Part of their work includes "a speakers' bureau and publishing a directory of resources for families in crisis.
"[1] One of the founders of the JACS Long Island branch explained why Jewish Alcoholics, Chemical Dependents and Significant Others was formed, rather than direct people to Alcoholics Anonymous: "to an observant Jew who has to meet in a church basement ... not always going to work."
[1][2] JACS also has a unit called Teen Network,[1] and, like the parent organization, it focuses across various degrees of religiosity.
[3] and several JACS members formed a group "for alcoholics who are children of Holocaust survivors.
"[4] A 2001 study by JACS of residents at a Jewish treatment center reported self-identification of 10% Orthodox, 28% Conservative, 32% Reform and 30% non-affiliated.