• Complete a Confidential Screening on Your Alcohol Use
• Cost of Drinking Calculator
• Cost of Smoking Calculator

General Chemical Dependency

• Marijuana: Addiction, Effects of Use, and Other Issues
• Marijuana and Pain Management
• Maintaining Sobriety: Making Alcohol-Free Choices - Includes listings of medications that do/do not contain alcohol
• Pain Medications - A Comfort or a Threat? (PDF File)
• Spirituality and Its Impact on Recovery (PDF File)
• Coercion in Recovery

Chemical Dependency and Various Groups

• How Children are Affected by Chemical Dependency
• How Do You Know if Your Teenager Needs Help?
• Women & Alcoholism - Who Pays the Price?
• When Older People Drink Too Much

Using Medications to Treat Chemical Dependency

• The New World of Buprenorphine Treatment (PDF File)
  • NewStart Patient Contract for Buprenorphine Treatment of Opiate Addiction or Opiate Withdrawal Using Suboxone (PDF File)
  • Treatment Agreement for Buprenorphine (PDF File)
  • Admission Criteria for Detox and Maintenance (PDF File)
  • Dosing Details During Induction of BMT (PDF File)
  • OBOT with Buprenorphine - Special Considerations for Physicians (PDF File)
• Harm Reduction (PDF File)
• Methadone, Myths and Facts (PDF File)
• Pharmacotherapy in Addiction Medicine - References and Recommended Reading (PDF File)
  

Recovery Organizations

• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Narcotics Anonymous
• Cocaine Anonymous
• Gamblers Anonymous
• A Listing of Science-based and Secular Alternative Self-Help and Mutual Support Groups
• Children of Alcoholics Foundation
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
• American Council on Alcoholism
• Wisconsin Association on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
• Join Together

Prevention Sites

• Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
• Byparents-Forparents - For Parents
• FreeVibe.com - For Youth
• Icountadvisors.com - For Youth
• Partnership for a Drug-Free America - For Youth
• Parents - The Anti-Drug - For Parents, Also available in Spanish
• Teachers - The Anti-Drug - For Teachers
• National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign - For Everyone
• Office of National Drug Control Policy - For Everyone

Governmental Agencies

• Wisconsin Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
• Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources
• Information on Common Drugs of Abuse
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Tobacco Information and Prevention Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• CDC's TIPS (Tobacco Information and Prevention Source)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 

Professional Organizations

• American Society of Addiction Medicine
• California Society of Addiction Medicine
• Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse: American Medical Association
• American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
• Physicians and Lawyers for National Drug Policy

Academic Centers and Universities

• Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention: UW-Madison (local smoking cessation resources)
• Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research - UW-Milwaukee, Marquette and Others
• Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies: Brown University
• Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse: Columbia University
• Institute for Behavioral Health Research: Texas Christian University
• University of Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies
• Rutgers School of Alcohol and Drug Studies Center of Alcohol Studies: Rutgers University

• Educating Yourself about Alcohol and Drugs: A People's Primer
  by Marc Alan Schuckit
• The Recovery Book
  by Arlene Eisenberg
• Everything You Need to Know about Chemical Dependence: Vernon Johnson's Complete Guide for Families
  by Vernon E. Johnson
• Choices and Consequences; What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs
  by Dick Schaefer
• I'll Quit Tomorrow; A Practical Guide to Alcoholism Treatment
  by Vernon E. Johnson
• Day by Day: Daily Meditations for Recovering Addicts
  by Hazelden Information and Educational Services
• Codependent No More & Beyond Codependency
  by Melody Beattie