Addiction
Researchers discovered that doing these things can help with addiction
Support Groups
Having people who support quitting addictive substances helps with recovery.
There are many different 12 step groups that help people recover from addictions. These groups are designed to welcome new people who randomly show up.
People who attend Alcoholics Anonymous are twice as likely to recover from alcoholism and people who go more often are more likely to recover. You can go to okcintergroup.org or call 405-524-1100 to have an AA person help you find a group.
Narcotics Anonymous is like alcoholics anonymous except for drugs. You can find a meeting at www.na.org/meetingsearch. People who are addicted to both drugs and alcohol can get support for quitting both from AA.
Another addiction recovery group called Smart Recovery is based on therapy skills rather than 12 steps and meets weekly in Edmond.
Rehab
To see a list of rehabs in OKC that includes affordable or free options, full time or come and go programs for people with jobs that can't take time off click the button below.
Online
Checkupandchoices.com is a drinking tracking program that helps people quit. They also have programs for drugs.
Exercise
For both alcohol and other drugs, exercise can help with addiction recovery.
Tobacco
You can call the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline to get information, coaching, and free nicotine replacement products at 1-800-QUIT NOW or use them online at okhelpline.com. There are also websites you can visit that help people stop using tobacco including smokefree.gov, quitcoach.org.au, and stop-tobacco.ch/en.
Gambling
To get help quitting gambling you can call or text the National Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700 or chat at ncpgambling.org/chat. You can also find support groups, counselors, and treatment at oapcg.org/help.
To keep yourself from gambling you can have yourself excluded from playing the lottery or visiting casinos by printing out online forms, getting them notarized and then mailed to the address they list. You can get forms notarized and mailed at a UPS store or you can get them notarized at notarize.com and mail the forms yourself. You can find the casino self-exclusion form at oapcg.org/help and the lottery self exclusion form at lottery.ok.gov/self_exclusion.asp.