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Recovery
Works!
The mission of Chester County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services is to ensure that quality alcohol and other drug intervention and treatment, as well as alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention programs are provided for citizens in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
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Check Your Medicine Cabinet!
Old or expired medications?
Left over pain killers from a surgery?
GET RID OF IT!!! See how below.
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Drug Take Back Day
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Chester County’s Department of Drug & Alcohol Services is raising community awareness for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day taking place on Saturday, October 28, 2017.
Organized nationwide by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), National Prescription Drug Take Back Day provides local sites for safe, convenient and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while educating the public about the potential for abuse of medications.
From
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 28th,
prescription drug disposal sites will be set up throughout Chester County, in locations including Berwyn, Coatesville, Downingtown, Kennett Square, Malvern, Phoenixville and West Grove.
To find a location near you
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click here.
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Permanent Medication Collection Boxes Interactive Map!
Chester County currently has 23 permanent medication collection boxes throughout the county. For more information, to see locations, or obtain directions to each site
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click here!
Permanent Medication Collection boxes are a project of the Chester County District Attorney's Office Thomas P. Hogan, Chester County District Attorney with the support of the following State agencies: Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and the Chester County Commissioners, District Attorney, and Drug and Alcohol Services.
*Medication Collection Box locations in and around Coatesville are a result of a community partnership between Pennsylvania American Water the Brandywine Health Foundation, Coatesville Youth Initiative and the Police Chiefs of the City of Coatesville, Caln Township, West Caln Township, West Brandywine Township and Valley Township.
**Medication Collection Box locations in Tredyffrin Township were provided by ARCH (Area Residents Caring and Helping) through a partnership with the Tredyffrin Community and Police Association. Tredyffrin Township was one of the first collection boxes in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Join us on
Saturday, November 4th
for the second annual Chester County Color 5k - a family-friendly, timed 5k to raise funds to help reduce the stigma of addiction, raise awareness, and help prevent the opioid and heroin epidemic here in Chester County.
Funds raised this year will help support a new program to:
- provide one-to-one support for overdose survivors and their families and friends
- provide overdose prevention information and outreach to first responders, hospital staff, family members and friends
- provide expedited admission into detox and a review of all treatment options for overdose survivors who agree to treatment
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Recovery Works!
I remember having my first drink at 4-years old during a party at my parent’s home. My dad was making brandy alexanders and he gave me a shot glass of the leftovers from the shaker. I remember always being so mesmerized by the drinks he made and I would spend my time at the party hanging out in the kitchen watching my dad make the drinks and this time he rewarded me with one. Meanwhile, the other kids at the house were in the basement playing.
That infatuation with alcohol never left me over the years. I never considered my drinking as a problem because I didn’t drink every day. I had a great job and a successful career. However, when I did drink, I drank until I blacked out. I would wake up feeling sick, physically and emotionally, and swore I would never drink again. I awoke sometimes in a cold sweat of terror not remembering whether I drove or not or whether I hit something or someone. But it didn’t stop me. This cycle continued until my mid-30s.
My bottom began....
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Tuesday, November 21, 2017
8:30a.m.- 4:00p.m.
Double Tree by Hilton Philadelphia Airport
4509 Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 1915
9:00a.m.-3:30p.m
Fall 2017
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Get in the Know!
The PRO-ACT Organization is hosting several support groups and community events. For more information, see below!
A trauma support group for women in recovery.
Every Wednesday evening 7pm-8pm, The Melton Center, West Chester, Pa
Peer-led support group where people in recovery learn to see their struggles as their story. Every Wednesday morning, 10:30am-11:30am, The Coatesville Center for Community Health, Coatesville, Pa
A
weekly topic discussion that opens with a guided meditation.
Every Thursday beginning October 12
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, 10:30am-11:30am, Cornerstone Christian Fellowship Church, West Chester, Pa
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Grandfamilies Support Group
"Grandparents, aunts and/or uncles raising the children of loved ones."
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*Food & Drinks Provided*
Children’s Groups for ages: 5-18
Childcare provided for children under 5
Government Services Center, Room 250
601 Westtown Road
West Chester, PA 19380
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Community Resource Materials
Chester County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services created community resource materials which are available below for download and dissemination.
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Chester County Commissioners:
Michelle Kichline
Kathi Cozzone
Terence Farrell
Vincent H. Brown, Executive Director
Department of Drug and Alcohol Services
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