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Additional Resources

Substance Abuse Sites

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)—The Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
  
  
• California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs—Mission Statement: To lead California's strategy to reduce alcohol and other drug problems by developing, administering, and supporting prevention and treatment programs
  
  
• California Association of Addiction Recovery Resources(CAARR)—CAARR's goal is to educate and provide statewide resources for recovering and suffering alcoholics and addicts living in California.  CAARR provides programs and offers support for the development of organizations benefiting alcoholics, addicts, their families, and the community at large.
  
  
• American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)—The nation's medical specialty society dedicated to educating physicians and improving the treatment of individuals suffering from alcoholism and addiction.
  
  
• Calfornia Society of Addiction Medicine—Physicians dedicated to improving the treatment of alcoholism and other addictions.
  
  
• U. S. Food and Drug Administration—Center For Drug Evaluation and Research.
  
  
• U. S. Department of Health and Human Services—National Clearinghouse—Alcohol/ Drug Abuse Info.
  
  
• National Institute on Drug Abuse—NIDA's mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.
  

12-Step Sites

• Alcoholics Anonymous
  
  
• Orange County AA
  
  
• Mid-Southern California Area
  
  
• Newport Beach Alano Club
  
  
• All Orange County Young People In AA
  
  
• Narcotics Anonymous
  
  
• Cocaine Anonymous
  
  
• Jaywalker
  
  
• Anonymous 1
  
  
• The Latest Thing

Newport Beach

• City of Newport Beach
  
  
• Newport Beach
  
  
• Holiday Boat Parade
  
  
• Fishing
  
  
• Balboa Peninsula
  
  
• Surfing
  
  • Surfline.com—The most comprehensive surf-related web site on the Internet.
    
    
  • Pure Vacations—Obsessed about offering more surf travel destinations and the best surfing experience possible whilst still remaining as a surfing only specialist.
    
    
  • NewportSurfShots.com
    
    
• Images of Newport Beach Slide Show