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SAMHSA's National Helpline Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  1-800-662-HELP (4357), is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service for individuals and family members facing mental health and/or substance use disorders. The helpline, available in English and Spanish, provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations.

Alcoholism Prevention, Intervention, and Aftercare

The IHS Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program (ASAP) highlights navite-population addiction issues with information for patients and proviers.

The CDC Alcohol and Public Health Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  site offers fact sheets, tools, guidelines, online media and other resources for preventing excessive alcohol consumption.

Al-Anon Family Groups Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  is an organization that provides meetings and support to alcoholics, their families, and friends.

Alcoholics Anonymous Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  is an international organization that founded and continues to offer the 12-step program to support the recovery of alcoholics.

Drug Prevention, Intervention, and Aftercare

We are Native Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov , operated by the Northwest Area Indian Health Board, aims to promote holistic health and positive growth in both locally and nationwide, and is a comprehensive health resource for Native youth, by Native youth, providing content on topics that matter to them most.

The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.(NCADD) Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  works on a national and a community level to reach people struggling with addiction.

From the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) website, Overview of Alcohol Consumption Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  offers facts and statistics, information on alcohol use disorders and on alcohol's effects on the body.

NIAAA's Rethinking Drinking Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  site offers calculators, quizzes, worksheets and other interactive tools to determine if one's drinking is becoming a problem and if so, what to do to make a change.

From NIH's National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Drug Topics Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  provides addiction science, prevention, recovery, and treatment information as well as information about most commonly abused drugs. Misuse of Prescription Drugs Research Report Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  focuses on the nonmedical use and abuse of prescription drugs.

NIDA for Teens Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  is the institute's youth-focused site, with information, interactive quizzes, videos, and other tools for middle schoolers, high school students and educators about drug facts and effects.

Signs and symptoms of drug abuse and addiction and information on commonly abused drugs

From The Mayo Clinic, a page dedicated to Substance Use Disorder Symptoms. Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 

The Partnership to End Addiction Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  provides articles, tips, and resources for raising drug-free kids.