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Alcohol-Related Disorders
A. Support and Self Help Organizations and Groups (dealing primarily or exclusively with alcoholism)
Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: ACA.
- Describes ACA groups (not part of Alcoholics Anonymous).
- Lists ACA meetings that have registered with this Web site.
- Sells pamphlets and other publications.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: AlAnon Family Group Headquarters.
- Describes the purposes of AlAnon and Alateen.
- Contact information for AlAnon offices in North America and elsewhere.
- Has mirror sites in French and Spanish.
- Lists AlAnon pamphlets and other publications that may be purchased and freely published on other Web sites.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Alcoholics Anonymous for U.S. and Canada.
- FAQs and online pamphlets about the AA program.
- Lists contact information for offices throughout North America.
- Has mirror sites in French and Spanish.
- Full text of current and past issues of AA’s magazine, AA Grapevine.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: General Service Office of AA Great Britain.
- FAQs and online pamphlets about the AA program.
- Lists contact information for offices throughout Great Britain.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Alcoholics for Christ, which operates Christian support groups for substance abusers and their families using a rewritten version of AA’s 12 steps.
- Explains this organization's version of the 12 steps, with excerpts from the Bible.
- Lists meetings of the organization’s support groups in the U.S.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Alcoholics Victorious, a 12-step program for alcoholics and other addicts where members recognize Jesus Christ as their “Higher Power.?
- Lists AV groups across the United States.
- FAQs concerning the organization’s principles and mission.
Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Resources Guide
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Open-Mind.Org (CA).
- Links to mostly AA-related Web sites.
American Council on Alcoholism
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: American Council on Alcoholism.
- Brief FAQ section about alcoholism, brief bibliography of 12-step-related books, and links to other sites.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Christians in Recovery, a fee-based membership organization.
- Many links to Web sites with both Christian and secular information about substance abuse, recovery, and related issues.
Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons, and Significant Others
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: JACS.
- Explains how the AA program is compatible with Judaism and discusses Judaism’s past tendency to deny that alcoholism is a significant problem among Jews.
- Click on “Links,?then “Links Home Page,?for extensive links to recovery and treatment Web sites (not limited to Judaism).
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Unknown.
- Web sites for codependents as well as families of alcohol abusers.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: LifeRing Secular Recovery.
- Describes a program of meetings to teach inner dialogues that are claimed to prevent or reduce the incidence of relapse.
- Lists local meetings.
- Very specific suggestions on how to deal with various stages of recovery while maintaining sobriety. Some of them could be useful as part of any relapse prevention program.
- Links to alcoholism organizations and other secular recovery Web sites.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Moderation Management, a “recovery program and national support group for people who have made the healthy decision to reduce their drinking.?States that the program is “not for alcoholics.?
- Information about the program and its tenets; contact information for local and online groups.
- Guide book on how to start a Moderation Management group.
National Association of Children of Alcoholics
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: National Association of Children of Alcoholics.
- Articles for the nonprofessional about being the child of an alcoholic.
- Has a “Just for Kids?section.
- Links to sites for a number of organizations dealing with addictions.
Recovered Alcoholic Clergy Association
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Recovered Alcoholic Clergy Association, a fellowship of Episcopal clergy.
- Describes the organization and its newsletter.
- Has a page of basic information on “How to Help an Alcoholic.?
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Recovering Couples Anonymous, which uses a 12-step model to help couples recover from their dysfunctional relationships.
- Contains 12-step guides and other online pamphlets.
- Contact information for local meetings.
- Chat room.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Sobervoices.com.
- Operates online AA meetings via voice chat rooms.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: SoberDykes (see http://www.soberdykes.org), a group of recovering women.
- Lists Web sites for women in recovery.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Women for Sobriety, Inc., a national self-help program for alcoholic women.
- Contact information for local meetings.
- Articles written for women who are alcoholic.
WorldWide Web Rational Recovery Center
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Rational Recovery.
- Describes “Planned Abstinence?as an alternative to 12-step programs for alcohol abuse; as one of its founders wrote: “AA is the drinking and drug cultures of America, gathered together to build social tolerance toward their immoral conduct.?
B. Alcoholism Diagnosis, Research, Treatment, and Prevention
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Lipha (France).
- Fact sheets about alcoholism diagnosis, intervention, and epidemiology.
- Information for the general public is separate from information for professionals.
- Includes interactive versions of alcoholism screening questionnaires, but these are only within the section of the site intended for professionals.
- Not updated frequently.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: About.com.
- Well-organized topical directory of articles and websites related to alcoholism and codependency.
- Geographical directory of some treatment centers.
- Frequently updated news articles on alcoholism (click on “all articles on this topic?.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Alcohol Concern, “the UK national body on alcohol misuse.?
- Fact sheets on alcohol and its effects.
- Links to many sites for alcohol treatment facilities in the UK, and to sites of alcoholism organizations.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Alcohol Research Group (CA), a National Alcohol Research Center supported by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
- Lists current researchers at ARG, their projects and grants, and past publications of ARG researchers.
- Links to other centers of alcoholism research.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
- An online article by Howard Worman, M.D.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Dr. Robert Perkinson, a psychologist and drug counselor.
- FAQs about how to know if someone has an alcohol problem and how to get that person into treatment.
- Links to a few treatment centers.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Indiana Prevention Resource Center, Indiana University.
- Fact sheets and links about binge drinking and blood alcohol levels.
- The site is not frequently updated.
Binge Drinking Prevention Resources
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Security on Campus, Inc., a nonprofit that focuses on prevention of campus violence and victim rights.
- Links to online articles and other Web sites about binge drinking.
- Recent news articles.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Rutgers University.
- Useful fact sheets on alcohol use and alcoholism.
- Describes the Center’s training programs in alcohol studies.
- Lists the Center’s publications, with recent tables of contents from Journal of Studies on Alcohol.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: “Funded by America’s leading distillers.?
- Describes the Council’s programs to prevent alcohol abuse and underage drinking.
- Has “The Blood Alcohol Educator,?an interactive page for estimating one’s own blood alcohol level.
- Click on “Jumplist?for a directory of Web sites for alcohol abuse prevention and transportation-related organizations.
FACE-Truth and Clarity on Alcohol
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: FACE, a nonprofit organization advocating for policy change on alcohol and on prevention of alcohol-related health problems.
- Links and contact information related to the deleterious effects of alcohol and underage drinking.
- Sells brochures and other publications.
Internet Alcohol Recovery Center
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: University of Pennsylvania Health System Department of Psychiatry.
- Information about naltrexone treatment for alcoholism. See also another Web site (which seems to be updated more frequently) from the same ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌing organization: www.recovery2000.com.
Institute of Alcohol Studies (UK)
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Institute of Alcohol Studies (UK).
- Fact sheets about alcohol use and its consequences.
- Has a directory of alcohol-related Web sites, but it does not appear to be frequently updated.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
- Describes the organization’s programs to prevent drunk driving.
- Statistics concerning alcoholism, DUI arrests, and related data.
- Links (with brief descriptions) to sites dealing with alcoholism policy, prevention, and treatment.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Medical Council on Alcoholism (UK).
- Has a brief list of “useful links?to European and UK Web sites concerning addiction and alcoholism.
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors.
- Full-text articles on NASSAD’s research programs and results.
- Lists Web sites for substance abuse prevention and treatment organizations, with a single paragraph per link.
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
- Describes the Council’s programs to disseminate information about alcoholism.
- Displays JAMA’s 1992 definition of alcoholism, which is handy to show to clients who insist they aren’t alcoholic because they still retain (impaired) functionality.
- Pamphlets for the general public, such as “What to tell your children about drinking.?
- Lists a number of treatment programs.
- Click on “Resources and Referrals?at the bottom of the home page for extensive links to Web sites dealing with alcoholism and substance abuse.
- Current media articles about substance abuse.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: National Institutes of Health.
- Extensive collection of fact sheets and online articles for health care professionals as well as the general public.
- The “ETOH Database?is an up-to-date searchable index of more than 100,000 abstracts on alcoholism/alcohol abuse.
Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
- Description of the Center’s research programs.
- Abstracts of the Center’s publications.
- Extensive bibliography of print publications on adolescent alcohol use and abuse.