Information, Referral, &Advocacy Services

Crisis Line - COSA-NCADD provides information and referral services through a toll-free hotline system, 1 - 800 - SOBER - 90 (1 - 800 - 762 - 3790). Families and individuals seeking help for substance abuse problems or mental health services may call 24 hours per day, seven days per week, from any point in Alabama. Callers, many of whom are in crisis, receive current information on treatment centers, bed availability, and support groups. Treatment is secured, information dispensed, and data tabulated on a personal, confidential one-on-one basis. Advocacy - COSA-NCADD provides advocacy services to clients and their families and friends to ensure those in need of services receive them. If you, your familiy or friends have had problems accessing treatment, call 1 - 800 - 762 - 3790. National Intervention Network - The Johnson Institute will no longer be providing intervention services nationally. Dr. Vernon Johnson, founder of the Johnson Institute, as a network of central referral agencies to channel requests for interventions to appropriately trained individuals, created the National Intervention Network. As of October 1, 1998, COSA-NCADD became Alabama's point of contact for this national effort. Mental Health Center directors throughout Alabama have designated staff members who were trained to handle the interventions as they are funneled into Alabama through the Network. back to top