Nassau Alternative Advocacy Program

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Join us for fellowship and recovery at the new AA meeting, Launchpad 44, named in memory of Frank H Andrews whose 44 years in the Program continues to serve as a power of example to anyone who is yearning for change and a desire to stop using and drinking. Come share your experience, strength and hope with others who are attempting to solve their common problem and recover. No one is beyond redemption.... Fridays at 8 pm Nassau Alternative Advocacy Program 151 Herricks Road, Suite 102, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 516-741-3110 Read new research regarding efficacy of AA in treating addiction. https://www.nytimes.com//alcoholics-anonymous-new-evidence

Nassau Alternative Advocacy Program (NAAP) is a not for profit NYS OASAS licensed full service outpatient drug and alcohol treatment program dedicated to the belief that addiction is a treatable disease and that affected lives can be resurrected and made whole again from the ravages of this insidious illness. Our recovering patients do more than just "normalize" their lives. Rising from the white-hot ashes of their ever-burning addiction, they understand that, without warnin...g, they could reignite these fires and relapse. And, some do relapse, but most come back to the sanity and serenity of their recovery without too much damage. They become more focused and push aside their complacency and choose reconnecting with family, work, friends and begin to rediscover life making a contract to live their new life on life's terms. Now, bolstered by one more day of recovery, they willingly and without reservation, turn their efforts to making goal-oriented decisions and return to productive pursuits, once rendered dormant and subsumed to the voracity of their active addiction. No longer enslaved, they fearlessly hold their heads high basking in the spiritual warmth and guidance of their recovery. Nassau Alternative has been serving Long Island for nearly 40 years. No one has ever been turned away for an inability to pay. Those in need are served if they have a desire to recover and are willing to change. Many who enter our program have pending legal matters as a result of their addictive behavior. Along with its qualified treatment staff, Nassau Alternative also advocates for clients with pending criminal justice problems by exploring viable alternatives to incarceration. Our criminal justice professionals work with defense attorneys, drug treatment courts, probation, etc., assisting clients in navigating the complicated prepleading, sentencing, and post sentencing process. If you are in need or know someone in need call anytime: 516-741-3110 NassauAlternativeCounseling.org

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Today more than ever, I want the healing of addiction!! There's a personal reason for asking everyone to put this message on their status for at least 1 hour. I know who'll do it! Think of someone you love who has had an addiction or who is trying to fight this evil. I hope to see this on the status of all my friends. Don't share, but copy and paste!! Hold your finger text and it will highlight, select copy, then paste it on to your own wall. The pain hurts more than just the addict, we hate the disease not the person!! Amen

Father Steve Donelly at the Peter Sweisgood Breakfast

Early-onset drug use and risk of later drug problems. Prior research has suggested that among illicit drug users there is an increased risk of drug abuse or dependence problems associated with earlier onset of illicit drug taking. This study examined whether the observed association might be understood best as the result of a process by which earlier onset users accumulate more time during which they can develop a drug problem (that is, more time since first illicit drug taki...ng). Survival data analysis was employed to investigate this issue, with self-report data from 1525 illicit drug using individuals, all of whom were 18-24-year-old participants in the multi-site collaborative Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program. In the first year after initial illicit drug use, there was no appreciable variation in the estimated risk of developing a drug problem. However, with passage of some 5-7 years after initial use, the estimated risk of developing drug problems became clearly greater for youths whose drug taking had started during the pre-adolescent and very early adolescent years. The previously reported relationship between early-onset drug use and subsequent drug problems was not, therefore, an artifact of time. It is possible that duration of drug use should be considered as one 'mechanism' by which early-onset drug users experience greater risk of drug problems, but there also are other interpretations to be investigated in future research. See more