HE KAKANO AHAU (ADDICTIONS)
– One on One Sessions
– Follow up phone call
This is for anyone who finds themselves wanting to changetheir lives & leave all addictions in the past.
Useful tools for your kete matauranga (basket of knowledge).Based on Te Toi o Matariki & The 12 steps program.
Email: wellness@thc.org.nz
SUPPORT HELPLINES
RecoverRing – 0800 678 789 – Alcohol and drug support line – 24/7 – run by Community Probation Services but manned by people with lived experience.
Alcohol & drug helpline 0800 787 797 – 24/7 – manned by people with lived experience.
Alcoholics Anonymous Service Centre – 09 366 6688
These wonderful people can assist in advising re local 12 Step Meetings and arranging for our whanau to be picked up and transported to meetings if they need support or have no transport.
Hours this week are – open all week till Friday 23rd 9am-4:30pm, closed Saturday and Sunday – then repeat Monday – Friday the following week leading upto New Years.
All 12 Step Group Information re meetings lists etc is available online (for you techo people). 12 Step groups include AA, Narcotics Anonymous and Marijuana Anonymous.
Mental Health
1737 – 24/7 Mental Health helpline
Crisis Lines
Waitemata: North Shore 09 486 8900 Henderson/West: 09 822 8501 Rodney: 09 427 0360 – no 0800 number – these lines are 24/7
National helplines
Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor.Lifeline – 0800 543 354 (0800 LIFELINE) or free text 4357 (HELP).Youthline – 0800 376 633, free text 234 or email talk@youthline.co.nz or online chat.Samaritans – 0800 726 666Suicide Crisis Helpline – 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO).Healthline – 0800 611 116
Depression-specific helplines
Depression Helpline – 0800 111 757 or free text 4202 (to talk to a trained counsellor about how you are feeling or to ask any questions).
Sexuality or gender identity helpline
OutLine Aotearoa– 0800 688 5463 (0800 OUTLINE) provides confidential telephone support and online chat support between 6pm-9pm every day.
Helplines for children and young people
Youthline – 0800 376 633, free text 234 or email talk@youthline.co.nz or online chat.thelowdown.co.nz – or email team@thelowdown.co.nz or free text 5626.What’s Up – 0800 942 8787 (for 5–18 year olds). Phone counselling is available every day of the week, 365 days of the year, 11am–11pm. Online chat is available from 11am–10:30pm 7 days a week, including all public holidays.
Help for parents, family and friends
EDANZ – improving outcomes for people with eating disorders and their families. Freephone 0800 2 EDANZ or 0800 233 269, or in Auckland 09 522 2679. Or email info@ed.org.nz.Parent Help – 0800 568 856 for parents/whānau seeking support, advice and practical strategies on all parenting concerns. Anonymous, non-judgemental and confidential.Family Services 211 Helpline – 0800 211 211 for help finding (and direct transfer to) community based health and social support services in your area.Skylight – 0800 299 100 for support through trauma, loss and grief; 9am–5pm weekdays.Yellow Brick Road – Supporting families towards mental wellbeing.
Find a Helpline – Search for international helplines.
Other specialist helplines
Alcohol and Drug Helpline – 0800 787 797 or online chat.Are You OK – 0800 456 450 family violence helpline.Gambling Helpline – 0800 654 655Anxiety NZ – 0800 269 4389 (0800 ANXIETY).Seniorline – 0800 725 463 A free information service for older people.0508MUSICHELPS – The Wellbeing Service is a 24/7 online, on the phone and in-person counselling service fully funded by the NZ Music Foundation and provided free of charge to those in the Kiwi music community who can’t access the help they need due to hardship and other circumstances. Call 0508 MUSICHELP.Shine – 0508 744 633 confidential domestic abuse helplines.Quit Line – 0800 778 778 smoking cessation help.Vagus Line – 0800 56 76 666 (Mon, Wed, Fri 12 noon – 2pm). Promote family harmony among Chinese, enhance parenting skills, decrease conflict among family members (couple, parent-child, in-laws) and stop family violence.Women’s Refuge Crisisline – 0800 733 843 (0800 REFUGE) (for women living with violence, or in fear, in their relationship or family).Shakti Crisis Line – 0800 742 584 (for migrant or refugee women living with family violence).Safe to Talk – 0800 044 334 or free text 4334 for help to do with sexual harm. Available 24/7 and staffed by trained counsellors.
