Getting Help
This list of links will provide you contact points for help or more information.
Below is a list of the alcohol and drug information services available throughout Australia.
These services are staffed by trained counsellors who can provide assistance to anyone with an alcohol or drug problem as well as others affected by someone else's alcohol or drug use. They can assist with information, appropriate treatment referral and counselling. Most of these services are available 24 hours a day.
Australia
- Counselling Online
Provides a live, one-to-one counselling service over the Internet.You can communicate privately with a professional drug and alcohol counsellor from your keyboard, using text. This service is free and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week across Australia.
DirectLine also available - 1800 888 236 - Family Drug Support - 1300 368 186
- Kids Help Line - 1800 55 1800
- Lifeline - 13 11 14
- National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre
Information and Helpline - 1800 30 40 50
New South Wales
- Alcohol and Drug Information Service (ADIS) - (02) 9361 8000 or 1800 422 599 (toll free)
- Cannabis Clinics - (02) 9361 8000
- Methadone Advice and Conciliation Service (MACS) - 1800 642 428 (free call)
- NSW Quitline - 13 7848 (13 QUIT)
- NSW Users and AIDS Association (NUAA) - (02) 8354 7300 or 1800 644 413 (toll free)
- Stimulant Treatment Program - (02) 9361 8088 (Sydney) or 1800 101 188 (NSW regional and rural areas)
Australian Capital Territory
- Alcohol and Drug Information Service (ADIS) - (02) 6205 4545
- Australian IV League - (02) 6281 7851
Northern Territory
- Northern Territory: Alcohol and Other Drug Service - (08) 8922 8399 or 1800 629 683 (toll free)
- Northern Territory AIDS and Hepatitis Council - (08) 8941 1711 or 1800 880 899 (toll free)
Queensland
- Alcohol and Drug Information Service (ADIS) - (07) 3236 2414 or 1800 177 833 (toll free)
- Queensland Intravenous AIDS Association (QuIVAA) - (07) 3252 5390 or 1800 172 076 (toll free)
South Australia
- Alcohol and Drug Information Service (ADIS) - 1300 131 340
- SAVIVE SA Voice for IV Education - 9.30 to 5.30 weekdays (08) 8334 1699 (direct) or (08) 8334 1611 (ACSA switchboard; ask for SAVIVE) Free Call: 1800 888 559 (from country areas)
Tasmania
- Alcohol and Drug Information Service(ADIS) - (03) 6222 7511 or 1800 811 994 (toll free)
- Tasmania Users Health & Support League (TUSSEL) - (03) 6234 1242
Victoria
- Victoria: Directline - (03) 9416 1818 or 1800 136 385 (toll free)
- Victorian Drug User Group / VIVAIDS - (03) 9419 3633
Western Australia
- Alcohol and Drug Information Service (ADIS) - (08) 9442 5000 or 1800 198 024 (toll free)
- WA Substance Users Association (WASUA) - (08) 9227 7866
- Parent Drug Information Service - (08) 9442 5050 or 1800 653 203 (toll free)
