Our interventionists help families on Long Island move a loved one from drinking or drug use into treatment, with one clear plan and support that continues after the first yes.
A drug and alcohol interventionist prepares the family, arranges treatment in advance and leads the conversation that asks a loved one to accept help. We do this for families on Long Island, from Garden City to The Hamptons, traveling in through Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) or John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at Stony Brook University, Hofstra University or Adelphi University, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) or John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
Local crisis and access line. Suffolk County mobile crisis telephone triage line (Family Service League, 24/7): 631-952-3333.
Public behavioral health. Nassau County Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities Services.
Treatment court. Suffolk County Drug Treatment Court and Nassau County Felony Treatment Court.
Family support. NAMI Queens/Nassau and Al-Anon Information Service of Nassau.
Emergency. Call 911 if a loved one is in immediate danger. Call or text 988 for an emotional crisis.
Who is in the room, what each person says, which program holds a bed. See the full steps.
Your interventionist flies into Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) or John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and meets the family before the intervention.
Sober transport to a program near Long Island or out of state.
In Nassau County and Suffolk County, public behavioral health services run through Nassau County Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities Services.
Suffolk County lists the DASH Program in Hauppauge, run by Family Service League at 90 Adams Avenue, (631) 650-0110, offering 24/7 mental health, substance use and crisis care for children and adults (source).
In Nassau County, 988 calls are answered around the clock by the Long Island Crisis Center, a local nonprofit, rather than a distant call center (source).
Suffolk County Drug Treatment Court and Nassau County Felony Treatment Court can connect treatment with a legal case.
NAMI Queens/Nassau and Al-Anon Information Service of Nassau offer meetings and education for relatives.
Not directly. New York has no addiction-specific court process a family can start. More detail: alcohol intervention in New York and drug intervention in New York.
Immediate danger: call 911. Emotional crisis: call or text 988.
For Long Island, Suffolk County mobile crisis telephone triage line (Family Service League, 24/7) answers at 631-952-3333, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
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Yes. Our professional interventionists travel to families on Long Island and Nassau County and Suffolk County, usually through Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) or John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Planning starts by phone or video, so your family can begin right away.
Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger. For Long Island, Suffolk County mobile crisis telephone triage line (Family Service League, 24/7) answers at 631-952-3333, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
Start with Nassau County Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities Services.
Yes. Suffolk County Drug Treatment Court and Nassau County Felony Treatment Court connects treatment with a criminal case. An intervention can often move someone into treatment before a case starts.
NAMI Queens/Nassau and Al-Anon Information Service of Nassau offer meetings and education for relatives.
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