Alcohol and Other Drug Services (AOD)

Sometimes, when a person is struggling with drug and alcohol issues, they may need support in other areas of their life like housing, accessing health or mental health services or connecting with community supports like social groups and activities.

Our Care & Recovery Coordinator can work with you to look at the different areas of your life and help you to create a plan and work out goals to help you move forward, not only in relation to changing your drug and alcohol use but in other areas of your life.

Working with our Care & Recovery Coordinator you will supported to:

• Develop a holistic support plan and develop achievable goals in different areas of your life
• Access residential and non-residential alcohol and other drug withdrawal services
• Link in with health and mental health services
• Access Centrelink services
• Access employment services
• Connect with education providers
• Connect with community supports, including social and living skills groups, to help you in your recovery

Our Care & Recovery Coordinator will be able to help you access services by organising referrals and where needed, take you to appointments and introduce you to other service providers. They will also support you on your journey to help you stay on track and access services as your needs and goals change.

For more information on our Alcohol and other Drugs Service, you can call Thorne Harbour Health on (03) 9865 6700.

If you would like to access our Counselling or Care & Recovery Coordination services, please call 1800 906 669 for a free and confidential assessment.

Thorne Harbour Health offers therapeutic alcohol and other drug groups throughout the year:

Re-wired:

Re-wired is a free, eight-week program for men who have sex with men (MSM) aimed at helping you learn skills and strategies to change your methamphetamine use and better manage your mental health. The group focuses on topics including: relapse prevention, methamphetamine and the brain, HIV/STIs & sex, mental wellbeing and mindfulness, recovery capital, intimacy, and relationships. Participants identify their specific goals around their use, explore their individual motivators and triggers associated with their use patterns, and develop strategies to support achieving these goals long term.

ADMIN:

ADMIN is a free and confidential group for transgender, non-binary and gender diverse people looking to better manage their alcohol and other drug use. ADMIN is facilitated by trans, non-binary and gender diverse folks - so we get you and know how important it is to create a safe and supportive space. ADMIN is all about meeting you where you’re at, which may mean gaining more control over your use, reducing it or stopping all together. We have a harm reduction framework – meaning we support you to reduce the harms that come about from using alcohol and other drugs. In the group we will support you to identify your goals around your use and develop strategies to achieve these goals long term. Come for one session or attend every fortnight. For more information or to register call us on: (03) 9865 6700 and ask to speak to the intake team.

Drink Limits:

Drink Limits is a free, six week group for lesbian, bisexual and queer women (cis and trans) and anyone female identifying who is concerned about their drinking. Drink Limits is facilitated by two experienced female counsellors. It will be a small group of 6 – 10 people and will meet weekly for the 6 week period. The group explores the barriers that get in the way of changing your drinking habits. It also offers a space to share techniques that might be useful in your goal to reduce or stop drinking and attain a level of resilience to deal with life’s problems in ways other than alcohol.

Re-Wired 2.0:

Re-Wired 2.0 is a weekly peer led, goal-based support group. The group is open to men who have sex with other men (MSM) who want support in a peer led environment to change, control or stop their methamphetamine use. This group is ongoing, which means that participants are welcome to came to as many or as few as they like. This group is not specifically abstinence based and has no spiritual or religious affiliations.

The standard structure for a meeting is to follow the program model:

• Welcome, overview and introduction
• Check-In and personal update.
• Setting the agenda, with input from the group.
• Participant driven discussion.
• Check –Out, meeting review and plans for the week.

The Re-Wired 2.0 program is free. For more information or to register, please call us today on (03) 9865 6700 and ask to speak to someone from the intake team.

If you are interested in any of the above, please call us today on (03) 9865 6700 or click here for more information on our therapeutic groups.

Alcohol and Drug Use Within LGBTI Communities: Cultural Sensitivity Training

We provide training to mainstream health providers who deliver alcohol and other drug services. We can tailor training to suit your specific needs. Email training@thorneharbour.org or click here to request training. For more info, head to our Training and Capacity Building page.