Parents Family Friends

If you or someone you know has a drug problem, you should try to find medical treatment. You can call this toll–free number at any time for drug and counseling treatment near you: 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

These websites will help you find treatment and counseling near you:

• SAHMSA's Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator
• SAHMSA’s State Agencies webpage

Support groups also help while you're in treatment:

• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)—for people with alcohol addiction
• Narcotics Anonymous (NA)—for people with other drug addictions

It can be hard to have a family member or friend with a drug addiction. Sometimes it’s helpful to talk with other people who also have a loved one with a drug addiction. Those support groups are: 

• Al-Anon
• Alateen

For information and help to quit smoking:

• In your state: smokefree.gov 1-800-QUITNOW (1-800-784-8669)
• From anywhere: National Cancer Institute 1-877-44U-QUIT (1-877-448-7848)

For help if you or a loved one feels sad, hopeless, or suicidal:

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)

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