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If you, your family or friends ever need them, here is a list of crisis and resource telephone numbers for within the United States. Sometimes printing this out and placing it with your phone numbers could help someone who is in immediate crisis or needs help: IF YOU NEED IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE DIAL 911 Suicide Hotline Numbers "If you are thinking about suicide... Read this first": from Metanoia.org • Hope Line Network: (800) SUICIDE • Crisis Counseling: (800) 999-9999 • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): (toll free) (866) 615-6464 • National Foundation for Depressive Illness: (800) 239-1265 • National Mental Health Association: (800) 969-6642 • Suicide Prevention (800) SUICIDE • Covenant House Hotline: (800) 999-9999 • Boys Town Suicide and Crisis Line: (800) 448-3000 or (800) 448-1833 (TDD) • Friends of Battered Women and Their Children: (800) 603-HELP • National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-SAFE, (800) 787-3224 (TDD) • Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network: (800) 656-4673 • Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline: (800) 422-4453 • National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: (800) THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) • Child Find of American Hotline: (800) I-AM-LOST (1-800-426-5678) • Elder Abuse Hotline: (800) 677-1116 Addiction • Alcoholics Anonymous (212) 870-3400 • Narcotics Anonymous (818) 773-9999 • Focus on Recovery Helpline (Alcohol & Drug Treatment): (800) 234-0246 • Al-Anon/Alateen Family Group Services: (800) 356-9996, (888) 4AL-ANON • National Helpline: (800) COCAINE • Substance Abuse Treatment: (800) 622-HELP • National Association for Children of Alcoholics: (888) 554-COAS • Parents Resource Institute for Drug Education: (800) 279-6361 Elder Care • American Association of Retired Persons: (800) 424-2277 • Eldercare Locator Information and Referral Line: (800) 677-1116 • Elder Abuse Hotline: (800) 879-6682 • Hospice Education Institute: (800) 331-1620 • Medicare Telephone Hotline: (800) MEDICARE • National Council on Aging: (800) 424-9046 • National Institute on Aging Information Center: (800) 222-2225 • Service Corps of Retired Executives Association: (800) 634-0245 Missing Children • Child Find: (800) I-AM-LOST • Child Help USA Information Center: (800) 4A-CHILD • National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: (800) THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) • National Child Watch Campaign: (800) 222-1464 • National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence: (800) 422-4453 (child abuse); (800) 799-7233 (domestic violence); (800) 787-3244 (TTY) • Vanished Children's Alliance: (800) 826-4743 Volunteering • American Red Cross: (800) HELP-NOW • Make a Wish Foundation: (800) 722-9474 • Organ Donor Hotline: (630) 758-2600 • Volunteers of America: (800) 899-0089 Post edited by: Suz, at: 02/12/2008 17:45 A good rule of life is do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup |
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