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Note
I am not your doctor. Lists go stale. Verify phone numbers and services locally. Medication-assisted treatment is treatment. Therapy is treatment. Meetings are treatment. Detox without what comes next is a pause. If you are in withdrawal from alcohol, benzos, or opioids, get medical care — browser tools are not detox.
Use what works. Ignore the costume.
This is a short list with real links. Prefer local clinicians, peer support, and people who know your actual life. Filter by what you need tonight.
Filter categories
Crisis — suicide, overdose, acute danger
Treatment locators — find clinical care near you
Research / clinical — NIDA, NIAAA, evidence summaries
Mutual aid / peer support — AA, NA, SMART, LifeRing
Family & friends — Al-Anon, Partnership
Mental health — NAMI and related
Crisis
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — Call or text 988 · 988lifeline.org
- 911 — medical emergency / overdose
- SAMHSA National Helpline — 1-800-662-HELP (4357) — 24/7 treatment referral · samhsa.gov
Treatment locators
- FindTreatment.gov — FindTreatment.gov
- SAMHSA find help / treatment referral — samhsa.gov/find-help
Research / clinical
- NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) — nida.nih.gov
- NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) — niaaa.nih.gov
- NIAAA Rethinking Drinking — rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov
Mutual aid / peer support
- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) — aa.org li>
- Narcotics Anonymous (NA) — na.org li>
- SMART Recovery — smartrecovery.org li>
- LifeRing Secular Recovery — lifering.org li>
Family & friends
- Al-Anon Family Groups — al-anon.org li>
- Partnership to End Addiction — drugfree.org li>
Mental health
- NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) — nami.org li>
- NAMI HelpLine — 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) · nami.org/help li>