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Sometimes you need more than a reset.
Find crisis support, professional mental health care, recovery resources, grief support, caregiver help, community resources, and more.
If you are in immediate danger or experiencing a medical emergency, call 911. If you are experiencing a mental health or suicide crisis, call or text 988.
🚨 I NEED HELP RIGHT NOW
Call or text 988
For suicidal thoughts, emotional distress, mental health or substance-use crises, or when you’re overwhelmed and need immediate crisis support.
You do not have to be suicidal to contact 988.
VISIT 988 Lifeline
https://988lifeline.org/
For Veterans, service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and people supporting them.
Call 988, then press 1
Text 838255
You do not have to be enrolled in VA health care or benefits to use the Veterans Crisis Line.
VISIT Veterans Crisis Line
https://www.veteranscrisisline.net
If you or someone else may have taken too much of a drug or medication, mixed substances, accidentally ingested something, or may have been poisoned:
Call 1-800-222-1222
VISIT Poison Control
https://www.poison.org/
Call 911 if someone is in immediate physical danger or experiencing a potentially life-threatening medical emergency—for example, someone who is unconscious, cannot be awakened, is having trouble breathing, or is having a seizure.
🧠 I NEED MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
Search for therapists, psychiatrists, treatment centers, and support groups in your area. You can filter by insurance, location, specialty, gender, type of therapy, and more.
Helpful specialties may include anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, grief, men's issues, anger, addiction, divorce, relationships, and life transitions.
VISIT Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/
Find a Therapist on Psychology Today
Free mental-health information, education, support groups, and guidance for individuals and families. A good place to start when you know something isn't right but aren't sure what kind of help you need.
NAMI HelpLine: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
Text HELPLINE to 62640
VISIT NAMI
https://www.nami.org/nami-helpline/
A confidential U.S. treatment locator from SAMHSA for finding mental-health and substance-use treatment near you.
You can search by location and filter for the type of treatment and services you need.
VISIT Find Treatment.gov
https://findtreatment.gov/
Find Mental Health & Substance Use Treatment
For people who need therapy but don't have adequate insurance or can't afford typical private-pay rates. Open Path connects people with participating therapists offering reduced-rate sessions.
VISIT Open Path
https://openpathcollective.org/
Open Path Psychotherapy Collective
If what you're experiencing has become a crisis, call or text 988 rather than waiting for a therapy appointment.
🇺🇸 I’M A VETERAN, SERVICE MEMBER, OR MILITARY FAMILY MEMBER
Confidential crisis support for Veterans, service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and those who support them.
Call 988, then press 1
Text 838255
You do not have to be enrolled in VA benefits or VA health care to use the Veterans Crisis Line.
VISIT https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/
Sometimes what you need isn't another appointment. It's connection, movement, purpose, and people who understand.
Team RWB helps Veterans build healthier lives through fitness, events, leadership, and community. Veterans and supporters can connect with local and virtual activities.
VISIT Team RWB
https://teamrwb.org/
Information about PTSD, trauma, treatment options, coping, and recovery for Veterans and their families.
It also includes tools to help you understand PTSD and learn which treatments have strong evidence behind them.
VISIT National Center for PTSD
https://www.ptsd.va.gov/
Community-based counseling centers providing confidential counseling and support to eligible Veterans, service members, and their families.
Services can include individual and group counseling, military sexual trauma counseling, bereavement counseling, and family counseling.
VISIT VET CENTERS SITE
https://www.vetcenter.va.gov/
Real stories from Veterans about experiences including PTSD, depression, anxiety, substance use, relationship difficulties, transitioning out of the military, grief, and getting help.
For someone who's thinking “Nobody else would understand this,” this can be an especially approachable place to start.
VISIT https://www.maketheconnection.net/
Call 988 and press 1 or text 838255.
🍺 I’M STRUGGLING WITH ALCOHOL OR DRUGS
Peer support for people who want to stop drinking or are concerned about their alcohol use.
AA offers in-person and online meetings, and there is no requirement to already be sober before attending.
Peer-based recovery support for people who want help with drug addiction.
NA offers in-person and virtual meetings and focuses on recovery from addiction rather than any particular drug.
An evidence-informed alternative to or complement to traditional 12-step programs.
SMART Recovery focuses on practical skills for managing urges, changing behaviors and thinking patterns, and building a life that supports recovery.
Online and in-person meetings are available.
If meetings aren't enough—or you need detox, outpatient treatment, residential treatment, medication-assisted treatment, or professional mental-health/substance-use care—use the federal treatment locator.
Search confidentially for treatment programs by location and type of care.
Free, confidential treatment referral and information for individuals and families dealing with mental-health or substance-use disorders.
1-800-662-HELP (4357)
Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222
If someone is unconscious, cannot be awakened, is having trouble breathing, is having a seizure, or you believe their life is in immediate danger, call 911.
Important: Alcohol and some drugs can cause dangerous or life-threatening withdrawal. If you're physically dependent, don't assume you need to stop abruptly on your own. Medical professionals can help determine the safest way to withdraw.
❤️ SOMEONE I LOVE IS STRUGGLING WITH ALCOHOL OR DRUGS
Support for people affected by someone else's drinking—whether that person is currently drinking, in recovery, or no longer in your life.
Al-Anon offers in-person, electronic, and telephone meetings.
Support for family members and friends affected by someone else's addiction or drug use.
Nar-Anon provides a community of people who understand what it's like to love someone struggling with addiction.
For people affected by the addictive behavior of someone they love.
Unlike a traditional 12-step program, SMART Family & Friends teaches practical skills for communication, boundaries, coping, problem-solving, and taking care of yourself while dealing with someone else's behavior.
SMART Recovery Family & Friends
Resources specifically for families concerned about a loved one's substance use.
They provide education and support around how to talk to someone about substance use, treatment, recovery, boundaries, and what families can do next.
You don't have to convince someone else to enter recovery before you begin taking care of yourself.
Support can help you understand what you can control, what you can't control, how to establish boundaries, and how to stop carrying this completely alone.
If someone's substance use is creating violence, threats, coercion, or an unsafe home, use the relationship-safety resources elsewhere on this page. If anyone is in immediate physical danger, call 911.
🕊️ I’M GRIEVING SOMEONE I LOVE
A faith-based grief support program for people grieving the death of a family member or friend.
GriefShare offers local and online groups where you can connect with others who understand loss and work through structured grief-support materials.
Community and peer support specifically for widowed people.
Soaring Spirits connects widowed people with others who understand the unique experience of losing a spouse or partner, including through Widowed Village and other programs.
Support for parents, grandparents, and siblings following the death of a child at any age and from any cause.
Local chapters, online communities, and other grief resources are available.
The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors provides grief support to people grieving the death of a U.S. military service member or Veteran.
TAPS provides peer support, grief resources, survivor programs, and connection with others who understand military loss.
TAPS — Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors
Support and community specifically for people who have lost someone to suicide.
Their resources include information about traumatic grief and an online community for suicide-loss survivors.
Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors
Sometimes grief needs more support than friends, family, or a group can provide.
Psychology Today allows you to search specifically for therapists who work with grief, bereavement, traumatic loss, PTSD, depression, and related concerns.
Find a Grief Therapist
Grief can sometimes become so overwhelming that you begin thinking about suicide, feel unable to keep yourself safe, or simply don't know how you're going to make it through the moment.
Call or text 988 for immediate crisis support.
You don't need to wait until you're certain you're suicidal to reach out.
🛡️ I’M IN AN ABUSIVE, CONTROLLING, OR UNSAFE RELATIONSHIP
Confidential support for people experiencing domestic violence, relationship abuse, coercive control, threats, stalking, or other unsafe relationship behaviors.
Advocates can help you understand what you're experiencing, create a safety plan, and connect you with local resources.
Call: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
Text: START to 88788
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Abuse can happen to anyone, including men.
It doesn't have to involve being physically hit. Abuse can include:
Threats or intimidation
Humiliation or degradation
Controlling money
Isolation from friends or family
Monitoring your phone or location
Stalking
Destroying belongings
Sexual coercion
Threatening children, pets, employment, reputation, or access to finances
Using fear or control to influence what you're allowed to do
The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides resources specifically addressing abuse experienced by men.
Domestic Violence Resources for Men
Confidential support for anyone affected by sexual assault, sexual abuse, or sexual violence, regardless of gender.
National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
Online support is also available.
RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline
Information and resources for people experiencing stalking, repeated unwanted contact, surveillance, threats, or other stalking behaviors.
SPARC also provides information about documenting stalking and finding additional assistance.
If you're concerned that a child may be experiencing abuse or neglect, Childhelp's National Child Abuse Hotline can provide information and support.
Call or text: 1-800-422-4453
Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline
Leaving or separating can sometimes increase risk. You don't have to make that decision alone.
A domestic-violence advocate can help you think through safety planning, children, housing, finances, technology safety, documentation, and local services based on your individual circumstances.
If you think your internet or device activity may be monitored, consider accessing resources from a safer device when possible.
Call 911 or move to a safer location if you can do so safely.
⚠️ I’M WORRIED ABOUT MY ANGER, CONTROL, OR HOW I’M TREATING SOMEONE
If your anger feels out of control, you're afraid you may become violent, or someone may be in immediate danger, create physical distance from the situation and call 911 if there is an immediate threat to safety.
If you're experiencing an emotional or mental-health crisis, call or text 988 for immediate crisis support.
If you're repeatedly:
Threatening or intimidating your partner
Breaking or throwing things
Blocking someone from leaving
Monitoring or controlling them
Controlling money, communication, or relationships
Using threats involving children, pets, finances, or reputation
Physically hurting or restraining someone
Using sexual pressure or coercion
Frightening the people around you
Finding yourself apologizing after an incident only for it to happen again
It's time to get specialized help.
Recognizing the pattern and choosing to address it can be the beginning of changing it.
If abusive, controlling, threatening, or violent behavior is occurring in your relationship, look for a certified Batterer Intervention Program (BIP) or Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP) in your state.
These programs are designed specifically to address patterns of power, control, coercion, intimidation, and violence in intimate relationships.
Anger management and batterer intervention are not necessarily the same thing. If intimate-partner abuse is occurring, seek a program specifically designed to address abusive behavior.
A confidential helpline specifically for people who are using or are concerned they may use abuse in their intimate relationships and want help changing their behavior.
Call: 877-898-3411
A therapist can also help address contributing issues such as trauma, emotional regulation, substance use, depression, anxiety, relationship patterns, and anger.
Be direct when seeking care about the behaviors you're concerned about so the provider can help determine the appropriate level and type of treatment.
Find a Therapist — Psychology Today
Substance use can increase risk, but it does not excuse abusive behavior.
Use the “I'm struggling with alcohol or drugs” section of this guide for AA, NA, SMART Recovery, and professional treatment resources alongside behavior-specific intervention.
Use the regulation library now. Create distance. Don't continue the argument while you're escalating. Then get additional support.
The goal isn't simply to calm down enough to get through tonight.
It's to make sure the people you love are safe around you tomorrow, too.
🫶 I’M A CAREGIVER AND I’M RUNNING ON EMPTY
Caregiving can be physically, emotionally, financially, and mentally exhausting. You can love someone deeply and still feel overwhelmed, angry, isolated, resentful, scared, or completely depleted.
Getting support for yourself is part of caregiving too.
Free education, resources, and support for family caregivers caring for people with chronic illness, disability, mental-health conditions, aging-related needs, and other complex health needs.
Their resources address caregiver stress, navigating health care, communicating with providers, and caring for yourself while caring for someone else.
Support, education, caregiver assessments, online groups, and practical resources for family caregivers.
Their Family Caregiver Services by State tool can also help you find programs available where you live.
A U.S. government service connecting older adults and caregivers with local aging services and community resources.
They can help locate services such as respite care, transportation, meals, home-care resources, benefits assistance, and local Agencies on Aging.
Call: 1-800-677-1116
For people caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia.
The Alzheimer's Association offers caregiver education, local support groups, care consultations, and a 24/7 helpline.
24/7 Helpline: 1-800-272-3900
Alzheimer's Association Caregiver Support
Support specifically for people caring for wounded, ill, or injured service members and Veterans.
Resources include caregiver community, education, peer support, and assistance navigating the challenges of military caregiving.
If what you desperately need is a break, ARCH helps families locate respite-care programs and services.
Respite care provides temporary relief for family caregivers so they can rest, attend appointments, handle other responsibilities, or simply recover.
National Respite Locator
Call 211 or use Findhelp to locate community programs for food, housing, utilities, transportation, financial assistance, health care, and other practical needs.
Caregiver exhaustion doesn't mean you don't love the person you're caring for.
If you're noticing that you're becoming constantly angry, hopeless, unable to sleep, emotionally numb, or afraid you might lose control, reach out for additional support.
If you're in an emotional or mental-health crisis, call or text 988.
🍄 I’M HIGH, HAVING A BAD TRIP, OR SCARED ABOUT WHAT I TOOK
Sometimes you need someone to help you stay grounded through an intense experience. Other times, what’s happening may require medical help.
If you’re not sure which one it is, it’s okay to get help.
Free, confidential peer support for people who are currently having a difficult psychedelic experience, supporting someone who is, or processing a past psychedelic experience.
This may include experiences involving psilocybin/mushrooms, LSD, MDMA, ketamine, cannabis, and other psychedelics.
Call or text: 623-473-7433
Fireside provides emotional peer support—not emergency medical care, medical advice, or a substitute for 911 or Poison Control.
Fireside Project Psychedelic Support Line
If you're concerned about a drug, medication, edible, unknown substance, accidental ingestion, interaction, or possible poisoning, contact Poison Control.
Call: 1-800-222-1222
Poison Control can help determine what to do based on the substance, amount, symptoms, and circumstances.
Call 911 immediately if someone:
Is unconscious or cannot be awakened
Is having serious difficulty breathing or isn't breathing normally
Is having a seizure
Has collapsed
Has severe chest pain
Is severely confused, agitated, or behaving in a way that creates immediate danger
Has potentially overdosed and appears seriously ill
Has another potentially life-threatening symptom
Don't leave an unconscious person alone.
If you have naloxone/Narcan available and you suspect an opioid overdose, administer it according to its instructions and call 911.
Naloxone can temporarily reverse an opioid overdose, but the person still needs emergency medical attention.
If you're medically stable but frightened by what you're experiencing:
Reduce stimulation. Get somewhere physically safe. Don't drive. Don't take more substances to try to “fix” the experience. If possible, stay with a trusted sober person.
For a difficult psychedelic experience, contact Fireside Project.
If the experience has become an emotional or mental-health crisis, call or text 988.
If substance use is becoming frequent, difficult to control, dangerous, or is interfering with your relationships, work, health, or daily life, use the “I’m struggling with alcohol or drugs” section of this guide for recovery meetings and professional treatment options.
🏠 I NEED HELP WITH FOOD, HOUSING, BILLS, HEALTH CARE OR BASIC NEEDS
Sometimes what feels like anxiety or overwhelm is connected to something very real: rent is due, the refrigerator is empty, utilities are being shut off, you need transportation, or you don't know how you're going to pay for care.
There are organizations designed to help you find local support.
Call 211 to connect with local resources and social services in your community.
Depending on where you live, 211 can help you find assistance with:
Food and meal programs
Rent and housing
Emergency shelter
Utility bills
Transportation
Health care
Mental-health services
Substance-use treatment
Employment
Veteran services
Family and caregiver assistance
211 services are available throughout most of the United States.
Search by ZIP code for free and reduced-cost programs near you.
Findhelp maintains a large directory of community services, including:
Food assistance
Housing
Financial assistance
Health care
Transportation
Employment
Legal assistance
Education
Mental-health care
Addiction services
Family support
If you need food now, Feeding America's network can help you locate food banks and food pantries near you.
If you're struggling financially, you may qualify for government assistance you don't realize is available.
USA.gov can help you find information about benefits for food, housing, health care, utilities, Social Security, disability, unemployment, Veterans, and families.
If you're uninsured or need health-insurance coverage, HealthCare.gov provides information about Marketplace plans and eligibility for coverage and savings.
HealthCare.gov
If you're facing a civil legal problem and cannot afford an attorney, Legal Services Corporation can help you locate legal-aid organizations in your area.
Legal aid may be available for issues involving housing, family matters, benefits, consumer problems, employment, and other civil legal needs.
Start with 211.
You don't need to know the name of the program you need. Tell them what's happening and ask what resources are available in your area.
Needing practical help is a valid reason to ask for help.
💔 I’M GOING THROUGH A BREAKUP, SEPARATION, OR DIVORCE
The end of a relationship can affect far more than the relationship itself.
You may be grieving someone who is still alive while also dealing with loneliness, anger, rejection, parenting changes, finances, housing, legal decisions, disrupted routines, or the loss of the future you thought you were going to have.
You don’t have to navigate all of it alone.
DivorceCare offers structured, faith-based support groups for people experiencing separation or divorce.
Groups are available locally and online and address topics such as grief, loneliness, anger, finances, children, forgiveness, and rebuilding your life.
A therapist can help you work through grief, betrayal, infidelity, rejection, anger, trauma, loneliness, identity changes, co-parenting, and rebuilding after a relationship ends.
Psychology Today allows you to search by location, insurance, specialty, and type of support.
Find a Therapist — Psychology Today
Missing someone doesn't necessarily mean reconnecting is the healthiest next step.
If you're highly activated, use the Heartbreak/Separation or Open This Instead of Texting Them resources in this library first. Give yourself enough space to make the next decision from a more regulated place.
If the urge to contact them feels compulsive or you're repeatedly struggling to respect someone's request for no contact, consider talking with a therapist about additional support.
Separation can become even more complicated when you're also trying to parent.
Try to keep children out of adult conflict and avoid asking them to carry messages, choose sides, or manage either parent's emotions.
For information about custody, parenting time, child support, or other family-law questions, seek qualified legal advice in your state rather than relying on social media or generalized online advice.
If you cannot afford an attorney, Legal Services Corporation can help you locate civil legal-aid programs in your area.
Separation doesn't necessarily end abuse. Stalking, threats, harassment, financial control, technology monitoring, intimidation, and coercive behavior can continue or escalate after a relationship ends.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline can help with individualized safety planning and local resources.
Call: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
Text: START to 88788
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Relationship loss can also create an immediate financial or housing crisis.
Call 211 or search Findhelp for local housing, food, utility, transportation, financial, legal, and community assistance.
A breakup or divorce can create an enormous amount of emotional pain.
If you're thinking about suicide, you're afraid you might hurt yourself, or you simply don't know how you're going to get through the moment:
Call or text 988.
You don't have to wait until you're certain you're suicidal to reach out.
You don't have to solve the relationship, your future, the legal situation, and the rest of your life tonight.
Regulate first. Decide what comes next second.
🧍I’M LONELY, ISOLATED, OR I DON’T HAVE ANYONE
Loneliness can hit even when you're surrounded by people.
Maybe you don't have anyone you feel comfortable calling. Maybe your friendships disappeared somewhere between work, parenting, a relationship, divorce, caregiving, recovery, or just getting through life.
You don't have to wait until you're in crisis to need connection.
Free, peer-led support groups for adults experiencing mental-health challenges.
These groups provide an opportunity to connect with people who understand what it's like to struggle without requiring you to explain everything first.
Men's Sheds are community spaces built around connection, conversation, shared activities, projects, and friendship.
They're especially valuable for men experiencing isolation, retirement, loss, major life transitions, or simply realizing they don't have the community they once did.
If you're a Veteran or service member looking for community, Team RWB brings people together through fitness, movement, events, volunteering, and shared experiences.
Sometimes connection is easier when you're doing something alongside someone instead of trying to figure out how to make new friends.
VolunteerMatch can help you find volunteer opportunities based on your interests and location.
Look for community around something you already enjoy: walking, running, hiking, music, gaming, sports, books, woodworking, faith, fitness, volunteering, recovery, or learning something new.
Meetup can help you find established local groups instead of having to create that connection from scratch.
A local church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or other faith community may offer men's groups, grief groups, recovery programs, meals, volunteer opportunities, pastoral care, and simply somewhere to belong.
You don't have to have everything figured out before you walk through the door.
If loneliness has become hopelessness, emotional crisis, thoughts of suicide, or you're afraid of what you might do while you're alone, call or text 988.
You don't have to be certain you're suicidal to reach out.
You don't need twelve new friends.
You don't need to become more outgoing.
Start with one place where the same people show up regularly.
Connection often starts by simply showing up again.
❓ I DON’T KNOW WHAT KIND OF HELP I NEED
You don't have to know what to call what you're experiencing.
You don't need a diagnosis. You don't need to know which organization to contact. Start with what you need most right now.
Call 911.
If someone is unconscious, cannot be awakened, is having serious difficulty breathing, having a seizure, or experiencing another potentially life-threatening emergency, seek emergency medical help.
Call or text 988.
You do not have to be suicidal to contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. You can reach out during an emotional or mental-health crisis when you need immediate support.
Call 988, then press 1.
Text 838255.
Start with Psychology Today to search for a therapist, psychiatrist, treatment center, or support group.
If cost is preventing you from seeking therapy, try Open Path for reduced-rate participating therapists.
Find Affordable Therapy — Open Path
Use the “I’m struggling with alcohol or drugs” section above for AA, NA, SMART Recovery, SAMHSA, and professional treatment options.
For professional treatment:
Use the “Someone I love is struggling with alcohol or drugs” section for Al-Anon, Nar-Anon, SMART Recovery Family & Friends, and family support.
You can get help even if they aren't ready to.
Use the Grief & Loss section for GriefShare and specialized support for widows/widowers, parents who have lost children, military loss, and suicide loss.
Contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline for confidential support and individualized safety planning.
Call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
Text START to 88788
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Use the “I’m worried about my anger, control, or how I’m treating someone” section.
If you're concerned about abusive behavior in an intimate relationship, specialized intervention is available.
For emotional peer support during a difficult psychedelic experience:
Fireside Project Psychedelic Support Line
If you're worried about what you took, an interaction, accidental ingestion, or possible poisoning:
Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222
Call 211 and tell them what's happening. You don't need to know which program you need.
You can also search local free and reduced-cost programs by ZIP code:
Use the Caregiver section above for caregiver support, respite care, aging resources, dementia caregiving, and military caregiver support.
Use the Loneliness & Connection section for peer groups, Men's Sheds, volunteering, Veteran community, and ways to build regular connection.
Start with 211 if the problem is practical or you need help finding local services.
Start with 988 if the problem feels emotional, overwhelming, or like a crisis.
Start with Psychology Today if you're ready to find ongoing professional mental-health support.
You don't have to find the perfect resource.
You just need a next step.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The Voice He Needed provides educational and regulation-focused content and is not crisis care, psychotherapy, medical treatment, diagnosis, or a substitute for professional care.
Resources listed on this page are provided for informational purposes and do not constitute an endorsement or guarantee of any organization or service.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger or experiencing a medical emergency, call 911. If you're experiencing a mental health or suicide crisis in the United States, call or text 988.
Many resources listed on this page are U.S.-based. If you're outside the United States, contact your local emergency services or crisis-support system.