Substance Use/Misuse Resources

• Substance and Violence Education Support Services (SAVES)
  Contact: 540-831-5709 or saves@radford.edu
  Provides advocacy and support services including referral to campus and community resources, and consultations. Coordinates and presents awareness and prevention programs to students, faculty and staff.
• Student Counseling Services
  Contact: 540-831-5226
  Provides confidential short-term counseling to enrolled students and referrals to counseling resources in the community as needed.

Counseling Services: 

New River Valley Community Services
Contact: 540-961-8400
NRVCS offers a variety of substance use/misuse services available for individuals and families.

ACCESS/Raft Crisis Hotline
Contact: 540-961-8400
The ACCESS/Raft Crisis Hotline is a program of NRVCS (New River Valley Community Services) that offers free professional phone counseling services to the community. Their volunteers provide suicide and crisis intervention, empathy and support, mental health and substance use/misuse information and referrals to the counties of Montgomery, Floyd, Giles, Pulaski and the City of Radford (including Virginia Tech and Radford University).

Meetings:

• Alcohol Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous (Radford, Blacksburg and Christiansburg)

  • Alcoholics Anonymous meetings located in the New River Valley

  • Narcotics Anonymous meeting locator

  • Narcotics Anonymous teleconference meeting locator

  • SMART recovery meeting locator

Other Resources:

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alchoholism
  The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.
• Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility
  The foundations's mission is to promote responsible decisions about drinking and discourage all forms of irresponsible consumption through education, communications, research, law enforcement and other programs..
• Mental Health America
  Contact: 1-800-969-6642
  Contact for referral to a local affiliate and written information on alcoholism, substance use/misuse and other mental health concerns.
• National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)
  Contact: 1-800-548-0497
  NAADAC’s members are addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused health care professionals, who specialize in addiction prevention, treatment, recovery support and education. Call for a referral to a local affiliate and/or brochures and other information on alcoholism and drug use/misuse.
• CDC's Tobacco Information Source Page
  The Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) is a division within the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, which is one of the centers within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The OSH is responsible for leading and coordinating strategic efforts aimed at preventing tobacco use among youth, promoting smoking cessation, and protecting nonsmokers from environmental tobacco smoke.
• American Lung Association
  The American Lung Association (ALA) is the oldest voluntary health organization in the United States, with a National Office and constituent and affiliate associations around the country. Founded in 1904 to fight tuberculosis, ALA today fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health.
• Crisis Text Line
  Text 741741 from anywhere in the U.S. and be connected to a trained Crisis Counselor. Crisis Text Line is a free, 24/7 support service for anyone in crisis.