SO...YOU HIT THE WALL?????

DOES THIS HAVE TO BE THE END?????

TIME........DON'T RUN OUT OF IT!

"O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal

away their brains! That we should with joy, pleasance, revel,

and applause, transform ourselves into beasts!"

Shakespeare

Othello

Many students have questions and concerns regarding drugs and alcohol, but where can they turn in moments of crisis. They KEY to success is SURVIVAL. The way to survive is to get help. The way to get help is to admit to the problem. If you can't find a parent, friend, teacher, counselor to listen....GET HELP. Your life is truly a unique blessing that you must take control of and survive. The demons and temptations of these destructive tools can be overcome. Get Help...PLEASE!

Remember...SOMEONE CARES!

Mr. Heitmann  =)

"Alcoholism is a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by continuous or periodic: impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial."

Alcohol/Drug Addiction - Self Diagnosis

Ask yourself the following questions:

• Do you lose time from work due to drinking or drug use?
• Is drinking or drug use making your home life unhappy?
• Do you drink or use drugs because you are shy with other people?
• Is drinking or drug use affecting your reputation?
• Have you gotten into financial difficulties as a result of drinking or drug use?
• Do you turn to lower companions and an inferior environment when drinking or using drugs?
• Does your drinking or drug use make you careless of your family's welfare?
• Has your ambition decreased since drinking or using drugs?
• Do you crave a drink or drugs at a definite time daily?
• Do you want a drink or drugs the next morning?
• Does drinking or using drugs cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
• Has your efficiency decreased since drinking or using drugs?
• Is drinking or using drugs jeopardizing your job or business?
• Do you drink or use drugs to escape from worries or trouble?
• Do you drink or use drugs alone?
• Have you ever had a complete loss of memory as a result of drinking or drug use?
• Has your physician ever treated you for drinking or drug use?
• Do you drink or use drugs to build up your self-confidence?
• Have you ever been to a hospital or institution on account of drinking or drug use?

A Yes to three or more questions indicate abuse or addiction is present and corrective steps need to be taken

Questions are courtesy of Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

WHERE TO GET HELP!!

• DETOXIFICATION CENTERS
  Maryville, Inc. – Adults 856-629-0244 Ext. 225
  New Hope Foundation, Inc. Adults/Adolescents 732-946-3030 Ext. 206
  Sunrise House Foundation, Inc. – Ages 17+ 973-383-6300
  Turning Point – Adults  Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 973-239-4600
   
• INPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMS
  America’s Keswick, Keswick Colony Division 732-350-1187
  Lighthouse at Mays Landing – Adults/Adolescents 609-625-4900
  Maryville, Inc. – Adults 856-629-0244
  New Hope Foundation, Inc. - Adults/Adolescents 732-946-3030 Ext. 247
  Sunrise House Foundation, Inc. – Ages 17+ 973-383-6300
  Touchstone Hall – Adolescent Males 201-784-6490
   
• OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMS
  AGAPE Counseling Services 609-693-1333
  Catholic Charities, Behavioral Health Care Division  Brick, NJ 08723 732-262-3414 Ext. 103
  Counseling and Referral Services of Ocean, Inc.  Brick, NJ 08723 732-920-2700
  Healy Counseling Associates 732-797-0400
  Lighthouse at Ocean County 609-489-0787
  Ocean Mental Health Services, Inc. 732-349-5550
  Preferred Behavioral Health  Lakewood, NJ 08701 732-367-4700
  Saint Barnabas Behavioral Health Center 800-300-0628
  Southern Ocean Counseling, Inc. 609-713-1565
  St. Francis Counseling Services 609-494-1554
  
  HALFWAY HOUSES
  
  Amity House of Catholic Charities, Inc.   Services for Women 609-267-6182
  Hansen House – Services for Men  609-965-3699
  
  
  HOTLINES
  A.I.D.S. 1-800-624-2377
  ADDICTIONS HOTLINE OF NJ 1-800-238-2333
  ALA-CALL SUBSTANCE ABUSE 1-800-322-5525
  COCAINE 1-800-COCAINE
  CONTACT of Ocean County 732-240-6100
  COMPULSIVE GAMBLING 1-800-GAMBLER
  N.J. DRUG 1-800-225-0196
  SELF-HELP GROUPS
  ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 1-800-245-1377
  AL-ANON/ALATEEN 1-201-344-2666
  ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE 609-646-6775
  AMERICAN ANOREXIA/BULIMIA 1-800-522-2230
  COCAINE ANONYMOUS 1-800-347-8998
  DOUBLE TROUBLE 732-905-1132
  GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS 1-908-756-1171
  N.J. SELF-HELP CLEARING HOUSE 1-800-367-6274
  NARANON 1-800-322-5525
  NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS 1-800-992-0401
  OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS JERSEY SHORE
  INFORMATION LINE 609-698-0244
  OXFORD HOUSES www.oxfordhouse.org
  SUPPORTING SERVICE AGENCIES
  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 732-244-8259/800-246-8910
  FAMILY PLANNING CENTER OF OCEAN COUNTY 732-364-9696
  MENTAL HEALTH ASSOC. OF OCEAN COUNTY 732-905-1132
  MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES/DIV OF HUMAN SERV. 732-506-5319
  N.J. DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 732-255-0856
  N.J. DIV. OF YOUTH/FAMILY SERVICES (DYFS) 732-255-0700
  NJ QUITLINE 1-866-NJ-STOPS
  OCEAN, INC. 732-244-5333
  OCEAN COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES (BOSS) www.njhelps.org/732-349-1500
  OCEAN COUNTY OFFICE OF SENIOR SERVICES 732-929-2091-1-800-668-4899
  OCEAN’S HARBOR HOUSE 732-929-0660
  OCEAN/MONMOUTH LEGAL SERVICES, INC. 732-341-2727
  PROVIDENCE HOUSE - Shelter 800-246-8910/732-244-8259
  PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY SCREENING SERVICE (PESS) 866-904-4474
  RECOVERY CHURCH MINISTRIES 609-597-0999
  THE PARENTS GROUP 732-929-4443
  VETERAN’S SERVICE BUREAU 732-929-2096
   
• OCEAN COUNTY MUNICIPAL ALLIANCES
  The Municipal Alliances were designed to create a network dedicated to a comprehensive
  and coordinated effort against alcoholism and drug abuse. This effort will involve the entire
  community, including schools, law enforcement, business groups, service providers, civic and
  other community organizations. To get involved or find out more call the Alliance in your
  municipality.
  Barnegat Township 609-698-0080 Ext. 131
  Beachwood Borough 732-286-6000
  Berkeley Township 732-269-4456
  Brick Township 732-262-1044
  Dover Township 732-341-1000 Ext. 8490
  Eagleswood/Little Egg Harbor Twp. 609-296-3040
  Island Heights Borough 732-270-6415
  Jackson Township 732-833-3022
  Lacey Township 609-242-0249
  Lakehurst Township 732-657-4141
  Lakewood Township 732-367-5515
  Lavallette Borough 732-793-4800
  Long Beach Township 609-492-1212
  (Consortium includes: Barnegat Light, Beach Haven,
  Harvey Cedars, Ship Bottom, Surf City)
  Manchester Township 732-657-8121
  Ocean Gate Borough 732-269-3166
  Ocean Township 609-693-5407
  Pine Beach Borough 732-349-6425
  Plumsted Township 609-758-2241
  Point Pleasant Borough 732-892-3434
  Point Pleasant Beach Borough 732-892-1118
  (Consortium includes: Bay Head and Mantoloking)
  Seaside Park Borough 732-793-3700
  South Toms River Borough 732-505-5890
  Stafford Township 609-597-1000 Ext. 8585
  Tuckerton Borough 609-296-2701

Treatment Centers

• Caron Foundation
  A nationally recognized, non-profit addictions treatment organization established in 1957 as Chit Chat Farms in Wernersville, PA. Also known for its excellent family work
  
  
• Colonial House
  "Taking the Time to Get it Right" - 30 and 90 day inpatient treatment services in southern Pennsylvania. Noted for its high quality and extremely reasonable cost.
  
  
• Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery
  Hospital based programs at Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Illinois, offering addiction services including chemical dependency and gambling
  
  
• Mountainside
  A new and relatively inexpensive not-for-profit treatment center in Connecticut
  
  
• Palmetto
  A small but growing residential program with an average length of stay of 28 days located in Rayville, Louisiana
  
  
• Promises
  Individualized treatment for drug addiction and alcoholism nestled in the Santa Monica mountain range and overlooking the Pacific Ocean
  
  
• Renaissance Institute of Palm Beach
  A freestanding treatment center providing a comprehensive continuum of care for chemical dependency; employs a clinically driven variable length of stay through an integrated, step-down system of treatment
  
  
• Schick Shadel Hospital
  A treatment center in Seattle, Washington, that employs counter conditioning, aversion therapy and relaxing sleep therapy-- combined with counseling and education-- in their program.
  
  
• Wilderness Treatment Center
  A 60 day program for males ages 14 through 24 in the Rocky Mountains of Montana
  
• Delancey Street is considered the nation's leading self-help residential education center for former substance abusers and ex-convicts. We currently have about 1000 residents located in five facilities throughout the country: New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Los Angeles and headquartered in San Francisco.
  

Prevention

• DrugTestNow
  A home drug test service which detects Marijuana, Cocaine, Opiates (including Heroin, Morphine and Codeine), Methamphetamine and PCP
  
• Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
  From the U.S. Department of Education
  
• Indiana Prevention Resource Center
  Consistently fine work
  
• PREVLINE
  National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) - Prevention On-Line - funded by CSAP
  
• Prevention Primer
  An encyclopedia of prevention

Self Help / Support Organizations

• AA - Alcoholics Anonymous
• Al-ANON and ALATEEN
• CA - Cocaine Anonymous
• CIR - Christians in Recovery
• GA - Gamblers Anonymous
• Jewish Recovery Resources
• NA - Narcotics Anonymous
• NACOA - National Association for Children of Alcoholics
• Nicotine Anonymous
• Rational Recovery
  
  
• SOS - Secular Organizations for Sobriety
  
  
• Self-Help Source book
  
  
• Smart Recovery
  
  
• WFS - Women for Sobriety

News, Research, Special Topics, Policy

• Addiction Research Foundation
  (Toronto, Canada)
  
• American Medical Association's Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines on Mental Health Effects of Family Violence
• ASAM - American Society of Addiction Medicine
  The nation's medical specialty society dedicated to educating physicians and improving the treatment of individuals suffering from alcoholism or other addictions
  
• Baxley Media Group
  Baxley Media Group is a small, woman-owned business which distributes films and videos on psychological and ethical issues in health care
  
• Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA)
• CASA - National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
  Informs the American people of the cost of abuse of all substances to determine what works for whom in prevention and treatment
  
• CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CDC - National AIDS Clearinghouse
• CESAR - Center For Substance Abuse Research (University of Maryland College Park)
  Collect, analyze, and disseminate information on the nature and extent of substance abuse and related problems
  
• CSAP - Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
  Federal efforts to prevent alcohol and other drug abuse among the Nation's citizens
  
• CSAT - Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
  Expands the availability of effective treatment and recovery services for alcohol and drug problems
  
• Day by Day
  Shelly Marshall's page of recovery related information. Look for the 'Ask Shelly' column and receive information on your recovery questions.
  
• DEA - Drug Enforcement Administration
• Dick B.'s materials on the Spiritual Roots of Early A.A
• DRCNet Online Drug Policy Library
• DrugText USA
• Drug Watch International
• Dual Diagnosis
  The Dual Diagnosis Website contains information and resources for those concerned with co-occurring mental illness and substance disorders
  
• FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Handsnet
  A national, nonprofit network that promotes information sharing, cross-sector collaboration and advocacy among individuals and organizations working on a broad range of public interest issues
  
• Ibogaine Dossier
  The Ibogaine Dossier contains key articles and over 60 full peer reviewed abstracts on Ibogaine, an experimental anti-addictive medication now under FDA review
  
• JAMA HIV/AIDS Information Center
• Join Together
  Substance abuse resource center supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  
• Justice Information Center
  From the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
• MADD: Mothers Against Drunk Driving
  National Office
  
• McCrave
  Billy McCrave's book on recovery and change.
• Methadone Advocates
• NAADAC - National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
• National Association of Drug Court Professionals gopher
  Legislative updates, publications, documents, NADCP membership news, and other drug court related information
• National Health Information Center
  A health information reference service
  
• NCADD - National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
• NEDS - National Evaluation Data Services
  Provides the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment with a wide array of data management support for program and evaluation activities
  
• NFA - National Families in Action
• NIAAA - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse
  Brings the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.
• NTC - National Treatment Consortium
  An organization designed to address the challenging issues and initiatives of the delivery, purchase, and payment of treatment for addictions and mental illness
  
• NWRC - National Women's Resource Center
• Peele - The Stanton Peele Addiction Web Site
  A leading voice against the prevailing beliefs of addiction
  
• Recovery Network
  Contains a weekly media sweep of prevention, treatment and recovery-related headlines
  
• SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Recovery Documents

Grief: A Recovery Process

The Courage to Change: Step Two

Continuing Care Plan

Relapse Warning Signs

Relapse Questions

Attitude

Affirmations

What is Chemical Dependency?

Chemical Dependency/Co-dependency

Treatment Intake

First Step Questions

Defense Mechanisms

Feelings Word List

Alcohol is a Sedative Drug

SOME FACTS

Some statistics which were reported in the 1999 World Almanac:

30 percent of 4th graders report that they are pressured to drink alcohol

46.8 percent of 8th graders have had alcohol

21.0 percent of 8th graders have had marijuana

80.7 percent of 12th graders have had alcohol

41.7 percent of 12th graders have had marijuana

50 percent of adolescent death is alcohol related

72 million Americans (34.2 percent) over the age of 12 reported using marijuana at least once in their life.

8.5 million used marijuana at least once within the previous year.

3.2 million children live with grandparents. Mostly due to alcohol or drug abuse of their parents.

At least one-half of all spouse-abuse cases and one-third of all child abuse cases are related to substance abuse.

- Of heavy cocaine users who go through drug treatment centers, more than 80 percent are back to heavy cocaine use within 6 months. (nicotine is equally hard to treat.)

- It is easier to stop cocaine or cigarette smoking the first year of use. Occasional use turns into heavy use with time.

- There is more mental illness in cocaine users than the rest of the population.

- According to the National Institutes of Health, there are 600,000 heroin addicts in the United States. 80 percent are not in treatment.

- Youth who use alcohol regularly, before their senior year in high school, are more likely to abuse other drugs, get into trouble, be truant, or, if they are girls, to become pregnant.