Help is available

Addiction 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)
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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)

Heroin and other narcotics

Do you struggle with drug use or trying to get clean? Do you have a loved one with such a struggle? Help is available. The Huntington area has an active Narcotics Anonymous 12-step community,
with dozens of meetings available every week, in a variety of places and times. Here's their schedule.
(800) 766-4442

Cabell Huntington Hospital Recovery Center
304-399-1630

Recovery Point Huntington
304-523-4673
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Huntington Methadone Clinic
304-525-5691

Here's a resource for locating help with withdrawal.

ALCOHOL (and Al-anon for families)

Have you tried to give up drinking, only to return to it again (and again)? There is hope in the rooms of AA.
The Huntington area has an active Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step community, with dozens of meetings available every week, in a variety of places and times. Here's their schedule.
24 Hour Hotline (304) 231-5867 or (800) 333-5051
And here's a resource for locating alcohol rehabs.

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If someone in  your life currently has or used to have a struggle with alcohol, whether they're still drinking or whether they're sober, the rooms of Al-Anon may give you support and understanding.
Find information about Al-Anon and Ala-Teen and meetings here, or call (304) 345-7420.

sexual addiction

gambling addiction
Pornography is a virtual epidemic in our country, and there are many other destructive ways that people "act out" sexually. If you want help kicking the porn habit, you can find it here. Check out Sex Addicts Anonymous -- there are local meetings! You are not alone. You can live without shame.     (304) 751-6848
I don't know the scope of the problem or the availability of help, but for folks who can't seem to stop gambling, ​here are some resources:
1800gambler.net  (800) 426-2537
Gamblers Anonymous (855) 222-5542

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
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