Our mission is to provide state-of-the art alcohol and drug prevention, chemical dependency treatment, and recovery services to individuals, families, and communities of the East End of Long Island.

1. Prevention Treatment Recovery
OASAS Licensed, Medically Supervised,
Outpatient Services

2. Alternatives Counseling Mission
Alternatives’ mission is to provide state-
of-the art alcohol and drug prevention,
chemical dependency treatment, and
recovery services to individuals,
families, and communities of the East
End of Long Island.

3. Who Are We?
In 1969 a group of Southampton residents united to form a
community council that would reach out to young people
experiencing difficulty with drugs and to offer them aid.
• OASAS Licensed
• Non-Profit
• Two East End Locations
• Affordable Services
• Non-Intensive Outpatient Program
• Licensed and Credentialed Professional Staff
• Culturally Competent, Culturally Diverse
• Providing Treatment & Prevention Services

4. Treatment Reach
More
Than 80
Clients
Every Week
Prevention ReachOver 2000
Children,
Parents,
Seniors,
Adolescents,
in a Culturally
Diverse
Community
Alternatives Counseling Reach
Riverhead Southampton
Caring for the East End of Long Island
347 sq.
miles

5. Prevention Services at Alternatives
Our goal is to help youth acquire the social and
emotional support and skills necessary for them to live
a healthy balanced lifestyle.
How we do it:
• Assess strengths, challenges and capacity for change.
• Identify a culturally appropriate prevention program for
implementation.
• Deliver the program to the individual, family, school,
and community.
• Evaluate the programs and outcomes and recommend
next steps.

6. PREVENTION SERVICES

7. Teen Intervene
• Brief evidenced based intervention for teens experiencing
mild or moderate problems associated with alcohol or
other drug use.
• Session I: Overview of the student’s use history,
discussion of pros and cons of use, evaluate student’s
readiness to change, goal setting.
• Session 2: Teaches the student new skills for dealing with
peer pressure, decision making, and support systems.
Students establish longer term goals.
• Session 3 (optional): Parent/guardian session to enhance
and encourage positive behaviors that promote healthy
change.

8. What’s next
• Follow up booster session one month after intervention.
• Referral to school or community resources or programs.
• Referral to treatment services.

9. 18-9
Outpatient Drug & Alcohol Treatment
Our goal is to help clients make changes in order to stabilize their lives
and address associated substance abuse, medical and co-occurring
issues through evidence based treatment methods.
• Assessment & Evaluation
• Group Counseling
• Individual Counseling
• Substance Abuse Education
• Recovery Skill Building
• Relapse Prevention
Alternatives staff are credentialed social workers, mental health counselors,
and substance abuse treatment professionals

10. 18-10
 Substance dependence is a chronic illness
 Treatment doesn’t work for every individual every time
 Condition may require continuing care throughout life
 Studies indicate that treatment is cost-
effective
Cost of Incarceration $20,000
Cost of Treatment $ 4,000
 Treatment also saves lives in the long term
Source: Lavine, Ashira, Ben Lozowski, Heidi Powell, Maria Sivillo, Katharine Traeger, “Issues in Maryland
Sentencing—The Impact of Alternative Sanctions on Prison Populations.” (May, 2001) College Park, MD:
Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy.
Is Treatment Effective?

11. Benefits of Choosing Alternatives
• Manageable Group Size
• Medication Assisted Treatment with Counseling
• Walk-in Appointments
• Same Day Appointments
• Accept Private Ins, Medicaid, Self-Pay on a Sliding Scale
Convenient East End Locations and
Morning and Evening Hours
Riverhead
518 East Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901
Tel. 631-369-1200 · Fax: 631-369-1280
Southampton
291 Hampton Road, Southampton, NY 11968
Tel. 631-283-4440 · Fax: 631-283-4456

12. Thank You
You Always Have an Alternative
Call Us!