Friends & Family
For Friends and Family of Addicts and Alcoholics:
Assisting your son, daughter, or other loved one (regardless of their age) to stop abusing drugs or alcohol can be a challenging and often frustrating entry into a world where treatment acronyms and other jargon may resemble alphabet soup. Gale Recovery, Inc. has attempted to put useful information on this website, ranging from basic information about drugs and alcohol to information about how to access treatment services at Gale House for Women, Olson House for Men or at other Maryland treatment programs.
Guide to Information on this web site:
For an overview of Gale Recovery, Inc. halfway house programs and services, read What to Expect.
Men and women, age 18 and older, who have accessed inpatient or outpatient treatment services may be referred to a Gale Recovery halfway house directly from their treatment provider. To learn who is eligible for our program, read our Admission Criteria.
Read about how Referrals are made to our program.
Once someone has been accepted into our program, learn about our Intake Process.
Residents in our halfway houses move through program phases, from intake to eventual transition to the community. Learn about our Program Phases.
If you have additional questions, do not hesitate to Contact Us directly.
Locating Treatment Services:
Substance abuse treatment programs use codes to refer to the different levels of care provided at a program. In general, the higher the number of the level, the treatment offered becomes more intensive. For example, Outpatient Programs are coded at I; Gale Recovery, Inc.’s halfway houses are coded at III.1, while a typical Inpatient Treatment Program is coded as III.7. Here is a brief description of the most typical levels of care that may be recommended to the addict or alcoholic seeking treatment.
To locate a treatment program in Maryland, the Maryland Alcohol and Drug Administration maintains a Resource Directory, which allows you to search for treatment programs based on criteria such as ZIP code. Below the drop down search boxes you will find links to further instructions if you need help using the directory. http://maryland-adaa.org/resource/ .
In Frederick County, the Health Department Behavioral Health Unit provides low-cost treatment services on a sliding scale at several locations. Learn about their services here.
Additional resources:
The “anti-drug” website contains useful information such as advice for parents, information about drugs of abuse, and other useful resources. While directed primarily toward parents of teens and adolescents, much of the information is easy to understand and can be applied towards an addict or alcoholic of any age.
Another site containing useful information is the Mothers Against Drunk Drivers section, titled the “Power of Parents.”
The Partnership at Drugfree.org’s mission to help parents prevent, intervene in and find treatment for drug and alcohol use by their children.
The National Institute of Drug Abuse contains many useful links including comprehensive information about drugs of abuse.