The Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention (ASAP), formerly the Regional Alcoholism Council for Calhoun and Cleburne Counties was established on February 7, 1973, along with four other Alcoholism Councils in the State of Alabama as an affiliate of the National Council on Alcoholism.  The purpose of the organization was to increase the understanding of alcoholism, its nature and treatment for the purpose of reducing the incidence of alcoholism in Calhoun and Cleburne Counties, Alabama. In 1984, the agency’s focus expanded to ‘substance abuse’ education and prevention services as the increase of substance abuse in the community and in the nation began to rise.

In 1987, the Regional Alcoholism Council formally became the Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention.