My name is Janet Moore and I have been living around the disease of addiction for over 23 years. Up until just recently I am proud to say that most of those years were spent around the recovery stage of addiction. Most recently, I have been living with the active stage of this disease due to my son's addiction. Over the last couple of years I have searched everywhere trying to locate adolescent treatment programs. It has been a huge battle locating and learning about the programs available in Massachusetts. It has taken me more time than I care to recall. The time that it has taken me has allowed my son to get deeper into his addiction and to become associated with the negative/bad things that go along with addiction.  His addiction became so strong that recovery has been something he has tried to do for us not himself.  That type of recovery never works.  Today he is clean and paying consequences for his actions.   

During my research I found it frustrating talking to so many people and organizations in this field and many of them not knowing all that was available. Each person I talked to had a piece of information. It then became my job to take each piece of information and put them all together to complete the puzzle. I was determined not let this happen to another family. I wanted other families to have easy access, in one place, to the information that I have obtained. Please keep in mind that most of this information is for Massachusetts residents. Please also keep in mind that these programs change their structure often so it is always important that you contact the program yourself to determine if it will fit your own child's needs.

Finally, there are programs available through the DSS and DYS in our state. We never had the need to become involved with either program so I do not know all that they have available however, I have listed a couple that I did come across.
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