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Phone: 9442 5000 or 1800 198 024
toll free call for country callers
ALCOHOL AND DRUGInformation Service (ADIS)
Are you worried about alcohol or drugs?
Are they causing you problems?
Do you need information and support?
Please call ADIS if you would like information and support.
ADIS – 9442 5000 or 1800 198 024
toll free call for country callersEmail: adis@health.wa.gov.au
Web: www.dao.health.wa.gov.au
Mail: ADIS, PO Box 126, Mt Lawley, WA 6929
Fax: 9442 5020
Translating and Interpreting Service 131450
National Relay Service 133677
(for those hard of hearing or speech impaired).
ADIS counsellors will listen to you and talk with
you about:
• Yourissuesandconcerns.
• Thesupportandassistancethatis
availabletoyou.
• Referralstootherhelpfulservices.
Interpreters are available free of charge.
ADISisstaffedbyexperienced,caringand
supportiveprofessionalcounsellors,andoffers
arangeofservicesincluding:
• Telephonebasedalcoholanddrugadvice.
• Informationaboutalcoholanddrugsand
yourbody.
• Informationaboutalcoholanddrug
treatmentservicesandmedicalhelp.
Remember, when you think
about alcohol and drugs, there are
many different types of drugs
such as cannabis, heroin, amphetamines (speed, ice), medications from the doctor or chemist, khat, tobacco, and others
that can cause problems.
Here are some questions to help you decide.
• Havefamilyorfriendsevercomplainedaboutyou
takingalcoholordrugs?
• Doyouevertakealcoholordrugsfirstthinginthe
morning?
• Doyouevertakealcoholordrugstogetyou
throughtheday?
• Haveyouorsomeoneelsebeenhurtbecauseof
alcoholordrugs?
• Doyouhidealcoholordrugsfromfamilyorfriends,
becauseyouareembarrassed,ashamedorscared?
• Doesalcoholordrugtakingaffectotherpartsof
yourlife,forexample,familyrelationships,work,
friendships,financesorhealth?
• Haveyoueverrunoutofmoneyforthingsyou
need,likefoodorpayingyourbills,becauseyou
usedthemoneyforalcoholordrugs?
• Haveyouhadlegalproblemsorbeenintrouble
withthepolicebecauseofalcoholordrugs,for
exampledrink-driving,disorderlyconductor
drugcharges?
If you answered yes to any of these
questions then you might need to talk
to someone.
Help is just a phone call awayIf you would like to talk to someone and
discuss ways of getting help, you can
call the Alcohol and Drug Information
Service (ADIS).
This is a free and confidential service
that is available 24 hours a day,
7 days a week. No one needs to
know that you have called to
ask for advice, assistance or
support. Your information will not be given to anyone else including the police.
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