Links and Resources

Self Help (12 Step) Programs and Groups:

• During the 2022 legislative session, Governor McKee and members of the General Assembly made significant investments in Rhode Island's behavioral health system. Read about it at Governor McKee Highlights New Budget, Legislative Investments in Rhode Island’s Behavioral Health Care System | Governor's Office, State of Rhode Island (ri.gov)
• For Confidential Support and Access to Treatment call BH Link at 988
• Alcoholics Anonymous (Spanish Speaking): OFICINA INTERGRUPAL HISPANA: (401) 621-9698
• Alanon/Alateen/ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) Family Groups (RI)
• Alcoholics Anonymous (RI)
• Gamblers Anonymous (find RI meeting)
• Gamblers Anonymous Family Groups for friends/families of problem gamblers
• Gambling Addiction Screening
• National Council on Problem Gambling (RI)
• Nar-anon Family Groups (RI)
• New England Region of Narcotics Anonymous
• Narcotics Anonymous World Services
• Resources Education Support Together (REST)

Overdose Grief Support:

• Friends Way
• Build the Banner of Love – Let their Lives Carry the Message
• Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP)

Proper Disposal of Medications:

• Click here for a listing of RI drug disposal sites
• How to Dispose of Unused Medicines
• National Drug Take Back Day

Reducing Stigma and Advocacy Resources:

• Build the Banner of Love – Let their Lives Carry the Message
• Faces and Voices of Recovery
• Mental Health Association of RI
• National Alliance on Mental Illness of RI
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
• National Alliance for Medication-assisted Recovery
• National Consumer Empowerment Center
• National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens
• National Recovery Month
• Mental Health Consumer Advocates of RI and Oasis Advocacy and Social Center
  
  1280 North Main Street
  
  Providence, RI 02904
  
  Phone: 401-831-6937
  
  James McNulty, Executive Director
• RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• Disability Rights Rhode Island
• RI Mental Health Advocate
  
  (401) 462-2003

Culturally Specific Resources:

• Office of Minority Health
• Latino Commission on AIDS
• White Bison (Healing Resources for Native Americans)
• National Alliance for Hispanic Health
• National Black Child Development Institute

Other Resources:

• Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England (ATTC)
• Adult Drug Court
• AIDS Care Ocean State
• Bradley Hospital
• Butler Hospital
• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• CSAT (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment) Division of Pharmacological Therapies
• RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• More Domestic Violence Services
• Drug and Alcohol Assistance Guide
• HIV Testing Sites
• Homeless Shelters
• The Joint Commission (TJC)
• National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• National Mental Health Association
• Office of the Secretary of State - Rules and Regulations database
• Parent Support Network of Rhode Island
• Reports on Prescription Drug Abuse and Dependence
• Rhode Island Certification Board of Chemical Dependency Professionals
• Rhode Island Council of Community Mental Health Organizations
• Roger Williams Hospital
• Samaritans of Rhode Island
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Substance Use Disorder: What is it and where to find help (English).
• Substance Use Disorder: What is it and where to find help (Spanish).
• The Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of Rhode Island (SULHMC)
• US Department of Veterans Affairs