First ever Recovery Dance on Long Island set for October 10th
The Long Island Recovery Association (LIRA) is pleased to announce its first annual “Rock N Recovery” dance and celebration to be held on Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 6:00PM-10:00PM at the Deer Park Community Center. The event – one of Long Island’s few sober events – is designed to commemorate... Read more »
LICADD Golf Outing Is Most Successful Ever, Raising $280,000!
LICADD’s R. Brinkley Smithers 29th Annual golf invitational was the most successful charity golf tournament in the agency’s 53 year history. Held at the famed Creek and Piping Rock Clubs in Locust Valley, this sold-out event exceeded all expectations raising over $280,000 for LICADD’s cutting-edge drug and alcohol prevention programs.... Read more »
LICADD to Participate in Town of Brookhaven’s HOPE SUMMIT
The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD) today announced its participation in Brookhaven Town’s HOPE Summit to be held on September 22, 2009 and praised town officials’ commitment to addressing the rise in substance abuse among our region’s young people. “This kind of leadership – exemplified by Supervisor... Read more »
Another Intervention Experience
I was very intrigued by the prospect of being involved in real time interventions with real people. I had heard about interventions through my time working in the field and on televison sitcoms in the eighties and nineties (i.e Different Strokes) and most recently on the television show on A... Read more »
First Exposure to Planned Interventions
From the start, one of those most appealing things to me about an internship at LICADD was the family interventions that were going to be taking place. I did not expect that on my first night there I would already be sitting in on the first step of an intervention. ... Read more »
Recovery Rally Rocked!
Staff and volunteers from LICADD joined Sunday's Recovery Rally in force, joining 10,000 others in a march across the Brooklyn Bridge. This monumental gathering was organized by A&E's Recovery Project with support from our friends at NCADD, Faces & Voices of Recovery, and the Partnership for a Drug Free America.... Read more »
Upcoming Anger Management Groups in Suffolk County
LICADD is pleased to announce the launch of weekly anger management classes starting on September 28, 2009 in Hauppauge. An anger management class for teens will meet on consecutive Monday evenings from 6:00PM-7:30PM, while adult anger management class will meet weekly from 7:30-9:00PM. These anger management classes are held in... Read more »
Cowered Into Silence
With Fall upon us, this post seems quite poignant... On Friday, October 12, 2007, a number of seniors, juniors and even sophomores from at least one Nassau County high school participated in Midnight Madness. I know. Keep it on the down low. Somebody could get into serious trouble. Midnight... Read more »
Parents: We want to hear from you!
This is the spot where parents from Long Island and beyond get to have their say or just ask a few questions. Maybe you're outraged by something in your community, frightened by something going with your kids or are simply looking to share your experiences with other parents. This is... Read more »
Newsday Features New Additions to LICADD Board of Directors
Newsday featured Maureen Brennan and Jeffery Capazzi - two new editions to LICADD's board - in yesterday's People On The Move section.... Read more »
