Addictions/Rehabilitation
Aboriginal People Crisis Line
Aboriginal People Crisis Linemore info
Access / Crisis Services
Adult Substance Use Services Team
Provides information, education, support and treatment for people affected by or at risk of developing alcohol and other drug-related difficulties.more info
Al-Anon
Support for friends and families of alcoholics. more info
Alcoholics Anonymous
Helping alcoholics achieve sobriety. Meeting information is available online. more info
Alcoholics Anonymous - Information for Professionals
The Nanaimo Cooperation with the Professional Community (CPC) Committee is available to put on presentations about what Alcoholics Anonymous does and how A.A. works. more info
Anger into Empowerment
While many would prefer to "get rid" of anger this approach instead turns it into courage and a sense of empowerment! (Clinical Counsellor)more info
ARC Addiction and Recovery Clinic
ARC Nanaimo specializes in Opiate Substance Use Disorder and Opiate Replacement Therapy (Suboxone, Methadone)more info
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) - Nanaimo
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and rehab support for adults with complex recovery needs ranging from chemical dependency or serious mental illness or co-occuring disorders AND significant impairment in functioning. ACT serves clients with serious mental illnesses that are complex and who have very significant functional impairments. ACT services are delivered by a group of mental health staff from a variety of disciplines, who work as a team and provide the majority of treatment services. ACT services are individually tailored to the needs of each client. ACT teams are mobile and deliver services in the community.more info
AVI Health Centre
AVI Health and Community Services - Nanaimo operates a low barrier Health Centre that provides HIV Primary Care, PrEP prescribing and follow-up, PEP access support, STBBI testing and treatment, Opiate Agonist Treatment (OAT) and addictions services, HCV treatment, and Counselling; as well as a Positive Wellness Program that provides case management and community outreach for HIV and HCV positive clients, a Men’s Wellness Program and Testing Nights that provide social programming and STBBI/PrEP services for self-identified MSM, a clinical Outreach Team supporting clients contemplating or accessing addictions services, and an Education Program that works with people who use drugs, MSM, clinic clients, schools, other organizations, services providers, and all people at risk of HIV, HCV, and/or toxic drug poisoning/overdose to support HIV, HCV, and addictions & sexual health harm reduction education.more info
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