Substance Abuse

Perspectives

Addiction is not a violation! Not doing something constructive like getting help to stop your addition is a violation! Read more →

I want to stay sober. Who can help me?

Two important emergency numbers are here:
NYS HopeLine 1-877-8-HOPENY (1-877-846-7369) – offers help and hope 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for alcoholism, drug abuse and problem gambling. All calls are toll-free, anonymous and confidential.

Cocaine Anonymous (212) COCAINE (1-212-262-2463) Cocaine Anonymous. is concerned solely with the personal recovery and continued sobriety of individual drug addicts

The groups listed below include a variety of treatment centers; many have meeting groups and service locations throughout Westchester County.

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Al-Anon (Westchester, Putnam)

The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a fami
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This agency is located in: County-wide | White Plains

Alcoholics Anonymous

The meeting list is offered here. Self-help program offers support of recovering alcoholics to others with alcohol dependency.
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This agency is located in: Manhattan | Out of area

Cocaine Anonymous

Offers a 24 hour helpline. Website lists meetings held in the New York area. From their website: Cocaine Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with e
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This agency is located in: Out of area | County-wide

DWI Victim Impact Panel

The DWI Victim Impact Panel Program is an awareness program for offenders convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. The panels consist of a non-confrontational presentation c
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This agency is located in: White Plains

Exodus Transitional Community, Inc.

Exodus is a grassroots organization “built on the notion that individuals released from prison cannot successfully re-enter mainstream society without resources to support their transition.̶
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This agency is located in: Poughkeepsie | Manhattan

Family Services of Westchester (FSW)

FSW offers a broad spectrum of services addressing the social, emotional and environmental factors that can have a negative impact on family life and can diminish an individual’s ability to function
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GAM-ANON

Answering service can provide information about locations of support groups for family members and friends of compulsive gamblers.
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This agency is located in: Manhattan

The Guidance Center

Comprehensive service organization: Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse Services, Housing Assistance, Vocational Assistance Program, Early Childhood Programs Servicios de Salud Mental, Asisten
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This agency is located in: Mount Vernon | New Rochelle

Hudson River Healthcare

Offers office-based outpatient medication assisted treatment. Locations, phone numbers and web links for each community location are below. Peekskill Health Center 1037 Main Street, Peekskill, NY 1056
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This agency is located in: Peekskill | Yonkers

Hudson Valley Community Services

From the website: The agency incorporated in 1986 using the business name AIDS-Related Community Services, Inc. and was widely known as “ARCS” for much of its history. ARCS pioneered HIV preventio
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Innovative Health Systems (IHS)

Outpatient programs; specializes in heroin and pain medication problems using buprenorphine and required supportive counseling.
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This agency is located in: White Plains

Lexington Center for Recovery

Alcohol and substance abuse treatment (including suboxone, methadone maintenance), holistic approach to recovery; psychiatric services, vocational and educational services. For Immediate Assistance an
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This agency is located in: Mount Kisco | New Rochelle | Peekskill

Narcotics Anonymous

Groups for recovering addicts that meet regularly in Mt. Vernon, Yonkers, White Plains, Tarrytown, Port Chester, Peekskill, Yorktown Heights, New Rochelle, Briarcliff Manor, Katonah, Ossining, and oth
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NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS)

OASAS offers a 24 hour, toll free hotline for help with alcoholism, drug abuse and problem gambling. All calls are toll-free, anonymous and confidential. Spanish also spoken. You call the same
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This agency is located in: Albany

NYS Smokers Quit Line

An interactive website allows you to see how smoking can shorten your lifespan. Provides pre-recorded tapes on how to quit smoking, access to counselors, and free materials on request.
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This agency is located in: Albany

Odyssey House

Treatments to a broad array of drug abusers. Today, through various programs, we provide comprehensive services for young mothers with children, teenagers, the mentally ill, people with HIV/AIDS, the
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This agency is located in: Bronx | Manhattan

Outpatient Clinic Treatment

List of outpatient sites and centers for drug treatment.
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Phelps Memorial Hospital Center | Behavioral Health Center

Outpatient services, vocational support, relapse prevention, DWI education. Inpatient services for ages 19+, group and individual therapy.
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This agency is located in: Sleepy Hollow

Positive Directions (St. Joseph’s Medical Center)

Rehabilitation based on 12-step model. Offers DWI program, day and night classes, and a methadone maintenance treatment program.
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This agency is located in: Yonkers

Sexual Compulsive Anonymous

The primary purpose is to help achieve sexual sobriety. We are not here to repress our God-given sexuality, but to learn how to express it in ways that will not make unreasonable demands on our time a
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This agency is located in: Manhattan

Shiloh Consulting LLC

Intensive outpatient treatment for those who have been involved in diverse forms of intimate aggression. Services are by referral from probation, parole, or the Office of Mental Health.
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This agency is located in: New Rochelle

St. John’s Riverside Hospital | Behavioral Health Services

Medically-managed inpatient detoxification, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient care. Multiple locations: Archway Alcoholism outpatient clinic. Hospital day programs, partial hospitalization, CBT
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This agency is located in: White Plains | Yonkers | Mount Vernon

St. Vincent’s Westchester Addiction Recovery Services

Evaluation and Referral Service. Inpatient services For 24/7 evaluation and referral services for any of our programs, please call (914) 925-5320 or (855) 239-0019 toll free. The Maxwell Institute O
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This agency is located in: Port Chester | Yonkers | Harrison | Tuckahoe

Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities

This program began operation in 1978. Agency case management services are primarily assessment, referral, court advocacy, monitoring and supervision. This agency also refers clients for bail expeditin
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This agency is located in: White Plains

Women’s Residence at YWCA (White Plains)

The YWCA Residence is home to 193 women and offers both convenience and services. Residence application: download the complete application form to submit to YWCA Residence. Since 1930, the YWCA h
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This agency is located in: White Plains