Parent Resources

• Cataldi, Libby. 2010. Stay Close: A Mother’s Story of her Son’s Addiction. St. Martin’s Griffin.
• Cooke, Dave. 2013. Behind the Dumpster: A Story of a Son’s Addiction, a Father’s Love, and a Bike Ride. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
• Conyers, Beverly. 2009. An Addict in the Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery. Hazelden Publishing. 
• Dioguardi Angelina, Russell Clayton, Sirko Quincey. 2018. What the Heck is Opioid Addiction?. Western Pennsylvania: Grow a Generation.
• Herzenak, Joe. 2012 (Rev Upd edition). Why Don’t They Just Quit. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
• Keller, Timothy. 2013. Walking with God through Pain and Suffering. New York: Dutton Adult: Published by The Penguin Group.
• Lajterman, Linda. 2014. Life After You: What your Death from Drugs Leaves Behind. WAT-AGE Publishing.
• Mansfield, Dennis, 2013. Beautiful Nate; A Memoir of a Families Love, a Life Lost, and Heaven’s Promises. Howard Books.
• Rice, Arlene. 2014. Parent of an Adult Addict: Hope for the Broken Road. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

• Speakman, Michael. 2014. The Four Seasons of Recovery: For Parents of Alcoholics and Addicts. Phoenix: Rite of Passage Press.
• Swenson, Sandy. 2014. The Joey Song: A Mother’s Story of her Son’s Addiction. Central Recovery Press.
• Wandzilak, Kristina. 2006. The Lost Years: Surviving a Mother and Daughter’s Worst Nightmare. Jeffers Press.
• Welch, Edward T. 2001. Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave: Finding Hope in the Power of the Gospel. Phillipsburg: P&R Publishing.

• American Society of Addiction Medicine Advocay (ASAM)
• Casey’s Law (Kentucky & Ohio) Court ordered involuntary treatment (potentially at no cost) for your loved one’s disease of drug and/or alcohol addiction
• Jennifer Act (Indiana & Florida)
• McLellan, A. Thomas: CEO & Co- Founder, Treatment Research Institute
• Network for Public Health Law: (Good Samaritan & Naloxone Laws by State)

• People Advocating Recovery (PAR)
• People Advocating Recovery NKY (NKy PAR)
• Treatment Research Institute 
• Shatterproof Advocay

• Don’t Let Them Die: Kentucky Hotline with One on One Help
• Herzenak, Joe (Provides telephone sessions): Changing Lives Foundation. 
• Light House Network (Ongoing coaching for parents of addicts, phone help available)

•  Partnership for Drug Free Kids: Talk to a Parent Addiction Coach
• Speakman, Mike, Founder Parents of Addicted Loved Ones (PAL Groups. FREE monthly phone sessions).

• Celebrate Recovery®
• Heroin Doesn’t Care
• Kentucky Parents Against Heroin
• No Longer Bound

• Operation 6:12
• PAR NKY (People Advocating Recovery Northern Kentucky)
• Teen Challenge
• The Addicts Mom
• The Addicts Mom KY Chapter

• Addiction Recovery Care Organizations (ARCO): Recovery Support across US
• Al-Anon®
• Celebrate Recovery®
• Grief Share Support Groups (groups can be found in many cities)

• Families Anonymous® (Group Meetings by State
• Learn To Cope: A support organization that offers education, resources, peer support and hope for parents and family members coping with a loved one addicted to opioids or other drugs.
• Nar-anon

• Parents of Addicted Loved Ones (PAL Groups)
• The Addicts Mom
• Recovery Community Organizatioin (RCO)- FAVOR Greenville SC
• Recovery Community Organization (RCO)- PAR KY
• Recovery Community Organization (RCO)- Voices of Hope Lexington KY

• Affordable Care Act (If your adult child needs insurance)
• AnGel Program Jeffersontown KY
• Angel PAARI Programs in United States: Walk into a police station and get help with addiction
• American Heart Association (Learn CPR)
• American Red Cross (Learn CPR)
• Ball-Quantrell Recovery Center: Lexington, KY. Women low cost long term program. 859-252-2002
• Beacon House: Louisville, KY. Men’s sober living house. 502-581-0765
• Beth’s Blessing: Annville, KY. Faith based women’s recovery house. 606-689-8030
• Bellgrove Springs: Fleming County, KY. Men’s residential.1-888-520-8736
• Brighton Center: Florence, KY. Low cost women’s long term residential. 859-282-9390.
• Brook Hospital: Louisville, KY. 502-426-6380
• Chrysalis House: Lexington, Kentucky.Women’s Facility 859-977-2504
• Centerpoint Recovery: Paducah, KY. Free men’s residential long term residential. 270-444-3640
• Certified Counseling Services (CCS): Louisville, KY. Men’s long term residential.502-635-2008
• Chad’s Hope: Manchester, KY. Faith based. Men’s long term residential. 1-606-599-9716
• Cumberland Hope Center: Evarts, KY. Free women’s long term residential. 1-606-837-0100
• Freedom House for Women: VOA: Louisville, KY. Long term residential for pregnant and post partum women. 502-634-0082
• Free Rehab Centers
• Genesis: Hopkinsville, KY. Free men’s long term residential.270-885-2902
• George Privett: Lexington, KY. Men’s long term residential. 859- 225-4673
• Grateful Life Center: Independence , KY. Free men’s long term residential.859-291-1043
• Hazelden (Men/Women Detox & Treatment California, Illinois, Florida, Minnesota, New York, Oregon)
• Healing Place: Louisville, KY. Free. Men & women’s long term residential. Detox men only, non medical. 502-585-4848
• Help Guide: What to Look for When Choosing a Drug Treatment Program
• Healthy Newborn House: Covington, KY. Low cost. for pregnant women & their newborns. Run by Transitions, Inc. 859-491-2090
• Interlink Counseling Services: Louisville, KY. Men’s recovery services for veterans. Inpatient & outpatient services. 3 men’s houses: Landing Zone (safe off the street program), Harmony House (3-6 month residential), Genesis Transitional House (up to 24 months), Serenity Court Apartments(once program completed).
• Isaiah’s House: Willsburg, KY. Faith based men & women detox & residential treatment, Only facility in country using NET for detox
• Intervention America: National Resource on Recovery (Locator for treatment help)
• Jefferson Alcohol and Drug Addiction Center (JADAC): Louisville, KY. Low Cost Medical Detox 24 hour hotline)
• Jefferson Street Baptist Center:  (AKA: Louisville Rescue Mission): Louisville, KY. FREE Men’s Addiction Life Change Program. Faith Based. 9 month residential. 
• Karen’s Place: Louisa, KY.  Residential women, VOUCHERS AVAILABLE, Louisa, KY
• Ladies Living Free – Paducah, Kentucky. 6 month residential program followed by 3 months after care. Sponsored by the United Way. 270- 448-0961

• Last Chance Intervention (Offering Private Intervention Services, FREE Consultation)
• Liberty Place for Women: Richmond, KY.(859) 625-0104
• Liberty Ranch Men & Women, Kings Mountain, KY
• Life Springs Men & Women Recovery Services. Jeffersonville, Indiana. Dual diagnosis help.1-812-280-2080
• Morehead Inspirational Center: Morehead, KY. Residential low cost for men.
• Naloxone (FAQ)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• National Institute for Drugs (NIDA) for TEENS
• No Longer Bound (Men Faith Based, Cumming, Ga.)
• Operation 6: 12 FREE, Men Faith Based Ohio
• Opioid Overdose Prevention and Education
• Owensboro Regional Recovery Center: Owensboro, KY. Free men’s long term residential. 270- 689-0905
• Priscilla’s Place: Louisville, KY. Faith based women’s long term residential.502-561-2131
• Recovery Connection Help
• Recovery Kentucky (15 Free Men & Women Recovery programs: Click on contact list & map)
• Saint Vincent Depaul: Louisville, KY. Men & women programs. Will also help take you off the street & help you find treatment. 502-583-1370.
• Sober Solutions: Louisville, KY & Indianapolis, Ind. Sober living home for men. Low cost. 502-439-9210 or 502-650-1619
• Sober-Solutions: 1-888-762-3730 (Will provide free phone help sessions)
• St. Judes for Women: Louisville, KY. Women long term residential.502-584-2480
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHA): 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
• Teen Challenge: Men and Women Faith Based, Inpatient
• Transitions, Inc.: Men and Women, Northern KY
• Trilogy for Women: Hopkinsville, KY. Women’s long term residential. 270-885-2902
• The Partnership® at DrugFree.Org
• Volunteers of America: Louisville, KY. Men & women programs long term residential. Men’s: Shelby House (substance abuse, homelessness, mental illness), Half Way Back (men recovering from addiction and exiting a correctional facility), Third Step (men 18-45 residential recovery) Women’s: Freedom House for pregnant women. 502-636-0771
• Women’s Addiction Recovery Manor: Henderson, KY. Free. 6 month women’s residential. 270-826-0036

Following are treatment resources recommended by parents who have the resources for private pay and/or insurance for their adult children:

According to these parents reviews, they were extremely pleased with the following rehabilitations:

A Road to Recovery (Port St. Lucie, Florida)

Carleton Treatment Center, Prescott, Arizona.

Caron Center (Pennsylvania.Texas, Florida)

CoPac Brandon, Mississippi

Dawn Farms Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Discipleship/Dream Center Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Phil Treatment & Rehab Resources (parents found resources through his website)

English Mountain Treatment Center Sevierville, Tennessee.

Fairbanks: Indianapolis, Indiana

Fellowship Hall, Greensboro, NC.

Glenbeigh Rock Creek, Ohio (Associated w Clevland Clinic).

Hazelden/Betty Ford (California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon)

Impact Drug & Alcohol Treatment, Pasadena, Ca.

Isaiah’s House Willisburg, Kentucky.

Libertas Chippiwa Falls, Wisconsin.

Mountain Manor Baltimore, Maryland

Michael’s House Palm Springs, California.

New Roads Behavioral Health (Utah & Florida).

No Longer Bound Cummings, Georgia. Uses Regeneration Model of Recovery.

Origins Treatment South Padre Island, Texas.

Palmetto Rayville, Louisiana.

Teen Challenge, Cheswick, PA

The Ranch at Dove Tree Lubbox, Texas.

The Recovery Place Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

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