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.
DRUG & ALCOHOL TREATMENT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
South Australia's treatment landscape includes SAHMRI-backed research clinics, community AOD services and private residential programs centred in Adelaide with rural outreach programs statewide.
Australian Government hotline: 1800 250 015LISTED IN THIS STATE
A non-residential psychology practice on North Terrace, Adelaide, one of three PsychMed clinics, delivering outpatient alcohol and other drug programs alongside mental health, gambling, trauma and suicide prevention services.
A private inpatient psychiatric hospital at Gilberton in Adelaide's inner north, operated by Ramsay Health Care and described as its South Australian flagship.
Living Free is a 12-month live-in residential program run by Teen Challenge SA near Strathalbyn on the Fleurieu Peninsula for men aged 18 and over with drug and alcohol dependence.
A residential alcohol and other drug rehabilitation service in inner Adelaide run by the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA), an Aboriginal community controlled organisation. It takes voluntary clients aged 18 and over through two separately contacted services, Whitmore for women and Hilton for men.
Centacare's drug and alcohol counselling service runs from 45 Wakefield Street, Adelaide, and is named on SA Health's list of funded alcohol and other drug services.
AVAILABLE ANYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA
These services are available nationally and can support people in South Australia without a local premises listing.
A national mutual-aid fellowship, not a treatment provider. AA Australia coordinates more than 2,000 weekly face-to-face meetings across the country, plus online meetings, telephone support, live chat and member home visits, and runs a 24-hour national helpline.
Two non-residential day rehabilitation programs run by Uniting Vic.Tas for adults who have already completed withdrawal. Catalyst runs five to six weeks, Monday to Friday 10am to 3pm, at Coburg, Preston and Narre Warren in Victoria and North Hobart in Tasmania, using cognitive behavioural and motivational enhancement…
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…
Dokotela is a national telehealth provider connecting patients to independent consultant psychiatrists, psychologists and geriatricians by secure video, with a stated focus on rural and regional Australia. A GP referral less than twelve months old is required for psychiatry; psychology needs a mental health care plan.
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.
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.
Narcotics Anonymous Australia is the Australian arm of a worldwide twelve-step fellowship for people for whom drugs have become a problem. It runs free member-led meetings in every state and territory, plus online meetings, and members support one another through sponsorship.
SMART Recovery Australia is a national charity running free, weekly peer-support meetings for people wanting to change problematic or addictive behaviour, including alcohol, other drugs, gambling and eating disorders.
The Street University is the Ted Noffs Foundation's network of eight non-residential youth centres, at Canberra, Liverpool, Mt Druitt, Newcastle, Penrith, Katoomba, Logan and Southport.
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.
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…
THE FULL LIST
All 60 services available in SA, alphabetically — the 49 located in South Australia and the 11 delivered Australia-wide. The cards above are a selection; this is the whole list.
CHOOSING A SERVICE
Consider whether you may need medically supervised detox, residential rehabilitation, outpatient counselling, or a combination. Confirm clinical suitability directly with a qualified health professional or provider.
Government-funded services may be available through the public health system. Private health insurance may cover some residential stays. Confirm eligibility and cover directly with the service or insurer.
Some people benefit from staying close to their support network; others find that distance helps them focus on recovery. We list providers across metropolitan and regional South Australia.
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