TRAINING SESSION OFFERED THIS SATURDAY, MAY 16

Care with Compassion: Opioid Overdose Prevention Training will be offered this Saturday, May 16 at 10:00 am at St. Augustine in Andover, Massachusetts. To register, please call Doreen at 617-833-0811, or email.

The Archdiocesan Addiction Recovery Pastoral Support Services (AARPSS), a ministry of the Archdiocese of Boston, collaborates with various agencies and organizations to assist parishes throughout the archdiocese. We seek education, prevention, treatment, and solutions for the disease of addiction.

RESOURCES FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM SUBSTANCE ADDICTION

Please note: If you are at risk for suicide or other harm or injury, please call 911 or seek other help (such as a hospital emergency room or doctor’s care) immediately.

Gavin House, Boston area 617-268-5000

Healthy Streets Outreach Program, Lynn, 339-440-5633

C.O.P.E. Center, Brockton, 508-580-8700

Learn 2 Cope, 508-738-5148
Lear2Cope covers many towns in Massachusetts. Please go to their website to find the counseling center in your area: http://www.learn2cope.org/contacts/

Lowell House, Greater Lowell Community, 978-459-8656

RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES

Recovering Connections, Boston area, 617-464-8569
Offers support to family and grandparents affected by a loved one’s substance abuse

GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing)
GRASP was founded to help provide resources of help, compassion and most of all, understanding, for families or individuals who have had a loved one die as a result of a substance abuse or addiction.

ADVOCACY AND INFORMATION

MOAR (Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery), Tel: 617-423-6627
The goal of MOAR is to organize recovering individuals, families, and friends into a collective voice to educate the public about the value of recovery from alcohol and other addictions.

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services)
Boston Public Health Commission video on how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose and how to administer Narcan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jis6NlZMV2c

Good Samaritan Video – City of Brockton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcREs1lTruY&feature=youtu.be

FOR PARENTS

Operation Prevention Parent Toolkit

FOR TEACHERS

Operation Prevention
An initiative by the DEA and Discovery Education to educate middle and high school students about the true impacts of prescription opioid misuse and heroin use.

Botvin Life Skills
Evidence-based prevention programs for schools, families and communities.

New Beginnings
Addiction Prevention Lesson Plans for K-12 Educators