Substance Abuse Information

For the benefit of our visitors and potential clients, we offer this page of recovery resources which includes our own and third party sites that provide information related to substance abuse, alcoholism, drug addiction and Recovery Dynamics. Also you can find information about recovery organizations and substance abuse treatment centers.  Although there are a number of national sites listed, the information below primarily covers the Kentucky and Tennessee regions. If you know of a site that would be relevant to A 2nd Chance Recovery Center and our Recovery Dynamics program, please let us know, and we will consider listing it here.

Recovery Dynamics

Kelly Foundation Services
The Kelly Foundation is a non-profit corporation committed exclusively to the service of substance abuse education and treatment. Foundation funds are used for development, production, and distribution of educational materials and training aids for counselors as well as for individuals in recovery; supporting treatment centers; and informing the public about the treatment of alcoholism and substance abuse.

Kelly Foundation's Recovery Dynamics
Recovery Dynamics is a comprehensive program of instructional and self-help materials for counselors and individuals. The program is completely faithful to the original 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Substance Abuse Resources

Alcohol & Drug Abuse
Straightforward information for alcoholics, drug abusers, and co-dependents. For those in recovery and those not yet there. Free newsletter, articles, stories, images, links, and resources.

Sobriety and Recovery Resources
This site contains the personal stories of many recovering alcoholics and addicts. It also provides recovery information from many sources including national and regional recovery organizations such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.

Substance Abuse Sites at DMOZ.Org, the Open Directory Project
The Open Directory Project is the largest human edited directory on the Internet. The Substance Abuse Page has many resources dealing with substance abuse and chemical dependency including treatment centers, counseling services, recovery organizations, books and support groups.

Substance Abuse Treatment Locator
The Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator is useful for finding treatment centers in your local area. This link takes you to the Tennessee search page, but the database lists treatment centers nationally.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA)

Alcoholics Anonymous World Service, AA
This is the home page for Alcoholics Anonymous. The site contain many recovery resources and literature about AA and the disease of alcoholism.

Narcotics Anonymous World Service, NA
Narcotics Anonymous is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts with more than 31,000 weekly NA meetings in over 100 countries worldwide.

Kentucky AA Meetings Statewide
The Kentucky AA Area 26 web site lists all of the Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and times grouped by AA district .  The map makes it easy to find meetings in your area.