Helplines
24/7 telephone and chat line offering support, information, and referrals to individuals dealing with drug, alcohol, and medication issues, as well as their loved ones. In Montreal and surrounding areas: 514-527-2626 | Throughout Quebec: 1-800-265-2626
Are you in a crisis and distress due to drug or alcohol use, or both? Is someone in your surroundings facing this situation? Call Urgence-dépendance immediately at 514-288-1515 or go directly to 110 Prince-Arthur Street West in Montreal. Professionals such as nurses and social workers are available 24/7 to provide the support and care needed to help you address the situation.
Free and confidential telephone consultation service. Dialing 811 allows you to quickly reach professionals who can answer psychosocial questions. They can also, if necessary, refer to an appropriate resource within the health and social services network or a community resource. The service is available 24/7.
Support groups
The Chemsex service offering at RÉZO aims to address the various needs presented by GBTQ+ men who engage in or have engaged in chemsex/PnP in the Montreal area.
Crystal Meth Anonymous is a group of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope to address a common problem and help others recover from addiction to crystal meth. Our primary purpose is to lead a sober life and carry the message of recovery to those who still suffer from crystal meth addiction. Meetings are available both online and in person.
Support meetings for guys who Party aNd Play and want to learn how to party in healthier ways. Including those who want to stop or reduce.
Join us Thursdays from 5 to 7 PM. Meetings in person at 2075 Plessis and you can also join online.
Contact Bailey (he/him) for more information, the online meeting link, or access to harm reduction supplies at
[email protected] or 438-867-CHEM (2436)
A non-profit organization that helps men who have experienced this trauma to free themselves from this heavy burden and live happier lives. New services are also available for men who have been sexually abused as adults. Services are offered in Montreal, but men from all over Quebec can also consult if they can travel to participate. If we can't help you, we'll refer you to an appropriate resource.
Support and referral organizations for 2S/LGBTQ+ communities
The Clinique médicale du Quartier latin can be a good place to talk to qualified staff, or to a ChemSex specialist, about your relationship with consumption or other areas of your life affected by Crystal Meth. The CMU Quartier Latin team is here to support you and direct you to the right resources. Consultations are respectful and non-judgmental. Contact Daniel Jonathan Laroche Telephone : 514 941-7393 or [email protected]
REZO (Montréal area)
RÉZO is a Montreal-based nonprofit community organization that has been active since 1991, providing education and prevention services related to HIV and other STIs in the context of promoting overall health, including sexual, mental, physical, and social health, for gay, bisexual, and queer men, other men, and trans individuals who have sex with men.
With its listening, help and information service available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by telephone, text message, e-mail and chat, Interligne offers support to people affected by sexual diversity and/or gender plurality, to their loved ones and to staff from various backgrounds. Listening line: 514 866-0103 (Montreal) - 1 888 505-1010 (toll-free) - Chat and text: 1 888 505-1010 - Live online chat - E-mail :
[email protected]
Suicide prevention
Available 24/7. Phone: 1-866-APPELLE / Text: 535353
Quebec and surrounding areas: 418-683-4588 | Throughout Quebec: 1-866-APPELLE
Professionals offering individual support
(Paid services, available in person or online)
Online help and referral service
Here, we share our stories. Here, it's a safe space. Here, we are recognized and represented. We work to make the services offered to people like us better adapted to our realities. One day, we would like to see a place open for us and by us, dedicated to recovery. Until then, we speak up and move forward.
Do you want to assess your BUZZ? MONBUZZ.ca is for adult men who have sex with other men. Here, you can evaluate your alcohol and drug consumption and their potential effects on your sexuality. You can also chat with a counselor and be directed to appropriate resources for you. The goal is to help you better understand the impact your consumption may have on various aspects of your life.
Have you decided to make some changes around your chems use? This is a tool that can help you to identify a goal and work towards it. It’s helped many people ready to make a change. You can do it with your healthcare provider or on your own.
Information page from the “Drogues et sexe entre hommes - Un site d'information et de réduction des risques” website of the French Community Commission (COCOF) of the Brussels-Capital Region.
CONTROLLING CHEMSEX is a non-profit organization founded and run by professionals with extensive experience in chemsex support, many of whom have had chemsex-related life experience themselves in the past.
Sexual health and HIV and STI testing
The mission of SIDEP+ clinic is to provide HIV and other STBBI prevention services to men who have sex with men and trans people.
Harm reduction
(Supervised Consumption Site (SCS) / Overdose Prevention Center (OPC) / Distribution and Collection of Consumption Materials / Psychoactive Substance Testing)
Regional addiction support and assistance services
By region:
Other addiction support services