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| News from the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD) |
July 11, 2011 |
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Good morning!
Long Island is in need of an intervention for it's widespread and deepening opiate crisis. Without action, things will get worse and more lives will be lost. I jotted down some ideas last week and came up with a few strategies that might help get us on the road to recovery. Check them out here on JedMorey.com and feel free to let me know your thoughts.
Jeffrey L. Reynolds, Ph.D
Executive Director
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| Join PUSH Tonight! |  Join us for our next PUSH meeting tonight as we celebrate passage of the 911 Good Samaritan Bill and map out our next set of public policy priorities. The meeting gets underway at 7:00PM and will be held at Sweet Hollow Presbyterian Church at 95 Old Country Road in Melville. Directions are linked here. We hope to see you there! |
| Recovery Support Groups |
I t's well-established that aftercare and support following substance abuse treatment is an essential part of maintaining one's sobriety and creating a strong foundation for recovery. LICADD's professional staff can help you or a loved one successfully transition from inpatient treatment back home or into a sober living environment. We'll help you recognize potential relapse triggers, get connected with a local support system and come up with a comprehensive relapse prevention plan that works for you.
Recovery isn't a destination; it's a journey. Similarly, relapse isn't an event, but a process. Most of those who relapse experience progressive warning signs that slowly but surely lead a person to go back to using drugs and/or alcohol. Most recovering people have never been taught how to identify and manage relapse warning signs, they don't notice them until the pain becomes severe, and then they revert to old, yet familiar coping strategies. Relapse is common but 100% preventable.
LICADD offers professionally facilitated Relapse Prevention Support Groups on Mondays in Ronkonkoma from 4:00-5:30PM and on Thursdays in Williston Park from 4:00-5:30PM. People of all ages are welcome.
Our Relapse Prevention Support Groups will help you:
+ Identify relapse warning signs and manage your thoughts, feelings, personal reactions and beliefs.
+ Understand chronic stress reactions and develop healthy stress reduction activities.
+ Address addictive belief systems.
+ Recognize and analyze addictive thinking (denial and rationalization).
+ Address unmanageable feelings and learn emotional self regulation.
+ Defend against urges to use via new coping skills and self-defense plans for urges and cravings
+ Identify drug-seeking behaviors
+ Address changes in social interactions and relationships (people, places and things)
+ Foster and accelerate shifts to healthy lifestyles
+ Nurture the recovery process and build healthy support networks.
For more information about our Relapse Prevention Groups, please call Steve Chassman, LMSW at 516.747.2606.
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| LICADD & DFLI - July 31st |
 On Sunday, July 31, 2011, the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD) and Drug Free Long Island, Inc. will host its second annual Fishing Fundraising Event to support programs for at-risk children and families.
The two nonprofits will co-sponsor chartered boats leaving from Captree and Freeport, followed by a family barbecue at John Burns Park in Massapequa.
Registration is $40 per person for fishing/barbecue or $15 per person for the barbecue only. Space is limited, so please reserve your place today by calling Drug Free Long Island, Inc. at 516-308-4068 or email info@dfmli.org. Reservations may also be made through LICADD at 516-747-2606 or email rcslattery@licadd.org. Join LICADD and Drug Free Long Island, Inc. for live music, wonderful prizes, a great family outing, and a very important cause!
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| Kratom Coming? |  According to press reports and official bulletins from DEA and NYS OASAS, Kratom just might be the next big threat to adolescent health. Kratom is a medicinal plant grown primarily in Thailand and Malaysia. The plant's leaves are dried, then smoked or crushed into powder and made into tea or ingested via capsules. The opiate-like high lasts 2-3 hours and the health risks include long-term dependence. Kratom has been around for more than a decade, but appears to be taking-off in much the same way that Salvia, K2 and bath salts have in recent months. Kratom is widely available for sale online from dozens of foreign and domestic vendors. |
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