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
WHOS is a charity founded in 1972 by former consumers and became Australia's first therapeutic community for substance dependence in 1974. It runs residential therapeutic communities, opioid stabilisation and reduction programs, day programs and supported accommodation across Sydney, the Hunter, Goulburn and the Queensland Sunshine Coast. Programs run up to seven months in three stages, admit adults 18 and over including people on opioid substitution treatment, and accept Drug Court, MERIT and self referrals.
Ask the admissions team how withdrawal would be handled and how a transfer into treatment works.
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CARE & DAILY LIFE
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COST
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Centrelink resident contribution, State funded
AFTER THE STAY
Details of ongoing support are not published here. Ask the service what support is available when your treatment ends.
PROFESSIONAL ENDORSEMENTS
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Vessel-based private treatment operated by HARP Private Rehab aboard a yacht rather than at a fixed site. The provider describes it operating across the Caribbean, Coral Sea, Pacific, Mediterranean and Cayman Islands. It has no fixed address, so it does not appear in state or distance searches.
A residential therapeutic community for adults 18 and over with alcohol and other drug dependence, run by the charity Transformations Program Australia across five campuses in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania with 95 beds.
Counselling Online is a free national online service for people in Australia affected by their own or someone else's alcohol or other drug use. It offers 24/7 text-based chat counselling with qualified alcohol and drug counsellors, email support, a 28-day SMS support program, a moderated peer support forum and…
ExpertMinds is an Australia-wide online psychiatry and psychology service delivering consultations by video, with no treatment premises. Ten consultant psychiatrists are named, all FRANZCP, three listing addiction as a special interest.