RICARES (RI Communities for Addiction Recovery Efforts)




LINKS & RESOURCES

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Rhode Island Specific Links

Drug and Alcohol Treatment Association of Rhode Island

Knowledge Exchange Center of Rhode Island

Congressman Patrick Kennedy

Congressman Jim Langevin

Office of the Rhode Island Attorney General

US Senator: Jack Reed(RI)

US Senator: Sheldon Whitehouse

Rhode Island Governor: Don Carcieri

Rhode Island General Assembly

Rhode Island Mental Health Advocate H. Reed Cosper, Esq:

John O. Pastore Center
57 Howard Avenue, 4th Floor
Cranston, RI 02920
Office Phone: 401-462-2003;800-346-2282
TTY: 401-462-6018
Fax: 401-462-2008
E-Mail:aarmstrong at mail.ri.gov
Legal services to clients of the public mental health system; compliance review, policies and procedures, community mental health centers and psychiatric hospitals. (and substance abuse)
Responsibilites:
Protect the liberty rights and treatment rights of people with mental illness. (and substance abuse)

Rhode Island General Laws link: www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/Statutes.html

 

Find your Elected Officials link: www.carrollpub.com/myelecteds.asp

Family Support

Al-Anon and Alateen

Families Anonymous

Parent Support Network of RI

Other Recovery Links of Interest

Recovery Music

SoberRecovery

Recovery Greetings

Legal Help for Low-Income & Non-Profits (Geoff Shoos, Esq.): http://www.riclapp.org/

Advocacy with Anonymity: HTTP  PDF

Millermeters.com (Leslie Miller, Advocate)

WWW.FRIENDSHIPCAFERI.COM


Please donate the RICARES Addiction Recovery Events Fund

Addiction and Recovery Support 

12 Step Support

Alcoholics Anonymous

AA Meeting Locator

Narcotics Anonymous

Cocaine Anonymous

12 Steps to Serenity

12 Step Alternatives

Smart Recovery


Recovery Support

The Rhode Island Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependence for men and women:

500 Prospect St, Suite 306, Pawtucket, RI 02860

Office:  401-725-0410
Fax:  401-725-0768

www.ricaodd.org

(They run many Sober House Programs in the State)

Faces and Voices of Recovery

Sober Circle

MyRecoverySpace

Rhode Island’s Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap (CATG) Coalition is a collaboration among diverse stakeholders—including emergency room doctors, child welfare advocates, religious leaders, educators, treatment centers and providers, prevention advocates, and other healthcare organizations—to expand access to drug and alcohol treatment in Rhode Island for everyone who needs it:  closethegapri.org/

 rhodeisland.networkofcare.org/mh/home/index.cfm

Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery:

www.ccar.us/


Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery:  www.moar-recovery.org/


New England Addiction Technology Transfer Ctr:

www.attcnetwork.org/regcenters/index_newengland.asp


Women for Sobriety:  www.womenforsobriety.org/


If you or someone you know is having difficulities with alcohol or drug misuse and abuse,
please contact 1-866-ALC-DRUG.