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

24/7 Help Line – Free, Confidential

Veterans Crisis Help Line

LGBT Substance Use

Medically Assisted Treatment

Naloxone

Opioid Overdose Tool Kit [download}

usaThis 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.

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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)

Legal Action Center (LAC)

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)

All Rise

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence

Shatterproof.Org

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

Losing the Boy Next Door, Working to Shatter Stigma

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...

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