider.

Julia Ross; The Mood Cure - Nationally renowned author, pioneer in nutritional psychology, specialist in treatment for addictions and eating disorders, & BTG consultant has created a comprehensive natural approach that jump-starts a recovery program with brain-fueling amino acids combined with a high-protein, healthy-fat, veggie-rich diet and other nutritional strategies.