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

Alcohol

  • 13 Helpful Hints (how to talk to your "other") NEW
  • 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)
  • Drink Spiking
  • Had Enough Kit – DVD
  • Like a Drink - DVD and booklet NEW
  • 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. NEW

Pregnancy

  • Alcohol and Pregnancy
  • Drinking and Your Baby
  • Heroin & Pregnancy

Young people

  • 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
  • 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 Drinking?
  • 13 Helpful Hints for talking to someone using other drugs
  • 10 Helpful Hints for talking to someone with an alcohol problem

Host responsibility

  • Ideas For Alternative Drinks
  • Frontline Bar Staff & The Law
  • Drugs in Focus; Hosting Teenage Parties
  • Host Responsibility Guidelines

Others

  • Change Plan
    (plan for changing behaviour)
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV / AIDS
  • Maintaining the Change (keeping focussed)
  • 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

  • Drugs & Driving
  • Drugs in Focus – Adults only
  • Drugs Overview
  • Intravenous Users Information
  • Methadone
  • Naltrexone
  • Overdose
  • Safer Injecting
  • Volatile Substances

Drugs – Specific

  • Amphetamines
  • Amyl/Butyl Nitrates
  • Cannabis
  • Cannabis & Your Health
  • What’s the Deal on Quitting?  (cannabis)
  • Cocaine
  • Ecstasy
  • Hallucinogens
  • Heroin
  • Info for People Concerned about Someone’s Methamphetamine Use
  • Minor Tranquillisers
  • Steroid Facts
  • Steroids

Methamphetamine

• Methhelp Booklet and DVD
• P**d Off Booklet
• Methamphetamine
• Concerned About Someone’s Methamphetamine Use
• Methhelp Team rack card

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 Rack cards