Resources to help you

We’ve put together a list of resources that we offer callers to the Helpline. If you would like a copy or more information about what’s in these resources, please call the Alcohol Drug Helpline on 0800 787 797 or email us or text us by texting adh to 234 and we will text you back to see how we can help.

Alcohol

  • Alcohol - The Body & Health Effects
  • 10 Helpful Hints (how to talk to your "other")
  • Alcohol & Older Persons
  • Alcohol & other Drugs in the Workplace
  • Alcohol Facts & Effects
  • Alcoholism & Drug Addiction Act 1966
  • Drink Check (find out if your drinking's okay)
  • Had Enough Kit – DVD
  • Like a Drink - DVD and booklet
  • The Straight-Up Guide to Standard Drinks
  • 6 pack – Is your Drinking OK? / Cutting Down / Stopping Drinking / Maintaining the Change / Concerned about Someone’s Drinking?/ Helping Problem Drinkers (for professionals). All available as separate booklets.

Pregnancy

  • Alcohol and Pregnancy
  • Drinking and Your Baby in English/Fijian/Nuiean/Tokelauan/Cook Island Maori/Tongan/Samoan
  • Heroin & Pregnancy
  • Drinking alcohol during pregnancy...is not a good idea. (FANNZ)

Young people

  • Engaging With Youth - A Practical Tool
  • The Catalyst
  • The MAP
  • The 6 Pack – Dealing with Alcohol
  • The 6 Pack – What Alcohol Does

Parents

  • Alcohol, Your Kids and You
  • Bewildered; alcohol, drugs & your children - DVD
  • Dealing with Cannabis Guide for parents
  • Parent Information
  • What's the Deal - Talking with a Young Person about Cannabis
  • What's the Deal - Cannabis Facts for Parents
  • Why Teens Mess Up

Mãori

  • Drinking and Your Baby:
    Te inu waipiro me to pepe
  • Ki Te Ao Marama - DVD and Workbook

Pacific Islands

  • Alcohol, your community & you - Cook Islands Guidelines
  • Alcohol, your community & you - Fijian Guidelines
  • Alcohol, your community & you - Niuean Guidelines
  • Alcohol, your community & you - Samoan Guidelines
  • Alcohol, your community & you - Tokelauan Guidelines
  • Alcohol, your community & you - Tongan Guidelines
  • O le 'ava malosi ma lau pepe (Drinking and your Baby - Samoan)

Concerned others 

  • Living Well
  • Concerned about Someone's Cannabis use - Fast Facts on how to Help
  • Concerned about Someone’s Drinking?
  • 13 Helpful Hints for talking to someone using other drugs
  • 10 Helpful Hints for talking to someone with an alcohol problem
  • When someone you care about has mental health or addiction problems

Host responsibility

  • The Barcode
  • Frontline Bar Staff & The Law
  • Drugs in Focus; Hosting Teenage Parties
  • Host Responsibility Guidelines

Others

  • Change Plan
    (plan for changing behaviour)
  • Hepatitis C
  • Maintaining the Change (keeping focussed)
  • Mindfulness
  • Relaxation Techniques (when you’re twitchy)
  • Sleeping Tips (when sleep eludes you)
  • Solvent Abuse Sheet
  • Substance Abuse & Head Injury
  • Things To Do (instead of drinking)

Drugs – General

  • 13 Helpful Hints
  • Drugs & Driving
  • Driving HIgh, Stoned, Wasted
  • Drugs in Focus – Adults only
  • Drugs in Focus - Parent Focus
  • Drugs Overview
  • Intravenous Users Information
  • Methadone
  • Naltrexone
  • Overdose
  • Safer Injecting
  • The Mix - Alcohol & Cannabis
  • Volatile Substances
  • Withdrawal Guide

Drugs – Specific

  • Amphetamines
  • Amyl/Butyl Nitrates
  • Cannabis
  • Cannabis & Your Health
  • What’s the Deal on Quitting?  (cannabis)
  • Cocaine
  • Ecstasy
  • Hallucinogens
  • Heroin
  • Minor Tranquillisers
  • Steroid Facts
  • Steroids

Methamphetamine

  • Methhelp Booklet and DVD
  • P**d Off Booklet and DVD
  • Methamphetamine
  • Concerned about Someone's Methamphetamine Use
  • Methhelp Team Rack Card
  • Users Guide to Speed
  • Information for People Concerned about Someone's Methamphetamine Use

Cards

  • Helpline Mainline Minicards (wallet-sized) can be in holders of 50
  • Helpline Maori Minicards (wallet – sized) can be in holders of 50
  • Helpline Pasifika minicards (wallet-sized) can be in holders of 50
  • Helpline Youth Minicards (wallet-sized) can be in holders of 50
  • Helpline Youth Service Poster (A4)
  • Helpline Rack cards