No matter what the circumstances, there is always help to be found. Below is a list of different resources and outlets to find the support needed to make a brighter tomorrow a reality within reach. And, as always, there are countless other resources available beyond these, so feel free to contact the BARC to explore even further.
The link provides a listing of local AA meetings in and around Waco, Texas.
Narcotics Anonymous is a global, community-based organization with a multi-lingual and multicultural membership. NA strives to reach a day when every addict in the world has an opportunity to experience our message of recovery.
Eating Disorder Anonymous (EDA) is a fellowship for individuals to share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problems and help others to recover from their eating disorders. In EDA, students can help one another identify and claim milestones of recovery by focusing on the solution of living without obsessing over food, weight, and body image, rather than focusing on the problem.
SMART Recovery is an abstinence-based, not-for-profit organization with a sensible self-help program for people having problems with drinking and using. It includes many ideas and techniques to help you change your life from one that is self-destructive and unhappy to one that is constructive and satisfying.
With 17 sites in California, Minnesota, Oregon, Illinois, New York, Florida, Massachusetts, Colorado and Texas, the Foundation offers addiction prevention, treatment and recovery solutions nationwide and across the entire continuum of care for youth and adults.
Link hosts information on Alcoholic Anonymous at the local and national scope. Website provides information about AA, where to find a meeting, newsletter, how to make a contribution, etc.
AAGrapevine, the international journal of Alcoholic Anonymous, has different articles and news issues revolving around AA. The website also includes a sobriety calculator, comic, daily quote, and a poll along with a place for people to share stories, photos, and art.
The Fix contains News articles and blogs focusing on addiction and recovery. The site also offers resources on help and data, information on treatment centers: rehabs and therapists, along with reviews on rehab.
The site has a list and description of both fiction and non-fiction books involving someone's addiction to/abuse of drugs or alcohol.
A dictionary to learn more about the several types of addiction and their causes. Terms can include categories that go along with the term. For example, the term Drug addiction may have subcategories such as signs/ symptoms, Warning signs, treatments, etc. and Domestic Violence would include different subtopics on it’s relation to substance use.
Baylor Counseling Center provides information and resources on Drug and Alcohol in College. The page includes link to articles: College Fact sheet NIH, Facts about Alcohol Poisoning, Interactive body content, Alert Young adults drinking, College Drug Use STATS, Student Health: Alcohol and Drugs, and Back to school fact sheet on drinking.
Baylor Counseling Center provides information and resources on Drug and Alcohol in College. The page includes link to articles: College Fact sheet NIH, Facts about Alcohol Poisoning, Interactive body content, Alert Young adults drinking, College Drug Use STATS, Student Health: Alcohol and Drugs, and Back to school fact sheet on drinking.
The AHRE is the only association exclusively representing collegiate recovery programs (CRPs) and collegiate recovery communities (CRCs), the faculty and staff who support them, and the students who represent them. Their website contains information about the association, collegiate recovery centers/programs, recovery resources, and events.
The CRC offers a community of support for students in recovery by providing information on different collegiate recovery programs.
The Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities at Texas Tech University
