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Today kicks off National Drug & Alcohol Facts Weeks. Each day this week we will be sharing important information on a different topic...choose a fact and start at conversation! #NDAFW2021 #NDAFW #PreventionMattersNYS #NYShatterTheMyth

Please join us Friday for this important discussion.

Monday February 8th, 10am-1pm project Medicine Cabinet. Bring your unused medicine that you no longer need to Horizons of Smithtown for proper disposal.

If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction please call the LICADD hotline and get help now. 631-979-1700 The pain of addiction and losing loved ones is devastating.

Data from the medical examiner's offices show there's been a 43% increase in fatal overdoses in Suffolk and a 40% increase in fatal overdoses in Nassau over the last 10 months.

The principles of the 12 Steps can be very difficult OR simple to understand.

This is Mike DeLeon. I have heard him speak live several times. Mike’s story is quite an inspiration. Mike’s passion is to motivate kids to lead a healthy, DRUG FREE lifestyle. Steered Straight is a great program. His message here is needed now more than ever.

THRIVE Long Island Calendar. Family & Children’s Association (FCA) leads the operations and oversight of THRIVE Recovery Community and Outreach Center in partnership with the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD), Long Island Recovery Association (LIRA), and Families in Support of Treatment (F.I.S.T.). THRIVE is funded by the NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and through private contributions. Monday~ November 29~... 12:00pm - 1:00pm Week of Hope - Wellness At Noon 1:00pm - 2:00pm Codependents' Guide to the 12 Steps @ Thrive Suffolk 1:00pm - 2:00pm Gratitude In Recovery @ Thrive Nassau 6:00pm - 7:00pm LICADD Eating Disorder Group 6:00pm - 7:00pm The Sangha @ Thrive Suffolk 7:00pm - 8:00pm FIST & Family Hope Support Group @ Thrive Nassau ~ in person & Virtually 7:30pm - 8:30pm LICADD Anger Management 8:00pm - 9:00pm Emotional Sobriety

Bobby Hartmann interviews Steve Chassman of LICADD on Long Island Radio’s Road to Recovery show. Help for addiction is available. Great interview.

Our kids are watching, and we are role models. We can demonstrate healthy ways of dealing with stress than don’t include alcohol. Walk. Listen to music. Take a bath. Read. Exercise. Write in a journal. Video chat with friends. We're here for you and we're all in this together.