Holding hope - Canada

Resources

Supportive & Healing resources such as: Books, Podcasts, Videos, Local Support, Emergency Resources, & More.


Videos

a person watching an addiction support video on her phone and feeling relief


Websites

people looking at community addiction support resources on a laptop to find support for their loved one with addiction
  • Beyond Abstinence: Pitfalls Of An Abstinence Only Approach - Understanding 6 Pitfalls of an Abstinence-Only Approach.

  • From Grief to Action Coping Kit - Resource kit that focuses on questions, issues, and practical problems faced by parents, guardians, and loved ones of people who use drugs.

  • Parents Like Us: The Unofficial Survival Guide to Parenting a Young Person with a Substance Use Disorder - This handbook by the Foundry is a collection of shared experiences and stories to help other parents and caregivers find refuge, support, and courage to reach out for help.

  • Opioids: A Survivor’s Guide - Written by people on OAT, this is an accessible resource intended to help people who use opioids understand their options.

  • BC Centre on Substance Use - The BC Centre on Substance Use is a provincially networked organization with a mandate to develop, help implement, and evaluate evidence-based approaches to substance use and addiction.

  • Starlings Community - To stop intergenerational cycles of trauma, mental illness, and substance use disorder in families exposed to the stress and stigma of a parent's substance use.

  • CCSA - In-Patient Treatment for Substance Use in Canada. Provides information on frequently asked questions about in-patient treatment programs, explains what a person thinking about in-patient treatment should consider, such as individual goals, preferences, cost and availability.


Resources by Province/Territory


If you have an Emergency call 911, or contact your local Emergency Services.


AB

Alberta Addiction Support Groups for Family Members of someone with addiction

BC

British Columbia Addiction Support Groups for Family Members of someone with addiction

MB

Manitoba Addiction Support Groups for Family Members of someone with addiction

SK

ASaskatchewan Addiction Support Groups for Family Members of someone with addiction

ON


QC

Quebec Addiction Support Groups for Family Members of someone with addiction
  • Drugs Helps and Referral: 1-800-265-2626, or 1-514-527-2626


NB

New Brunswick Addiction Support Groups for Family Members of someone with addiction

YK

  • Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services, Health and Social Services: 1-866-456-3838