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Recovery Resources
Recovery and Sober Living Centers
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- CRC Homes 416-363-4234
- Downsview Dells 416-392-5452
- ECU Homes 416-593-9313
- Fort York Residence 416-338-8800
- Harbourlight Treatment Centre 416-363-5496 ext. 2525
- Matt Talbot House 416-926-8267 ext. 122
- Our Homes 647-710-0290
- Ozanam House 416-762-4195
- St. Vincent De Paul 416-354-5577 ext. 225
- Transition House 416-925-4531
Treatment Centers
- Bellwood Health Network: 1-866-475-3254
- Homewood Health Centre: 519-824-1010
- Hope Place: 1-877-761-6357
- Renascent – Intake & Assessments: 1-866-232-1212
- St. Michael's Homes: 416-926-8267 ext. 122
- Denovo Treatment Centre 1-800-9DeNovo
- Stonehenge: 519-837-1470
- Teen Challenge 1.877.343.1022
- Canadian Centre For Addiction 1-855-939-1009
- Canadian Health Recovery Centre 1.844.265.0932 1.844.265.0932
Detox and Withdrawal Management Centers
- Alcohol Withdrawal Info
- CAMH Medical Withdrawal 416-535-8501 ext. 2
- Ossington Men's Withdrawal Management 416-533-7945
- Pinewood Withdrawl Management Centre 905-723-8195
- St. Mike’s Phone 416-864-5078
- St. Josephs 416-530-0630
- Toronto East General 416-461-2010
- William Ossler 905-874-2999
ACCESS
- Detox Central Access 1-866-366-9513
- Drug and Alcohol Helpline 1-800-565-8603
- Shelter, Central Access 416-338-4766
- St. Mike’s “The Hub” 1-855-505-5045
This site has hundreds of resources to help you along
Relating In Recovery Resources
Relating in Recovery Podcast
Relating in Recovery Podcast
Relating in Recovery Podcast
Join the RnR crew on a recovery journey filled with fight, fun, challenge, and triumph as they navigate the sometimes challenging topics we face in recovery. The guys chat with spiritual giants, members of the 12 step community & professional psychotherapists on various topics within recovery.
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Women's Residential Treatment
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Women's Residential Treatment
Amisson Counselling and Addiction Recovery Services
Women's Residential Treatment
House of Friendship Service: House of Friendship’s community-based, four to ten-week residential program for adult women whose substance use has seriously affected their lives. Find support and encouragement on the road to recovery as you identify and address lifestyle issues in a safe, substance-free environment while participating in evidence-based group and individual therapy sessions that build on your personal strengths.
Amisson Counselling and Addiction Recovery Services
Amisson Counselling and Addiction Recovery Services
Amisson Counselling and Addiction Recovery Services
Heather & Kevin Amisson combine their specialized skills, education, training and extensive experience to support and guide individuals and families for recovery of issues such as:
• Substance Use• Family Addictions• Co-dependency• Interpersonal Relationships• Depression• Anxiety
This Amisson Counselling & Addiction Recovery Team currently live in Oshawa Ontario serving individuals everywhere via ZOOM and TELEPHONE.
Call Now (905) 914-0387
Bounce Back Ontario Free Life Skills Program
Amisson Counselling and Addiction Recovery Services
Amisson Counselling and Addiction Recovery Services
BounceBack® is a free skill-building program managed by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). It is designed to help adults and youth 15+ manage low mood, mild to moderate depression and anxiety, stress, or worry. Delivered by a coach and through online videos, you will get access to tools that will support you on your path to mental wellness.
Low Cost/Long Term Treatment Options
Adult Residential Treatment & Family Programing
Low Cost/Long Term Treatment Options
Adult & Youth residential treatment program (entry fee's costing less than $1,200).
Teen Challenge operates 12-month in-residence alcohol and drug addiction rehabilitation programs with centres located in Alberta, Atlantic Canada, Saskatchewan and Ontario. We offer help and hope to those struggling with alcoholism and/or addiction to other drugs through a proven faith-based program. Addicts, alcoholics, their families and friends, begin their restoration at Teen Challenge.
Men's Long-term Treatment
Adult Residential Treatment & Family Programing
Low Cost/Long Term Treatment Options
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Alpha House is a 4-month post-treatment Residential Program with the sole purpose of re-integration through educational and vocational counselling, coupled with 24-hour Addictions and Mental Health Counselling support and relapse prevention tools.
Adult Residential Treatment & Family Programing
Adult Residential Treatment & Family Programing
Adult Residential Treatment & Family Programing
Renascent is one of Ontario’s largest and longest-standing addiction treatment providers. Founded in 1970, Renascent offers evidence-based, trauma-informed care that addresses substance addiction and concurrent mental health issues.
Our fully accredited treatment programs give our clients and their families support through the detox process plus the tools and opportunities to enjoy life-long recovery and freedom from addiction.
Additional Recovery Resources
Community
Withdrawal
- https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-withdrawal-how-long-does-it-last-63036
- Alcoholics Anonymous – An evidence based, self-help program. The only requirement for attendance is the desire to stop drinking. AA has resources and a meeting for your location and surrounding area.
- The International Journal of Alcoholics Anonymous – Monthly magazine with stories about how members stay sober.
- Online Intergroup : Alcoholics Anonymous – Serves all online AA groups that wish to participate. Services include an online meeting directory, help by email for a drinking problem, and a calendar of worldwide AA events.
- The National Association for Christian Recovery – The NACR’s primary purpose is to help the Christian community become a safer and more helpful place for people struggling with the most difficult of life’s problems.
- Friends of Dr Bob – Dr. Bob and the early AA’s grounded recovery in the Four Absolutes and daily guidance through Two Way Prayer.
- Confident Kids – An international organization that has been promoting Christian support group programs for children ages 4-12 (and their parents) since 1990.
- Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization – Never before in the history of 12-step programs has a fellowship brought together such a diverse group of recovering people, including adult children of alcoholics, codependents, and addicts of various sorts.
- Al-Anon Family Groups, Inc. – Many who come to Al-Anon/Alateen are in despair, feel hopeless, and are unable to believe things can ever change. We want our lives to be different, but nothing we have done has brought about change. We come to Al-Anon because we want and need help.
- SMART Recovery – Self Management for Addiction Recovery – The leading self-empowering addiction recovery support group. Our participants learn tools in support of addiction recovery based on the latest scientific research, and they participate in a world-wide community which includes free, self-empowering, science-based mutual help groups.
- AA agnostica – A worldwide space for AA agnostics, atheists, and freethinkers.
- Secular AA – Our purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety, to widen the gateway to recovery, and to help make AA ever more inclusive.
Health
- NOFAS – Play it Safe. Alcohol and Pregnancy Don’t Mix!
- The Institute of Alcohol Studies: Health impacts – National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- The World Health Organization: Alcohol Fact Sheet – Alcohol is a psychoactive substance with dependence-producing properties that has been widely used in many cultures for centuries. The harmful use of alcohol causes disease as well as social and economic burdens in societies.
- The Medical Council on Alcohol (MCA) – The vision of the MCA is to have a workforce of health professionals educated and supported to reduce health harm from alcohol.
- Alcoholic Liver Disease – Alcohol abuse is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world.
- American Liver Foundation – The mission of the American Liver Foundation is to facilitate, advocate, and promote education, support, and research for the prevention, treatment, and cure of liver disease.
- Dry Drunk Syndrome – Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome Overcoming Paws, Also Known as Dry Drunk Syndrome
- Mayo Clinic: Alcoholic hepatitis – Alcoholic hepatitis is inflammation of the liver caused by drinking alcohol.
- Mayo Clinic: Alcohol use disorder – Alcohol use disorder (which includes a level that’s sometimes called alcoholism) is a pattern of alcohol use that involves problems controlling your drinking, being preoccupied with alcohol, continuing to use alcohol even when it causes problems, having to drink more to get the same effect, or having withdrawal symptoms when you rapidly decrease or stop drinking.
- Rethinking Drinking – Alcohol and your health
Family and Relationship
- Al-Anon – A group that comes together to share and discuss their own recovery from a substance user and how that has affected them and other family members.
- NACoA – National Association for Children of Alcoholics
- Alateen – A place just for teens affected by someone else’s alcoholism. Teenagers between 13 to 18 years old can register to attend the Alateen Chat meetings.
- Alateen – A place just for teens affected by someone else’s alcoholism.
- SAMHSA’s underage drinking prevention campaign – SAMHSA’s underage drinking prevention campaign helps parents and caregivers start talking to their children about the dangers of alcohol.
- Families Anonymous – FAMILIES ANONYMOUS is a 12-step fellowship for the families and friends who have known a feeling of desperation concerning the destructive behavior of someone near to them, whether caused by drugs, alcohol, or related behavioral problems.
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – Provides certain employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. It also requires that their group health benefits be maintained during the leave.
- Recovery for Adult Children of Alcoholics – This site was created to provide a resource for people interested in the work of Dr. Janet Woititz for ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) and others who can relate or grew up in dysfunctional family environments.
- Recovering Couples Anonymous – A fellowship of recovering couples who suffer from many addictions and dysfunctions and share their experience, strength, and hope with each other to solve common problems and help other recovering couples restore their relationships.
- International Child Advocacy Network – A leading global provider of online information for those who have issues around child abuse.
- Substance Abuse and Intimate Relationships – It has long been known that marriage (or other long-term, committed relationships) and substance abuse don’t mix.
- D.A.R.E. America – Launched in 1983, D.A.R.E. is a comprehensive K-12 education program taught in thousands of schools in America and 52 other countries.
- Friday Night Live – “Friday Night Live builds partnerships for positive and healthy youth development which engage youth as active leaders and resources in their communities.”
- College Drinking – Changing the Culture – This is a one-stop resource for comprehensive research-based information on issues related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students
- Al-Anon – A group that comes together to share and discuss their own recovery from a substance user and how that has affected them and other family members.
- NACoA – National Association for Children of Alcoholics
- Alateen – A place just for teens affected by someone else’s alcoholism. Teenagers between 13 to 18 years old can register to attend the Alateen Chat meetings.
- Alateen – A place just for teens affected by someone else’s alcoholism.
- SAMHSA’s underage drinking prevention campaign – SAMHSA’s underage drinking prevention campaign helps parents and caregivers start talking to their children about the dangers of alcohol.
- Families Anonymous – FAMILIES ANONYMOUS is a 12-step fellowship for the families and friends who have known a feeling of desperation concerning the destructive behavior of someone near to them, whether caused by drugs, alcohol, or related behavioral problems.
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – Provides certain employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. It also requires that their group health benefits be maintained during the leave.
- Recovery for Adult Children of Alcoholics – This site was created to provide a resource for people interested in the work of Dr. Janet Woititz for ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) and others who can relate or grew up in dysfunctional family environments.
- Recovering Couples Anonymous – A fellowship of recovering couples who suffer from many addictions and dysfunctions and share their experience, strength, and hope with each other to solve common problems and help other recovering couples restore their relationships.
- International Child Advocacy Network – A leading global provider of online information for those who have issues around child abuse.
- Substance Abuse and Intimate Relationships – It has long been known that marriage (or other long-term, committed relationships) and substance abuse don’t mix.
- D.A.R.E. America – Launched in 1983, D.A.R.E. is a comprehensive K-12 education program taught in thousands of schools in America and 52 other countries.
- Friday Night Live – “Friday Night Live builds partnerships for positive and healthy youth development which engage youth as active leaders and resources in their communities.”
- College Drinking – Changing the Culture – This is a one-stop resource for comprehensive research-based information on issues related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking.
IF YOU ARE IN CRISIS OR THIS IS AN EMERGENCY
Visit your local emergency department or call 911
- Toronto Distress Centres 408-HELP
- Kids Help Phone: 1 800 668-6868;
- Community Crisis Line: 416 495-2891