Resources

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Substance Use Helpline

    A Massachusetts only statewide, public resource for finding substance use treatment, recovery and problem gambling services.

    www.helplinema.org

  • Learn to Cope

    A support group for those who have a loved one affected by the disease of addiction.

    www.learn2cope.org

  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

    A National Helpline that is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders. This site includes information on how to recognize an overdose and what to do if someone overdoses

    www.samhsa.gov

  • Support After a Death by Overdose

    Provides resources, information, and assistance to people throughout Massachusetts who have been affected by the death of someone they care about from a substance-use-related cause.

    www.SADOD.org

  • Team Sharing, Inc

    A national organization of parents who have lost a child to Substance Use Disorder. Through social networking, community activism, grief services and advocacy, TEAM SHARING provides support and friendship to grieving families while working to raise awareness of Substance Use Disorder and its impact on our communities.

    www.teamsharinginc.org

Books about surviving grief after losing a loved one

  • It’s OK That You’re Not OK

    By Megan Devine

  • Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief

    By David Kessler

  • From Heroin to Hope: Making Sense of The Loss of a Child

    By Marsha I. Wiggins, Ph.D.

  • Permission to Mourn: A New Way to Do Grief

    By Tom Zuba

  • Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy

    By Sheryl Sandberg

  • Beautifully Broken: Finding Hope During Lossem

    By Pat Elsberry

  • Grief Day by Day

    By Jan Warner

  • Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for working through Grief

    By Martha W. Hickman

Books about addiction

  • Beautiful Boy: a father’s journey through his son’s addiction

    By David Sheff

  • Clean

    By David Sheff

  • High: Everything you want to know about drugs, alcohol, and addiction

    By David and Nic Sheff

  • Dreamland

    By Sam Quinones

  • The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth

    By Sam Quinones

  • The Big Hustle: A Boston Street Kid’s Story of Addiction and Redemption

    By Jim Wahlberg

  • If you love me: a mother’s journey through her daughter’s opioid addiction

    By Maureen Cavanagh

  • Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and The Drug Company That Addicted America

    By Beth Macy

  • In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

    By Gabor Mate, M.D.

  • Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs

    By Johann Hari

  • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma

    By Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.