In an emergency call 000. For alcohol and other drug support, the National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline is 1800 250 015 — free, confidential, 24 hours.
TREATMENT SERVICE
THE SERVICE
Alcohol and Drug Services is the ACT public alcohol and other drug program run by Canberra Health Services from Building 7 on the Canberra Hospital campus. A single intake and helpline number takes phone assessments and refers into an inpatient withdrawal unit, an opioid treatment service, adult and youth counselling, a needle and syringe program, police and court diversion, and hospital consultation liaison. All services are free.
Published as not offered here: residential rehabilitation.
Ask the admissions team how withdrawal would be handled and how a transfer into treatment works.
CARE & DAILY LIFE
Ask about staff qualifications, medication policy, accessibility and any specific support needs before you decide. Almost no service in this directory publishes what it will and will not admit.
COST
We hold what this service publishes, and we do not put a price at the top of a profile for the public to sort on. The cheapest service on a page is rarely the right one for a particular person, and a quote that comes with the conversation about what is included is worth more than a band. Professional referrers see the figures in their workspace.
State funded
ONGOING SUPPORT
Details of ongoing support are not published here. Ask the service what support is available when your treatment ends.
PROFESSIONAL ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements come from registered professionals — psychologists, addiction GPs, lawyers, social workers — who have referred someone here and put their name to what happened. None yet does not mean poor ones: it means nobody has written one.
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Last checked against the service’s own material on 7 September 2026. Services change what they offer, so confirm anything that decides your choice.
The Withdrawal Unit is a Canberra Health Services inpatient unit in Building 7 at Canberra Hospital providing medically supervised withdrawal from alcohol and other drugs, with an outpatient alcohol withdrawal program also available.
Winnunga Nimmityjah is an Aboriginal community controlled primary health care service in Narrabundah, ACT, established in 1988 and open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of all ages.
A free, non-residential alcohol and other drug counselling service run by Canberra Health Services from the City Health Centre. It provides individual counselling, counselling for family members and carers, and therapeutic and relapse-prevention groups for adults.