Local help
A clinic that covers your area.
Sussex services below are taken from NHS, council and provider pages. If your town is not listed, Harbour will not invent an address. Talk to FRANK and the national lines cover the rest of the UK.
Lines that cover more than one town
Emergency
Overdose, a fit, chest pain, collapse, or anyone who will not wake.
24 hours
NHS 111
Urgent medical advice when it is not 999, including withdrawal that is frightening you.
24 hours
Samaritans
If you are in despair, or you might hurt yourself. You do not have to be suicidal to call.
24 hours
Talk to FRANK
Honest drug information, and help finding a local treatment service anywhere in England.
24 hours. Text 82111.
Drinkline
National alcohol helpline, for you or for someone you are worried about.
Weekdays 9am–8pm, weekends 11am–4pm
Alcoholics Anonymous
Free meetings, in person and online. No referral.
Helpline daily
Narcotics Anonymous
Meetings for any drug, including alcohol with drugs. No referral.
10am to midnight
Cocaine Anonymous
For cocaine, crack, and other stimulants. Meetings, no referral.
SMART Recovery
Free groups that teach tools for cravings. Alcohol, drugs, and gambling.
GamCare
National Gambling Helpline. Advice and free counselling. For you or for someone else's gambling.
24 hours
GAMSTOP
Free self-exclusion from licensed UK gambling websites and apps.
Al-Anon
For families and friends affected by someone else's drinking.
Nacoa
If a parent's drinking is the problem, including if you are an adult now.
Monday–Saturday 10am–7pm
Adfam
For families affected by drugs or alcohol.
DAN 24/7
Wales drug and alcohol helpline, bilingual.
24 hours
Know the Score
Drug information and local help in Scotland.
8am–11pm
Drinkline Scotland
Alcohol helpline in Scotland.
Services change their hours and their catchment. Ring before you travel, and say which council you live in. Listings were checked against public pages in 2026.