Help and Support

This app is a companion for the Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Step Program. This app is available on both Android and iOS and requires you to create an account to work through the steps. This app is supported by ads, and some content and features can only be accessed through a subscription.

Recovery calculator, inventories & amends, sponsor members, instant chats, on awakening & night time inventories prayers, readings, AA Big Book and so much more...

Alcohol and Drug Counselling Online host a peer support forum for people who use substances. The recovery-oriented online community is a non-judgemental, welcoming, and safe place to connect with others with similar life experiences. It is a place to connect with peers, be inspired and liberated by others, and share your journey, strategies and advice.

Youth, Family & Community Connections Inc. (YFCC) is a not for profit, community organisation that provides a range of services to young people, families and individuals in communities across the North West Coast and West Coast of Tasmania. YFCC envisions a community where individuals and families have the opportunity to achieve their goals and to seek positive change.

For more information on specific services, please visit the YFCC website.

Velocity Transformations is an evidence-based, long-term (12 Months+), alcohol and other drugs (AOD) residential treatment service based in Hobart, Tasmania.

Velocity Transformations is part of a national network of rehabs licensed by Transformations Program Australia. In Hobart we are a 20-bed service and treat adult men and women.

The program is based off a model with decades of experience in its program delivery. The program is evidence-based, aligning its courseware to the National Co-morbidity Guidelines, in a Christian-faith supported setting. A faith background or belief is not a pre-requisite to admission and we welcome people from all walks of life to participate.

Uniting Victoria and Tasmania provide a variety of community services including Alcohol and Other Drugs support, aged care, disability, family services and more.

Use their Service Finder to find services near your location.

Our services include:

• Individual and family counselling
• Detox (withdrawal) and rehabilitation services
• Youth services
• Group treatment
• Outreach and home-based support.

The Link provides a range of free and confidential health and wellbeing services for young people aged 12-25.

The Link provides high quality primary and clinical health services as well as information, advice and referral services. We work across the health sector in developing innovative and responsive models of service. We also assist in delivering training and support to other professionals and the wider community.

The Link offers a wide variety of services:

• Open Access Area
• Youth Health Fund
• Needle and Syringe Program (NSP)
• Alcohol and Other Drug Services
• Headspace (Mental Health)
• Sexual and Reproductive Health

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The Hobart Clinic Association Limited is an accredited hospital and Tasmania’s leading private, charitable treatment centre providing mental health services for conditions such as anxiety, mood disorders, depression, drug and alcohol addiction, older persons mental health and memory loss.

Everyone's needs are different – so why not get in touch and we can work out an individual, more personalised approach to help and support you.

The Hobart Clinic offers services in a number of forms:

Individual Consultations

Our approach is based on harm minimisation and offers individual treatment therapy and support.

Recovery Groups

Some people with an addiction may not require a hospital stay. Mind Hub courses or programs can be a good alternative. Group programs aim to change the patterns of behaviour and develop positive ways of coping with stress and cravings.

Clinic Care

Our approach is based on harm minimisation and offers treatment, individual and group therapy in a supported environment to facilitate recovery.

Detox is the first part in recovery from any type of addiction. Detox can take one to two weeks at The Hobart Clinic. The specialist team will carefully monitor the person’s physical and mental health during withdrawal.

Post Clinic Care

Post Clinic Care is an important part of the recovery journey and the prevention of relapse. Mind Hub Courses & Programs are conducted at both the eastern shore and city centre clinics. They focus on:

• Controlling cravings;
• Managing stress;
• Identifying triggers;
• Developing positive ways to manage difficult situations.

The Tasmanian Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) is a public health initiative to minimise the spread of blood borne viruses HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B and C among injecting drug users and to the wider community. These services include Primary and Secondary NSPs and Vending Machines.

Primary NSPs

Primary NSPs provide a wide range of injecting equipment to injecting drug users, they also:

• provide health information and education.
• make referrals.
• liaise with local agencies such as police, local government, health, drug treatment and welfare agencies.
• distribute sharps disposal containers, alcohol swabs, pill filters, and sterile water for injection.
• provide services for the appropriate disposal of used injecting equipment.

Secondary NSPs

Secondary NSPs are programs operating within existing organisations, such as community health centres, regional hospitals and community houses. They:

• distribute fit packs containing 1, 3 and 5ml syringes
• may provide services for the appropriate disposal of used injecting equipment
• make referrals.

Vending machines

• provide fit packs containing 1, 3 and 5ml syringes for a fee.

The Salvation Army provides a large array of spiritual and social services throughout Tasmania. Our state office for Tasmania is located in Derwent Park.

The Salvation Army Australia is an international Christian movement, united by faith and giving hope where it’s needed most. Across Australia – in cities, country towns and rural communities – our work touches every demographic and age group. As both a church and charity, we can preach and speak about justice, compassion, and other issues that support the welfare of others and see them as a whole person – body, mind and spirit.

Alcohol and other drug services

We're one of Australia’s largest providers of alcohol and other drug treatment services. If you or someone you know is struggling with alcohol or drugs, we can help.

The Bridge Program

The Bridge Program uses the Community Integration Model. Our comprehensive intervention package is specifically tailored to the individual's needs and focuses on multiple problem areas targeting social, recreational, familial and vocational reinforcement.

We offer both residential and non-residential components to the treatment journey which will be individually negotiated with you according to your needs. Our day and residential programs are both 10 weeks in duration and are supported by outreach and family programs. All aspects are included in all three locations - Hobart, Launceston and Ulverstone.

Quitline is based in Tasmania, and we only support Tasmanians.

With over 20 years of experience in helping people to quit so we know what it takes.

Talking to us can greatly increase the chance of making a successful quit attempt.

Our professional counsellors can support people who smoke at any stage of their quitting journey – from just thinking about smoking to making a quit attempt and staying quit, including if they go back to smoking and want to talk about making another quit attempt.

Nearly 90% of clients would definitely recommend the Quitline phone service to family and friends.

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Drop in (no appointment needed) for:

Information, support, advocacy and referral for anything related to health and wellbeing, including:

• issues at home, school or work
• relationships
• mental health
• sexual health
• alcohol and drugs

And by appointment we have:

• a sexual health doctor
• psychologists

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We can also help with:

• the cost of health items
• free condoms
• free pregnancy testing and support
• linking you in with other services

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Reaching out for help and support is an important first step in dealing with the issues drugs and alcohol might be causing in your life, or affecting a friend or family member.

Call the National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline for free and confidential advice about alcohol and other drugs.