Alcohol + Substance Use Disorder Guide: Resources, Support & Hope
At The Sober Curator, we celebrate the vibrant, fulfilling lifestyle of sobriety—while also recognizing the challenges that can arise when living alcohol- and substance-free. Coping with these challenges alone can feel overwhelming, which is why we believe recovery is best found within a supportive community.
Our ALCOHOL + SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER GUIDE is designed to connect individuals and their loved ones with resources, information, and hope. If you or someone you care about is struggling with alcohol use disorder, substance use disorder, a co-occurring illness, or a behavioral health disorder, we urge you to seek help. Support is available, and persistence in finding the right path can be lifesaving.
For additional resources, we have compiled together a Non-Profit Recovery Resource Guide, Family Resource Guide, LGBTQ+ Recovery Resource Guide, and our Glossary of Addiction and Recovery Terms. We also have a section dedicated to recovery stories and our nonprofit partner, the Break Free Foundation, which provides scholarships for anyone who cannot afford to attend an inpatient treatment center.
If your life or someone else’s is in imminent danger, please call 911. If you are in crisis and need immediate help, please call: 988.
Alcoholics Anonymous
A.A. has a simple program that works. It’s based on one alcoholic helping another.
Al-Anon/Alateen
Al-Anon members are people, just like you, who are worried about someone with a drinking problem.
NAMI Connection
Peer recovery support group for adults with mental illness, led by trained facilitators. Develop coping skills, share common experiences, gain self-advocacy skills, and find community.
Nar-Anon
We want to help you find the best way to ease your suffering and transform your life. Drug addiction is a chronic disease of the brain and body, with destructive consequences for everyone, not just the addict. By helping addicts find recovery, we also help friends, family members and communities.
Partnership to End Addiction
Join our free Online Support Meetings for parents & caregivers of children experimenting with, or dependent on, substances. Hosted by specially trained parent coaches, with clinical oversight. We are solution-based, and we discuss real-life issues, and apply evidence-based skills and techniques to help address them. Also available are tailored meetings for specific situations, such as grief groups.
HELPLINES
LGBT National Help Center Helpline
All of our support volunteers identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ family, and are here to serve the entire community by providing free & confidential peer support, information, and local resources through national hotlines and online programs.
Hotline Hours:
Mon-Fri:
1 PM – 9 PM/Pacific time
4 PM – Midnight/Eastern time
Sat:
9 AM – 2 PM/pacific time
Noon – 5 PM/eastern time
NAMI
National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
NAMI NYC Helpline
The NAMI-NYC Helpline is here for you. You are not alone. (En Español. Estamos aquí para ti. Usted no está solo.)
When mental health is affecting you or someone you love, we can help. Call or email us. 212-684-3264 | helpline@naminyc.org
Partnership to End Addiction Helpline
Trained and caring specialists are ready to listen to your challenges, setbacks, obstacles and difficult emotions that go along with a child’s substance use or addiction.
Support is available in English and Spanish. All communications are confidential and services are provided free of charge, with the exception of any messaging or data rates incurred.
SAMHSA’s National Helpline
SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.
HOTLINES
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Are you in a crisis? Call 1-800-273-8255 or text “TALK” to 741741
Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States, anytime. Crisis Text Line is here for any crisis. A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds, all from our secure online platform. The volunteer Crisis Counselor will help you move from a hot moment to a cool moment.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233 (SAFE)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
301-402-9612
National Overdose Prevention Lifeline
Meeting people where they are, on the other end of the line, one human connection at a time. No judgment. No stigma. Just love!
National: 800-484-3731
Spanish: 800-928-5330
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call 988 or 1-800-273-8255. 988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Connect to the Lifeline by dialing 988.
RAINN
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project provides 24/7 crisis support services to LGBTQ young people. Text, chat, or call anytime to reach a trained counselor.
Veteran Crisis Line
The Veterans Crisis Line is free and confidential. When you call, chat, or text, a qualified responder will listen and help. You decide how much information to share. Support doesn’t end with your conversation. Our responders can connect you with the resources you need.
Fellowships
Alcoholics Anonymous
A.A. has a simple program that works. It’s based on one alcoholic helping another.
Bettors Anonymous
Bettors Anonymous’ Twelve Steps are a suggested program of recovery. They are spiritual in nature, which if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to bet and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole.
Chemically Dependent Anonymous
Chemically Dependent Anonymous is a 12-step fellowship for anyone seeking freedom from drug and alcohol addiction. We of CDA do not make distinctions in the recovery process based on any particular substance. The basis of our program is abstinence from all mood-changing and mind-altering chemicals, including street-type drugs, alcohol and unnecessary medication.
Clutterers Anonymous
Clutterers Anonymous℠ (CLA℠) is a fellowship of individuals who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem with clutter and help each other to recover.
Cocaine Anonymous
Cocaine Anonymous is a Fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others recover from their addiction.
Crystal Meth Anonymous
Crystal Meth Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from addiction to crystal meth.
Debtors Anonymous
Debtors Anonymous offers hope for people whose use of unsecured debt causes problems and suffering. We come to learn that compulsive debting is a spiritual problem with a spiritual solution, and we find relief by working the D.A. recovery program based on the Twelve-Step principles.
Dual Recovery Anonymous
Dual Recovery Anonymous™ is an independent, nonprofessional, Twelve Step, self-help membership organization for people with a dual diagnosis.
Emotions Anonymous
EAI is a non-profit organization founded in 1971 that facilitates the EA 12-Step Program by providing a central location for support group meeting information.
Gamblers Anonymous
GA is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem.
Kleptomaniacs and Shoplifters Anonymous
The National Association for Shoplifting Prevention (NASP) is the nationwide leader in shoplifting prevention efforts. NASP’s unparalleled shoplifter research and ongoing collaboration with community stakeholders – from crime prevention to law enforcement, to retailers, to criminal & juvenile justice – has been the basis for all its organizational activities and the foundation for its programs and services.
Marijuana Anonymous
The practice of rigorous honesty, of opening our hearts and minds, and the willingness to go to any lengths to have a spiritual awakening are essential to our recovery. Our old ideas and ways of life no longer work for us. Our suffering shows us that we need to let go absolutely. We surrender ourselves to a Power greater than ourselves.
Nar-Anon
We want to help you find the best way to ease your suffering and transform your life. Drug addiction is a chronic disease of the brain and body, with destructive consequences for everyone, not just the addict. By helping addicts find recovery, we also help friends, family members and communities.
Nicotine Anonymous
Nicotine Anonymous (“NicA”) is a non-profit 12-step fellowship of people helping each other live nicotine-free lives. Nicotine Anonymous welcomes all those seeking freedom from nicotine addiction, including those using cessation programs and nicotine withdrawal aids.
Procrastinators Anonymous
Procrastinators Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from chronic procrastination.
Recoveries Anonymous
R.A. is a Twelve Step program. We have no dues or fees. We are here for those who want a full recovery from their problems and behaviors—but, despite their best efforts, have yet to find a full recovery from their problems and behaviors. We are also here for their family and friends.
Self-Mutilators Anonymous
Self-Injury Recovery & Awareness or “SIRA” for short, focuses on filling the massive gap of care for the self-injury community by teaching them how to heal from the inside-out, through a peer-to-peer support group model.
Survivors of Incest Anonymous
We are a spiritual, self-help program of women and men, 18 years or older, who are guided by a set of 12 Suggested Steps and 12 Traditions, along with our Slogans and the Serenity Prayer. We define incest very broadly as a sexual encounter initiated by a family member or by an extended family member that damaged the child. By “extended family” we mean an aunt, uncle, in-law, stepparent, cousin, friend of the family, teacher, coach, another child, clergy or anyone that that betrayed the child’s trust. The only requirement for membership is that you are a victim of child sexual abuse, and you want to recover. There are no dues or fees in our meetings. If you feel that you belong, we believe you.
Trauma Anonymous
We are an organization of men and women who share their experience strength and hope to help others overcome their past traumas. Our mission is to reach out to those who are still struggling and need the help to break from the bondage of their past. You are not your past and there is a way out.
Workaholics Anonymous
The WA Program offers experience, strength, and hope for recovering from overwork, activity addiction, burnout, and more.
Mutual Aid Support Groups
HAMS
HAMS is a peer-led and free-of-charge support and informational group for anyone who wants to change their drinking habits for the better. The acronym HAMS stands for Harm reduction, Abstinence, and Moderation Support. HAMS Harm Reduction strategies are defined in the 17 elements of HAMS. HAMS supports every positive change. Choose your own goal – safe drinking, reduced drinking, or quitting alcohol altogether.
JACS
Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others (JACS) is a volunteer, mutual-help organization dedicated to encouraging and assisting Jewish alcoholics, chemically dependent persons, and their families, friends, and associates to explore recovery in a nurturing Jewish environment.
LifeRing Secular Recovery
LifeRing Secular Recovery is an abstinence-based, anonymous organization dedicated to providing a safe meeting space where you can experience a non-judgmental recovery conversation with your peers. We do this through the lens of LifeRing’s 3-S philosophy of Sobriety, Secularity, and Self-Help.
NAMI Connection
Peer recovery support group for adults with mental illness, led by trained facilitators. Develop coping skills, share common experiences, gain self-advocacy skills, and find community.
Recovery Dharma
Recovery Dharma offers a trauma-informed, empowered approach to recovery based on Buddhist principles. Our program is peer-led and non-theistic. We welcome all those who wish to pursue recovery as part of our community.
SHE RECOVERS Sharing Circles
SHE RECOVERS Foundation (SRF) Sharing Circles are local community containers of support informed by the SRF Intentions & Guiding Principles. They are professionally facilitated, peer-supported, and intended for women and non-binary individuals who identify with women’s communities – who are in or seeking recovery – to connect, learn, heal, and share within a group of like-hearted individuals.
SMART Recovery
SMART Recovery is the leading, evidence-informed approach to overcoming addictive behaviors and leading a balanced life. SMART is stigma-free and emphasizes self-empowerment.
Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS)
Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS) is a nonprofit network of autonomous, non-professional local groups, dedicated solely to helping individuals achieve and maintain sobriety/abstinence from alcohol and drug addiction, food addiction and more.
Women for Sobriety
Founded in 1975, Women for Sobriety (WFS) is the first peer-support program tailored specifically for women overcoming substance use disorders (SUDs).
Online Communities
In The Rooms
Offers a virtual recovery platform that connects individuals with others in recovery through live video meetings, social events and educational content.
Soberitstas
Is an online community specifically for women who are sober or seeking sobriety. It offers a supportive forum for members to connect, share stories and offer each other support.
Reddit’s Stop Drinking community
Is a subreddit with over 200,000 members offering support, inspiration and resources for individuals looking to quit alcohol.
Alcoholics Anonymous Online Intergroup
Provides online meetings and other resources for individuals seeking support through the AA program.
SheRecovers
Offers an online platform and a range of resources for women seeking to recover from addiction, including virtual meetings and retreats.
Addicted Minds
A Facebook Group for those who want to overcome addiction. It has an active community and useful resources that can help the user to maintain their sobriety.
The Creative Sober
The Creative Sober is a community of open-minded sober and sober-curious creatives looking to connect with others who are navigating sobriety, health, and spiritual awareness. Their mission is to help people and show that every journey is unique.
Phoenix Multisport
Offers a free online sober support community for individuals in recovery, with a focus on fitness and physical activities that promote wellness.
The Now What Society
With over 35 years of continuous sobriety, Tamar & Lane support women over 40 who have hit the f*ck it button and find themselves asking WTF! Now What?
A Sober Girls Guide
This is your one stop shop for women who want to change their relationship with alcohol. @asobergirlsguide on IG
Sober Girl Society
This blog is now one of the largest communities for sober women around the planet providing tips, resources and events for anyone who wants to bin the gin for good. @sobergirlsociety on IG.
The Luckiest Club
A dogma-free, compassionate place to recover from alcohol addiction and thrive in life. @theluckiestclub on IG.
Sober Mom Squad
Sober Mom Squad was formed during the pandemic of 2020. Many moms found they were feeling disconnected and were drinking more than ever. Messaging around alcohol and motherhood was rampant. @sobermomsquad on IG.
Sober Squeeze
Sober Squeeze is a sober and sober-curious community. They host virtual meetings, share a Slack community, and support each other on our sobriety journeys. @sobersqueeze on IG.
SwiftSteps
The Recovery Community for Sober Swifties: Where your love for Taylor Swift and her music is not only welcomed but it’s a vital part of your recovery! At Swift Steps, we believe in the healing power of community and the transformative strength of Taylor Swift’s music. Their inclusive recovery community supports Swifties facing a wide range of challenges, from substance use disorder to codependency, heartbreak, toxic familial relationships, gambling, and even compulsive behaviors. @swiftsteps13 on IG.
Mind Remke Project
Taking the Escalator
Free Resources for Substance Use and Co-Occurring Treatment and Recovery.
Therapist Aid
Essential tools for addiction and mental health professionals. Therapy worksheets, audio, activities, and more.
SAMHSA
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. Order and download free publications on topics including treatment, prevention, and recovery.
Social Workers Toolbox
Free social work tools and resources for direct work with children and adults by social workers.
The Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI)
This site has resources including demonstration videos, brief information sheets, commonly used worksheets, sets of modules to guide interventions, and therapist manuals for delivering group interventions.
HelpGuide
Free resource guides for mental health.
Compulsive Eaters Anonymous
Eating Disorders Anonymous
Eating Disorders Anonymous (EDA) is a Twelve-Step fellowship of individuals (founded in 2000 by sober members of AA) who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problems and help others to recover from their eating disorders. The only requirement for membership is a desire to recover from an eating disorder.
Food Addicts Anonymous
Food Addicts Anonymous is an organization that believes that food addiction is a biochemical disease that occurs at a cellular level and therefore cannot be cured by willpower or by therapy alone. We feel that food addiction is not a moral or character issue. This Twelve Steps program believes that food addiction can be managed by abstaining from (eliminating) addictive foods, following a program of sound nutrition (a Food Plan), and working the Twelve Steps of the program. After we have gone through a process of withdrawal from addictive foods, many of us have experienced miraculous life-style changes.
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
Most people are familiar with the concept of alcoholism and drug addiction, and the idea that certain foods and quantities of foods can be addictive is gaining acceptance. Food addicts are powerless over where, when, and how much they eat, although many have tremendous willpower in other areas of their lives. Food addiction tends to remain unrecognized because of the focus on the symptoms rather than their underlying cause – addiction.
Over Eaters Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is a community of people who support each other in order to recover from compulsive eating and food behaviors. We welcome everyone who feels they have a problem with food.
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, or S.L.A.A., is a program for anyone who suffers from an addictive compulsion to engage in or avoid sex, love, or emotional attachment. We use the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous to recover from these compulsions. We are united in a common focus: dealing with our addictive sexual and emotional behavior. We find a common denominator in our obsessive/compulsive patterns, which transcends any personal differences of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Sex Addicts Anonymous
As a fellowship of recovering addicts, Sex Addicts Anonymous offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from sex addiction.
Sexaholics Anonymous
Sexaholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop lusting and become sexually sober. There are no dues or fees for SA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. SA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization, or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sexually sober and help others to achieve sexual sobriety.
Sexual Compulsive Anonymous
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous is a twelve-step fellowship inclusive of all sexual orientations, open to anyone with a desire to recover from sexual compulsion. We are not group therapy, but a spiritual program that provides a safe environment for working on problems of sexual addiction and sexual sobriety. Our program is one of suggestions – not of rules. Each member is invited to “take what you like and leave the rest.” This means that you are free to use any tools and suggestions from SCA that work best for you.
Sexual Recovery Anonymous
Our program offers a path of recovery from sex addiction. Like all addictions, sex addiction interferes with the life process, and can even be life-threatening. SRA offers a way to stop compulsive sexual behavior through practicing the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. The list of statements in the section Do I Belong in SRA? will help you decide if you are addicted. This Website is also for the family members and friends of the sex addict who want to better understand sex addiction and where help can be obtained.
CALIFORNIA RESOURCES
ACA Meetings – Northern California Intergroup
California 2-1-1: This is an easy to remember telephone number that connects callers to information about critical health and human services available in their community. A single access point for every day needs and in times of crisis
Clean and Sober in Christ Recovery Network Meetings List
Domestic Shelters Souther California
Kern County Behavioral and Recovery Services
Sacramento County Substance Use Treatment Services (for Sacramento County Medi-Cal members) – Phone: (916) 874-9754 or After Hours: (888) 881-4881
Santa Clara County Substance Use Treatment Services (for Santa Clara County Medi-Cal members) -1(800) 704-0900
Silicon Valley Recovery – inpatient recovery center in San Jose
CONNECTICUT RESOURCES
CCAR Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery, CCAR provides the foundational training for individuals to become recovery coaches across the North East of the Untied States
LOUISIANA RESOURCES
Free Treatment Centers in Louisiana
Louisiana 2-1-1: 211 is an easy to remember telephone number that connects callers to information about critical health and human services available in their community. A single access point for every day needs and in times of crisis.
Metropolitan Human Services District: ensures person-centered supports and services are available and provided to eligible individuals with mental illness, addictive disorders and intellectual/developmental disabilities in New Orleans and surrounding parishes.
MASSACHUSETTS RESOURCES
Massachusetts 2-1-1: This is an easy to remember telephone number that connects callers to information about critical health and human services available in their community. A single access point for every day needs and in times of crisis.
SafeSpot 1-800-972-0590
MICHIGAN RESOURCES:
Michigan 2-1-1: This is an easy to remember telephone number that connects callers to information about critical health and human services available in their community. A single access point for every day needs and in times of crisis.
MINNESOTA RESOURCES
Minnesota 2-1-1: United Way 2-1-1 is a three-digit number that families and individuals in Minnesota can call to access free and confidential information on health and human services. 2-1-1 call centers are staffed 24/7 by trained Community Resource Specialists who quickly assess needs and refer callers to the help that they seek.
Minnesota Recovery Connection: MRC is a member organization of Faces & Voices Association of Recovery Community Organizations (ARCO). ARCO unites and supports the growing network of local, regional, and statewide recovery community organizations (RCOs).
MARRCH – Minnesota Association of Recovery Resources and Chemical Health
NAMI Minnesota: Local in-person and online meeting information. NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with mental illnesses and their families.
P.E.A.S.E Academy – 1st Recovery High School in the United States
St. Paul Intergroup Online Store: Providing literature from Alcoholics Anonymous, the A.A. Grapevine, as well as sobriety accessories.
Bold North Recovery: Minnesota’s #1 Peer Recovery Workforce Development Organization. Bold North Recovery is a training and education organization. Their focus is on building, growing, and sustaining the substance use disorder peer recovery workforce in Minnesota and beyond.
SMART Recovery Twin Cities: Local in-person and online SMART Recovery meeting information. This site has been developed to support the needs of meetings in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
Recovery Dharma Twin Cities (public Facebook page): Local in-person and online Recovery Dharma meeting information. Recovery Dharma offers an approach to recovery based on Buddhist principles that is peer-led and non-theistic. They welcome all those who wish to pursue recovery as part of their community.
Minnesota Prevention & Recovery Alliance: Minnesota Prevention and Recovery Alliance (MnPRA) is an emerging Recovery Community Organization (RCO). Established in 2021 by Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge (MnTC) employees, MnPRA is secular and supports all pathways to recovery, ensuring that every community in Minnesota has equal and equitable access to both prevention and recovery resources.
COLLEGIATE RECOVERY PROGRAMS
Augsburg University – STEP UP!
Minneapolis College – (only 2-year college in MN w/ CRP)
Minnesota Young Adults 4 Recovery – MN Young Adults for Recovery’s goal is to ABOLISH the stigma of Recovery through Peer Support, Events, & provide educational, career, living & essential needs.
Minnesota Young Adults 4 Recovery Facebook
Recovery Café Frogtown Facebook – Recovery Cafe Frogtown is a healing community for those traumatized by addiction, homelessness, and mental health challenges.
Sober Fun Events Page (Twin Cities Area)
Twin Cities Wellness Center and Recovery Gym – “Incorporating fitness into the lives of those recovering!”
NEW YORK RESOURCES
Center for Family Representation (legal services)
Family & Children’s Association
Hazelden Betty Ford – NYC Locations
HOPEline: Call 1-877-8-HOPENY | Text 467369
LICADD – Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
National Alliance on Mental Illness New York Metro
New York City Well If you are in a crisis, call one of our counselors: 1-888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355). Text ‘WELL’ to 65173
New York Recovery Community Coalition
OASAS the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, New York State governmental agency overseeing all treatment programs in New York Questions? (518) 473-3460. 24/7
Office of Mental Health New York State Call: 1-844-863-9314
River and Stone Counseling – Sober Curator Staci DesRault
Thrive – A Community Center for Transformation, Healing, Recovery, Inspiration, Validation, and Empowerment
OHIO RESOURCES
OHIO 2-1-1: Serving 4 counties and covering 1.5 million people in Ohio, the United Way 2-1-1 Help Center provides free and confidential 24-hour access to a compassionate professional who will review your options for help, develop a plan and act as your advocate if you are faced with barriers to service. Simply dial 2-1-1 or chat with us for assistance
TEXAS RESOURCES
Lighthouse Recovery Texas: Consisting of a dedicated multi-disciplinary team that creates lasting recovery programs tailored to your unique needs
PHP Addiction Treatment, IOP Program, Recovery Coaching, And Residential Programs. Lighthouse has resources on Addiction Treatment and Mental Health topics you can check out to ensure you stay informed and empowered throughout your recovery journey
Texas 211: 2-1-1 Texas, a program of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, is committed to helping Texas citizens connect with the services they need. Whether by phone or internet, our goal is to present accurate, well-organized and easy-to-find information from state and local health and human services programs
Texas Suicide + Crisis Hotline 1-800-758-3344
WASHINGTON D.C. RESOURCES
Washington Area Intergroup Association
Washington DC 2-1-1: This is an easy to remember telephone number that connects callers to information about critical health and human services available in their community. A single access point for every day needs and in times of crisis.
WASHINGTON STATE RESOURCES
AAHAA (Alcoholics & Addicts Helping Alcoholics & Addicts)
BRIDGES – Seattle Alternative Peer Group
FUCC (Fentanyl United Crisis Coalition)
Washington 2-1-1: Washington Information Network 211 is a telephone line supported by the Washington State Legislature to provide answers for people with health and human services questions and offer assistance in providing information or referring callers to a variety of services.
Washington Recovery Help Line: 1-866-789-1511
We Care Daily Clinics – multiple locations
WISCONSIN RESOURCES
Dry Hootch: Peer support by veterans for veterans
Mental Health America of Wisconsin: Offers information and resources related to mental health support and advocacy
Peer-Run Recovery Resources (from 211 Wisconsin)
Wisconsin Addiction Recovery Helpline: Wisconsin Addiction Recovery Helpline: Call 211 or 833-944-4673, text your ZIP code to 898211
Wisconsin Department of Health Services: The state’s official health department offers mental health and substance abuse services information and resources
Wisconsin Voices for Recovery: A community-based organization that supports individuals in recovery and advocates for recovery-friendly policies
ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES
UNITED KINGDOM RESOURCES
Adfam – Adfam is the leading families and addiction charity in England. We are here for all the millions of people affected by someone else’s drinking or drug use. These people are children, parents, friends, partners, siblings and grandparents.
Al-Anon UK: For Families & Friends of Alcoholics – Al-Anon Family Groups UK & Eire is there for anyone whose life is or has been affected by someone else’s drinking.
Alcoholics Anonymous UK – At AA, alcoholics help each other. We will support you. You are not alone. Together, we find strength and hope. You are one step away.
Call free 0800 917 7650, email help@aamail.org or ask any questions in the live chat box.
Alcohol Change UK – If you’re worried about your own or someone else’s drinking, there is support available.
Collective Voice – is the national charity working to improve England’s drug and alcohol treatment and recovery system.
DAN 24/7 Wales Drug & Alcohol Helpline – Calls made to 0800 or 0808 phone numbers are free for all UK landline and mobile phones. Dan 24/7 telephone number will NOT appear on your home itemised bill.
NACOA – The National Association for Children of Alcoholics has been providing information, advice and support for everyone affected by a parent’s drinking. 1 in 5 people in the UK are affected by a parent’s drinking. #URNotAlone
Narcotics Anonymous in the United Kingdom – We are Narcotics Anonymous in the United Kingdom & Channel Islands. If you have a problem with drugs, we are recovering drug addicts who can help you get and stay clean.
NHS – The National Health Service offers alcohol support as well as a drinkline, which is the national alcohol helpline. If you’re worried about your own or someone else’s drinking, you can call this free helpline in complete confidence. Call 0300 123 1110 (weekdays 9am to 8pm, weekends 11am to 4pm).
Over The Influence – Over The Influence is a place to be happily and confidently alcohol-free. If you’re looking for sober connection both online and in real life, you’ve come to the right place!
Release – Release is the UK’s centre of expertise on drugs and drug laws. We provide legal support, representation and drugs advice to people with a history of drug use or who are impacted by drug laws. We also campaign for evidence-based drug policies founded on principles of public health and human rights, seeking to reduce the harms faced by people who use drugs.
Release has a Helpline you can call at 020 7324 2989 or email at ask@release.org.uk
Turning Point – We’re a leading social enterprise, designing and delivering health and social care services in the fields of substance use, mental health, learning disability, autism, acquired brain injury, sexual health, homelessness, healthy lifestyles, and employment.
WithYou – is a drug, alcohol and mental health charity. With over 80 services across England and Scotland, we provide support and advice to more than 100,000 people a year.
We’re working towards a future free from harm caused by alcohol, drug and mental health challenges, where anyone seeking help feels welcomed, not judged.