The rabbit hole – Useful links for recovery from addiction

Thanks to www.thefix.com for collating this list of useful resources to help in the road to recovery from addiction.

Addicted to addicts

Denise Krochta, the mother of a son with addiction problems, interviews addiction experts, authors, and others on her podcast.
www.webtalkradio.net/shows

Addiction Journal

A science journal that publishes peer-reviewed research reports on alcohol, illicit drugs, tobacco and behavioral addictions (subscription required).

www.addictionjournal.org

Alcohol and Alcoholism

A journal that publishes papers on the biomedical, psychological, and sociological aspects of alcoholism and alcohol research.

www.alcalc.oxfordjournals.org

Alcohol, Other Drugs and Health: Current Evidence

A Boston University website that publishes the results of research on alcohol and illicit drugs.

www.bu.edu/aodhealth

All About Addiction

A website overseen by UCLA addiction specialist Dr Adi Jaffe, that covers research on the mechanisms involved in the addictive process, and other drug and alcohol news.

www.allaboutaddiction.com

Clearhead

A UK website that offers information and assistance regarding marijuana use, addiction, and withdrawal.

www.clearhead.org.uk

Drugwatch

An online database that features information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently or previously available on the worldwide market.

www.drugwatch.com

Drug War Chronicle

A website providing coverage and features on the war on drugs, run by pro-legalization organization Stop the Drug War.

www.stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle

DS Daily

A UK drug and alcohol news service provided by Drug Scope.

www.dsdaily.org.uk

Everything Addiction

An all-in-one addiction site covering treatment options, referrals, public policy, news and research.

www.everythingaddiction.com

Harvard Health

A newsletter that covers a wide range of health topics, including addiction, with contributors including doctors and researchers at Harvard Medical School. Also available as an email newsletter.

www.health.harvard.edu

In the Rooms

A comprehensive international social network for the recovery community and online 12-step resource.

www.intherooms.com

Radio Lifeboat

A mother and son radio show about addiction and recovery, with a different guest every week.

radiolifeboat.com

Reach Out Recovery

A website offering a variety of daily news, advocacy, video, and community resources for the addiction recovery community.

www.reachoutrecovery.com

Scientific American Mind

The online version of the magazine of the same name, that frequently covers issues related to drugs and the brain (subscription required).

www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind

The Second Road

An online recovery community with chat rooms, blogs, and forums.

www.thesecondroad.org

A couple more…

Alcohol Rehab Guide

https://www.alcoholrehabguide.org

Addiction Centre

https://www.AddictionCenter.com

Addiction Helper

https://www.addictionhelper.com

SoberNation 

Sober Nation strives to give the suffering addict all the resources they need to get sober and to support the recovering addict along their path.

https://sobernation.com/