When you are seeking out help for your addiction or your loved one’s addiction, the information can feel overwhelming. The following lists are SF Intervention’s go-to recommendations for helpful books, websites, and providers who can help light the way.
If you are a medical or psychological professional who needs to educate and refer a patient or client for specialized addictions treatment, please feel free to share this page and contact us for a consultation.
Books
SF Intervention frequently recommends books because reading, or bibliotherapy, provides the education that is a critical component of the recovery process for individuals and families. These books will provide you a comprehensive look at the many faces of addiction and recovery.
Intervention
Addiction Recovery
Personal Growth
Mindfulness
Mutual Support Groups
Well-established recovery groups around the nation.
12-Step Support Groups
Secular Support Groups
Religious
Concerned Others
Residential Treatment
Note: It is the responsibility of each individual to research and evaluate any organization, facility, or professional prior to making a decision.
Treatment Facility Locator
No-Cost, Low-Cost, or Sliding Scale Treatment Options
Although, intervention and treatment is one of the wisest investments a person can make, you may have enough stress with adding the financial burden of expensive treatment. If this is the case, we encourage you to explore other options. Below are some ideas you may want to consider.
The criteria for listing of these treatment centers is solely that their cost is less than $10,000 per month or free, and that they were suggested by various mental health and addiction treatment professionals.
Note: It is the responsibility of each individual to research and evaluate any organization, facility, or professional prior to making a decision.
Mental Health Resources
This section provides helpful resources for those struggling with mental health issues, from general to crisis situations, suicide, and psychiatric emergency.
Bay Area Suicide Risk Project
Hotlines and Mobile Crisis Services
Mental Health America (MHA) Dedicated to helping all people lead mentally healthier lives, including help finding treatment, support groups, information about diagnoses, medication information, help with prescription medications, and help with insurance questions.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness through support, education, advocacy and research. Includes fact sheets on specific diagnoses, medication information, and information on how to get support.
Psychiatric Emergency
Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Suicide Risk Emergency Services
For Parents
Specific resources for parents of a child struggling with addiction.
Parents: The Anti-Drug
Partnership for Drug-Free America
NATSAP (National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs) is a volunteer membership organization supporting professionals and programs in their efforts to help troubled young people.
Pathway to Prevention Accurate, evidence-based information on teen drug and alcohol abuse. Supporting parents and schools to reduce risk.
The Sky’s the Limit Fund, a San Francisco Bay Area non-profit that transforms the lives of at-risk youth by providing grants, support, and hope through wilderness therapy programs.
Saving Teens provides funds and assistance to struggling teens and their families.
Helpful Links
This section contains a mixture of tools, national institutions, evidence based treatment locators, and preventative websites.
American Society of Addiction Medicine
California Association of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
Drinkers Check-Up Questions and answers with positive feedback designed to help you evaluate, understand and adjust your drinking (if you choose to).
Buprenorphine Physician Locator
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Faces and Voices of Recovery is a national recovery advocacy organization.
National Institute on Alcohol Use and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NREPP (SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices)
The Addiction Project produced by HBO in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and others. Wealth of top-notch information by leading experts.[MW2]
XA-speakers recordings of 12-Step speakers for free download.
“I have been an addict alcoholic for over 20 years and never thought I could have the life I have now at age 46. My wife was fed up with my addictions and with my emotional abuse. I had hit rock bottom and did not want to live anymore. On November 15, 2014, Stephen came to my office and had an intervention with my family. He took the burden of my addictions off my family and provided me a way out. The program was structured to keep me accountable for my actions and keep me in my integrity. The results of the intervention gave me the freedom to choose not to use or drink. I now have the tools to live my life free of drugs and alcohol. Thank you for saving my life Stephen. The SF Intervention Program works.” DAN N.