Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: SAMHSA (1-800-662-4357) is a federal agency that provides confidential, free, twenty-four-hour-a-day, 365-days-a-year help in English and Spanish for individuals and their families facing mental health and/or substance-use disorders.
Teen Lifeline: 1-800-248-8336, teenlifeline.org.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-877-799-7233, thehotline.org.
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.: 1-800-622-2255.
Al-Anon and Alateen: Both offer help for people who have, or know someone who has, a drinking problem. 1-800-425-2666.
Kristin Brooks Hope Center: KBHC offers a mental health, depression, suicide help line. 1-800-784-2433, hopeline.com.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255, suicidepreventionlifeline.org.
About the Author
Photo © 2015 Lara Farhadi
During her teens, Deirdre Riordan Hall traveled throughout the United States and Europe, developing a love for stories and a desire to connect with worlds—imagined or real—on the page. She has written Sugar, To the Sea, Surfaced, and the Follow Your Bliss series. When not spending time with her family, writing, or traveling, Hall is at the beach, pretending to be a mermaid.
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