Help is availableAddiction comes in many forms; alcohol, drugs, and behaviors among them.
Each kind of addiction makes false promises, but in truth, they consume life, and they have the potential to take life. Addictions affect individuals as well as families and communities. Help is available. In August 2016 there were twenty-six heroin overdoses in one afternoon in the city of Huntington, WV. Twenty-six. First Church Bville added this page of the website just to name some resources that are out there, for individuals and families affected by addiction. Help is available. Any person looking for help with substance abuse and addiction can contact the West Virginia state hotline 24 hours a day at 1 (844) 435-7498, or visit www.help4wv.com. (keep scrolling down, there's a lot more!) (handy printable list at the bottom) CELEBRATE RECOVERY is a Christian adaptation of the 12 Steps. Celebrate Recovery participants join together to study and pray together as they address the issues or addictions that pertain to them. Here's an article about Celebrate Recovery. There's a United Methodist Church in Barboursville (Steele Memorial UMC (304) 736-4583) that offers Celebrate Recovery. West Virginia Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline www.wvrxabuse.org 1 (866) 987-8488 (1-866-WV-QUITT)
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For easy distribution of these drug and alcohol related local numbers, copy and paste the following: Cabell County Area drug and alcohol resources WV state help hotline Help 4 WV (844) 435-7498 WV Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline (866) 987-8488 Narcotics Anonymous (800) 766-4442 Cabell Hton Hosp Recovery Center (304) 399-1630 Recovery Point Huntington (304) 523-4673 Alcoholics Anonymous (800) 333-5051 AA 24-hr Hotline (304) 231-5867 Al-Anon / Ala-Teen (304) 345-7420 Prestera Center (877) 399-7776 Suicide Hotline (800) 273-8255 |