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 VAC 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.

VAC offers four therapeutic alcohol and other drug groups throughout the year:

Re-wired:

Re-wired is a free, six week program for men who have sex with men (MSM) aimed at helping you to 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, sleep and nutrition, HIV & sex, mental health and mindfulness, as well as featuring a guest speaker talking about their story of recovery. In addition to participating in the group, there is also the added option for you to engage in individual face to face or telephone counselling whilst the group is running as an extra support for your recovery.

Drink Limits:

Drink Limits is a free, eight week group for lesbian and bisexual women who are concerned about their drinking. Drink Limits is facilitated by two experienced female counsellors at VAC. It will be a small group of 6 – 8 same-sex attracted women. 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.

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.

AOD Services currently provide FREE professional development training to mainstream health providers who deliver alcohol and other drug support programs and services. We have a comprehensive training package which is delivered in the format of a 2 hour workshop. We can tailor training to suit your specific needs. Call AOD Services on (03) 9865 6700 to find out more.