
Carter's Story
Safe Sober Living’s mission is inspired by the life of Carter Kingman Berardi.
Our Mission
Supporting public education and a series of common-sense initiatives reforms.
Stats on Addiction
Information for individuals seeking recovery, and people who support them.
Spread the Word
Join us as we fight to erase
the stigma of addiction.
ADVOCATES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN RECOVERY
Find Help
Web sites for finding help and learning more about specific substance use-related topics.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration
This interactive map illustrates how much states spend on addiction and risky substance use. Of that spending, it shows how much money goes into prevention and treatment and how much goes to pay for the consequences of our failure to prevent and treat addiction and risky use.
Community Resources
Learn more about the community, governmental, and scientific stakeholders
who are shaping the conversation about addiction today.
Government Organizations
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
National Institute of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
Advocacy, Policy, and Research Organizations
National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse (previously CASA Columbia)
Treatment Research Institute (TRI)
The American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR)
Young People in Recovery (YPR)
National Association of Recovery Residences (NARR)
Harm Reduction CoalitionAssociation of Recovery in Higher Education – Collegiate Recovery
National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP)
Find Help
Web sites for finding help and learning more about specific substance use-related topics.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration
24/7 Help Line – Free, Confidential
Veterans Crisis Help Line
LGBT Substance Use
Medically Assisted Treatment
Naloxone
Opioid Overdose Tool Kit [download}
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
Stats by State
Report on Opioids and MATs
National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse (CASA)
Healthcare Parity
Prevention Intervention and Screening
“Closing the Gaps Between Science and Medicine”
Disease Model for Addiction
Legal Action Center (LAC)
Substance Use Help
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
HIV/AIDS
Criminal Justice Reform
Family Resources
Treatment Research Institute
Children and Family Futures
Harm Reduction
Syringe Access Implementation
AMFAR Harm Reduction
Safe Sober Living Applauds Surgeon General’s Report on Addiction
The Office of the Surgeon General (OSG) released the first comprehensive report dedicated to the topic of addiction today. A full copy of the report can be accessed here, or by visiting the newly-launched website dedicated to enhancing public awareness about this...
Losing the Boy Next Door, Working to Shatter Stigma
Losing the Boy Next Door, Working to Shatter Stigma John H. Kennedy Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 4:50pm Even now, more than two and a half years later, his death from a heroin overdose seems unreal. He was always talking about fun stuff and important things like...
SSL Founder Testifies Before New York State Senate Task Force
Safe Sober Living founder and Ulster Coalition Against Narcotics (UCAN) member Elizabeth Shults Berardi testified in Albany, NY today before the New York State Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction. UPDATE to original post --> click here to read the...