Support Services

Alcohol & Drug Information Service

Phone (Sydney metro area): (02) 8382 1000

Phone (national hotline): 1800 250 015

WebChat (Available 24/7): www.yourroom.health.nsw.gov.au/webchat

Local intake lines 

Each NSW Health local health district has a local central intake telephone line to connect people with alcohol and other drug services in that region.

Albury Wodonga Health Network – (02) 6058 1800

Central Coast – (02) 4394 4880

Far West – 08 8080 1554

Hunter New England – 1300 660 059

Illawarra Shoalhaven – 1300 652 226

Mid North Coast – 1300 662 263

Murrumbidgee – 1800 800 944

Nepean Blue Mountains – 1300 661 050

Northern NSW – (02) 6620 7608 (Lismore), (07) 5506 7010 (Tweed Heads)

Northern Sydney – 1300 889 788

South Eastern Sydney – 1300 001 258

South Western Sydney – 1300 031 131

Southern NSW – 1800 809 423

Sydney – 1800 793 466

Western NSW – 1300 887 000

Western Sydney – (02) 9840 3355

Family Drug Support

Phone: 1300 368 186 

Stimulant Treatment Line

Phone (Sydney metropolitan): (02) 9361 8088

Phone (regional and rural NSW): 1800 10 11 88

    • Provides information, referral, crisis counselling and support specifically for people who use stimulants.

Opioid Treatment Line

Phone: 1800 642 428

    • Provides information, advice and referral to opioid treatment options

NSW Quitline

Phone: 13 78 48

    • A confidential telephone information and advice service to help smokers quit

Drug and Alcohol Specialist Advisory Service

Phone (Sydney metropolitan): (02) 9361 8006

Phone (regional and rural NSW): 1800 023 687

    • Assists health professionals seeking advice about the diagnosis and treatment of patients with alcohol or drug issues

ACON

Phone: (02) 9206 2000

    • NSW based health promotion based organisation specialising in HIV prevention, HIV support and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) health. Provides free short-term counselling service to LGBTI people and people living with HIV who have a drug and alcohol problem

NSW Users & AIDS Association

Phone (Sydney metropolitan): (02) 8354 7300

Phone (regional and rural): 1800 644 413

    • A peer based organisation advocating for people who use drugs, particularly those who inject drugs. Provides advice, information and referral to injecting drug use, blood borne viruses and services and programs available for people using drugs. 

Alcoholics Anonymous

Phone: 1300 222 222

Narcotics Anonymous

Phone: 1300 652 820