Need help now? 

If you are in crisis and need immediate help, please call the Georgia Crisis & Access Line (GCAL), available 24/7 at 1-800-715-4225.

If you are struggling and need someone to talk to, please call the Cares Warm Line at 1-844-326-5400 toll-free from 8:30 am – 11:00 pm. This number links to telephone support for individuals with a substance use disorder, mental illness or both provided by specially trained peers in long-term recovery.

If you have thoughts of harm to self or others, please call 911 or go to the nearest Emergency Room. You may also reach a counselor 24 hours a day at the Suicide Prevention Lifeline – call or text 988. Read more about 988 at https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988.

You can reach a crisis counselor 24 hours a day via the Crisis Text Line: Text “Connect” to 741741 (Standard messaging fees are waived on Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint, and texts to 741741 will not appear on your phone bill if you use one of these carriers.)

Find Treatment | Prevent Opioid Overdose Death | Prevent Opioid Misuse | Forum to Address the Opioid Crisis

Opioid PSA: Reduce your child’s risk of opioid overdose by discarding unused medication in your household. Please read this letter from Dr Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and see video below.

Find Treatment  

If you are looking for treatment services, please click the link below or go to findtreatment.samhsa.gov/locator.

Prevent Opioid Overdose Death

How to recognize signs of an overdose

  • Small, constricted “pinpoint pupils”
  • Falling asleep or loss of consciousness
  • Slow, shallow breathing
  • Choking or gurgling sounds
  • Limp body
  • Pale, blue, or cold skin

What to do if you witness an overdose
Don’t run, call 911!

If you witness or suspect an overdose,