Need Help Now?
If you or your loved one is experiencing a medical
emergency or in imminent danger call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
For a substance use or mental health crisis, call or text 988 to be connected with a trained crisis counselor. It’s free, confidential and available 24/7.
Do you or someone you know have a substance use disorder, or need to be connected to medical/recovery services? Fill out this form and we'll reach out.
Need Help
Right Now?
- National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988 or chat online at 988lifeline.org/chat
- In Connecticut, you can also call 211.
- SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357
- Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
- Local Urgent Behavioral Health Crisis Centers
Find Treatment
The 24/7 Access Line, operated by Wheeler and funded by Connecticut’s Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), facilitates access to Substance Use services for Connecticut residents.
Confidential and anonymous resource for locating treatment facilities for mental and substance use disorders in the United States and its territories.
Recovery Support
• Advocacy Unlimited (AU) Holistic peer led recovery resources
• Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) peer-led, peer-run nonprofit Recovery Community Organization
• New Life II Faith-based peer support
• Recovery Innovations for Pursuing Peer Leadership and Empowerment (RIPPLE) - peer support organization.
• TriCircle - Family Support Groups for Loss and Grief
The CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) has additional recovery resources.
RIPPLE has compiled an extensive list of treatment and recovery resources in New Haven County. View them below.
Family Support
- Al-Anon: Support for families of people with alcohol use disorder
- Nar-Anon: Support for families affected by drug addiction
- SMART Recovery Family & Friends
- Additional resources from DMHAS