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The information on TheTreatmentCommunity.com is provided for educational and informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Reading this website, using our tools, or receiving our emails does not create a doctor-patient relationship.

Last reviewed: · Reviewed by Adiele Onyeze, MD, MPH, FMCPH (Addiction Medicine)

If you need help right now

This page is a disclaimer, not a crisis service. If something feels urgent, use one of the resources below before reading further.

  1. Immediate medical emergency — overdose, unconsciousness, immediate danger to yourself or someone else
    Call 911
  2. Emotional crisis or suicidal thoughts — yours or someone you love
    Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline)
  3. Need treatment access or referrals — you want to find help and don’t know where to start
    Call 1-800-662-4357 (SAMHSA, 24/7, free)

For the Veterans Crisis Line, Crisis Text Line, FindTreatment.gov and full guidance on which line is right for which situation, see our Crisis Resources page.

Not a Substitute for Medical Advice

TTC’s content is designed to inform your decisions and the conversations you have with a clinician — not to replace either.

Our content is designed to help people better understand alcohol treatment options, recovery support, wellness strategies, and questions to ask a qualified healthcare professional. It is not meant to replace individualized care from your physician, therapist, addiction specialist, or other licensed provider. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, mental health concern, or treatment decision.

Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of something you have read on this site. If you are pregnant, managing a chronic health condition, taking prescription medication, experiencing severe mental health symptoms, or worried about alcohol withdrawal or relapse risk, you should speak directly with a qualified clinician.

Emergency and Crisis Situations

If you or someone with you is in immediate danger, call 911 — and the lifelines below are for non-emergency crisis support and treatment referrals.

If you or someone you know is struggling with alcohol use, please contact the SAMHSA National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357 or call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. These services can help connect people with immediate support and treatment resources. For a full list of crisis options including the Veterans Crisis Line and Crisis Text Line, visit our Crisis Resources page.

Crisis resource directory A directory panel with five 24/7 lifelines. 911 for medical emergencies. 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for emotional crisis, call or text. SAMHSA National Helpline 1-800-662-4357 for treatment referrals. Veterans Crisis Line, dial 988 then press 1. Crisis Text Line, text HOME to 741741. CRISIS RESOURCE DIRECTORY All lines: 24/7 · free · confidential CALL 911 Immediate medical emergency, overdose, immediate danger CALL OR TEXT 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — emotional crisis, suicidal thoughts CALL 1-800-662-4357 SAMHSA National Helpline — treatment referrals and information DIAL THEN PRESS 1 988 → 1 Veterans Crisis Line — for veterans and the people supporting them
Figure 1 — Crisis resource directoryFour 24/7 lifelines, each free and confidential. Crisis Text Line (text HOME to 741741) is listed in full on the Crisis Resources page.

How to Use This Site Safely

TTC is for education, comparison, and preparation — a starting point for the conversations and decisions, never a replacement for individualised care.

Use TTC as a starting point for education, comparison, and preparation, not as a replacement for care. Our physician-reviewed pages can help you understand common treatment models, compare program features, and recognize questions worth bringing to a clinician, but only a licensed professional who knows your medical history can give personal advice.

Decision triage — what to do right now A five-row decision aid. If immediate medical emergency, call 911. If emotional crisis or suicidal thoughts, call or text 988. If you need treatment access, call SAMHSA at 1-800-662-4357. If you have a personal medical question, contact your clinician. If you want education, comparison, or preparation, use TheTreatmentCommunity.com. IF… THEN… 1. Immediate medical emergency, overdose, or immediate danger Call 911 2. Emotional crisis or suicidal thoughts, yours or someone you love Call or text 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 3. Need treatment access — help finding the right next step Call 1-800-662-4357 SAMHSA National Helpline 4. Personal medical question — should I take this, change this, do this? Contact your clinician Only they know your full history 5. Want education, comparison, or preparation Use TTC For the conversations and choices ahead Five common situations. The most urgent are at the top.
Figure 2 — Decision triageFive common situations, mapped to the right resource. The most urgent are at the top. TTC sits at the bottom of the triage, where education, comparison, and preparation belong.
TTC's role in a care pathway Three steps connected by arrows. Step one: use TTC for education, comparison, and preparation. Step two: bring questions to a licensed clinician who knows your history. Step three: clinician provides individualised care and decisions. TTC'S ROLE IN A CARE PATHWAY STEP 1 Use TTC for education, comparison, and preparation STEP 2 Bring questions to a licensed clinician who knows your history STEP 3 Clinician provides individualised care and decisions
Figure 3 — Care pathwayTTC sits upstream of care, never in place of it. Use the site to prepare for the conversation, then bring the conversation to a licensed clinician.

About Our Interactive Tools

Our tools are educational instruments designed by physicians — they are not diagnostic, and they do not replace clinical assessment.

The interactive tools on this site — assessments, calculators, comparison tools, and planning resources — are part of The Restoration Ecosystem™, the physician-designed framework that organizes our clinical and educational content. Read more about The Restoration Ecosystem →

What our tools do vs do not do A two-column comparison panel. Left column, what our tools do: educational guidance, personalised informational outputs, questions to bring to a clinician, comparison support, decision preparation. Right column, what our tools do not do: diagnose alcohol use disorder, determine detox need, choose medications, replace clinical assessment, drive emergency or safety decisions. WHAT OUR TOOLS DO — AND DO NOT DO WHAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO NOT DO + Offer educational guidance + Generate personalised informational outputs from what you enter + Help you build questions to bring to a clinician + Support comparison of options + Help you prepare for the next decision in your journey × Diagnose alcohol use disorder × Determine whether you need detox × Choose which medication is right for you × Replace clinical assessment from a qualified provider × Drive emergency, medication, detox, or safety decisions
Figure 4 — Tool boundariesSide-by-side: what our interactive tools are designed to do, and what they are explicitly not designed to do. Clinical decisions belong with a licensed provider who knows your full history.

If a tool result suggests you may benefit from speaking with a clinician, that suggestion is informational. The decision — and the clinical judgment behind it — belongs with you and a licensed provider who knows your full medical history.

External Providers and Programs

A listing or link on TTC is not an endorsement — verify any provider’s credentials, costs, and fit directly before acting on a referral.

TheTreatmentCommunity.com may review or link to treatment centers, telehealth programs, wellness resources, and third-party tools. Those organizations are responsible for their own services, availability, pricing, and clinical care. Inclusion on this site does not guarantee that a provider, program, or product is right for your needs.

Before starting any treatment program or making a major health decision, verify credentials, costs, insurance details, and level-of-care fit directly with the provider.