Crisis Text Line

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or Text 988

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States

Fairview Hospital - Emergency Services and Suboxone Bridge Program:

(413) 499-0412 or (800) 252-0227

29 Lewis Ave., Great Barrington, MA 01230

Massachusetts Overdose Prevention Helpline (800)972-0590

https://massoverdosehelpline.org/

Our Volunteer operators will ask you for your exact location and the phone number you are calling from before you use. If during the course of the call you stop responding, we will get you help either through a predetermined responder or by notifying your local Emergency Medical Services. No judgment, no shame, no pressure. Just help.

Never Use Alone

https://neverusealone.com/
National: (800) 484-3731

If you are going to use by yourself, call us! You will be asked for your first name, location, and the number you are calling from. An operator will stay on the line with you while you use. If you stop responding after using, NUA’s operator will notify emergency medical services to provide life-saving medical intervention at your location

The Massachusetts Substance Use Helpline

https://helplinema.org/
(800) 327-5050

Brien Center Addiction Services

413-499-0412

24- Hour Crisis Hotline:
988 or 800-252-0227

Berkshire Health Systems - Substance Use Services

http://www.berkshirehealthsystems.org/addiction-services
725 North Street Pittsfield, MA 01201

McGee ATS (detox)

(413) 445-9228- call if you are going to experience withdrawal

Clinical Stabilization Services

(413) 447-2927- call if you are not going to experience withdrawal. You do not have to use to get into CSS level of care.

Bridge Program at all BHS Emergency Departments

There is a Bridge Program through the Brien Center and Berkshire Health Systems. If you want to stop using illicit opioids go to any Emergency Department in the Berkshires (Great Barrington, Pittsfield, North Adams) and tell them you'd like to utilize the Bridge Program. You'll be given a dose and a bridge prescription for Suboxone that day and referred to Brien Center for treatment.

Alternative Living Centers

https://alccorp.org/
(413) 499-6300
206 1st Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201

The Alternative Living Centers provide a safe, structured, drug and alcohol-free environment for individuals seeking a clean and sober way of life. These houses were designed by people in recovery for people seeking recovery.

Spectrum Health Systems

https://www.spectrumhealthsystems.org/locations/great-barrington-ma/161
290 Park Street
Intake: (877) MyRehab (877-697-3422)
Direct: (413) 347-4647

Spectrum offers a continuum of addiction treatment services across Massachusetts, including inpatient detoxification, residential rehabilitation, medication-assisted treatment, outpatient counseling and peer recovery support.

Brien Center Addiction Services

413-499-0412

24- Hour Crisis Hotline:
800-252-0227

Mountainside Treatment Center

(860) 824 1397

https://mountainside.com/

187 S Canaan Road Canaan, CT 06018

Center for Motivation and Change-Berkshires

(413) 229-3333 ext. 190

https://motivationandchange.com/cmc-berkshires/

100 Stone Manor Dr
New Marlborough, MA 01230

Commonwealth Collaborative

https://www.commoncollab.com/

(413) 327-9424

Located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Commonwealth Collaborative is dedicated to providing comprehensive, compassionate and individualized treatment for substance use disorder in an outpatient setting.

Massachusetts has a standing order in all pharmacies for Naloxone

Thanks to Berkshire Harm Reduction and MA DPH, Rural Recovery can deliver Naloxone and train anyone in South Berkshire County at no cost.

Just give us a call at (413) 645-3564

Berkshire Harm Reduction - no cost harm reduction services

Pittsfield
State Clinics of Berkshire Medical Center
510 North Street, Suite 6-B2
Pittsfield, MA 01201 
Hours of Operation - Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4 pm
Phone: 413-447-2654 

North Adams
6 West Main St.
North Adams, MA 01247
Phone: 413-398-5603   

Great Barrington-

401 Stockbridge Rd.
Great Barrington, MA Phone: 413-854-9937

South County Pharmacies

Big Y 700 Main St Great Barrington 9AM to 7PM 9AM to 5PM (413) 528-5460 

Price Chopper 320 Stockbridge Rd Great Barrington 8AM to 8PM Sat: 9am-7pm, Sun: 9am-3pm (413) 528-2408

CVS 362 Main St Great Barrington 8AM to 8PM Sat: 9am-6pm, Sun: 9am-5pm (413) 528-2860

Rite Aid 25 Park St Lee 8AM to 8PM Sat: 9am-6pm, Sun: 9am-5pm (413) 243-2402 

Big Y 10 Pleasant St Lee 9AM to 7PM Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 11am-3pm (413) 243-1007

Egremont Police Department

171 Egremont Plain Rd., Gt Barrington, MA 01230
(413) 528-2160

Great Barrington Police Department

465 Main St., Gt Barrington, MA 01230
(413) 528-0306

Lee Police Department

32 Main St., Lee, MA 01238
(413) 243-2100

Monterey Police Department

435 Main Road, Monterey, MA 01245

(413) 528-3211

Otis Police Department

1 North Main Rd., Otis, MA 01253
(413) 269-0100 Ext 6

Sheffield Police Department

10 South Main St., Sheffield, MA 0125
(413) 229-8522

Stockbridge Police Department

50 Main St., Stockbridge, MA 01262
(413) 298-4179

Bureau of Substance Addiction Services

(617) 624–5111
https://www.mass.gov/orgs/bureau-of-substance-addiction-services

BSAS oversees the statewide system of prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery support services for individuals, families, and communities affected by gambling and substance addiction.

Berkshire Overdose Addiction and Prevention Collaborative-BOAPC

To get in touch with BOAPC please email boapc@berkshireplanning.org
https://boapc.org/

The mission of the Berkshire Opioid Addiction Prevention Collaborative (BOAPC) is to implement local policy, practice, systems, and/or environmental changes to prevent the misuse of opioids and to prevent and reduce deaths and poisonings associated with opioids.

Health Resources in Action

https://hria.org/

2 Boylston St. 4th floor
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 451-0049

Health Resources in Action is a leader in developing programs that advance public health and medical research. We work with governments, communities, scientists, and nonprofit organizations that share an imperative for resolving today’s most critical public health issues through policy, research, prevention, and health promotion.

SAMHSA

(877) 726-4727
https://www.samhsa.gov/

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration offers many great resources and publications to help those affected by substance use and mental health related issues.

SAMHSA-Working Defintion of Recovery

https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/d7/priv/pep12-recdef.pdf

DEFINITION:

Working definition of recovery from mental disorders and/or substance use disorders: A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.

Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery -MOAR

https://www.moar-recovery.org/

105 Chauncy St. Sixth Floor Boston, MA 02111

​(617) 423-6627 or (877) 423-6627
Fax:(617) 423-6626

MOAR’s mission is To organize recovering individuals, families and friends into a collective voice to educate the public about the value of recovery from alcohol and other addictions.

Learn To Cope

Phone: (508) 738-5148
Website: https://www.learn2cope.org/

Learn to Cope is a non-profit support network that offers education, resources, peer support and hope for parents and family members coping with a loved one addicted to opiates or other drugs.

SMART Recovery

Phone (440) 951-5357
Website https://www.smartrecovery.org/

Science-based 4-Point Recovery Program

Refuge Recovery

Phone (440) 951-5357
Website https://www.refugerecovery.org/

Refuge Recovery is a practice, a process, a set of tools, a treatment, and a path to healing addiction and the suffering caused by addiction. The main inspiration and guiding philosophy for the Refuge Recovery program are the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, a man who lived in India twenty-five hundred years ago.

Al-Anon

Website https://www.berkshirealanon.org/

The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, and hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recovery.

Construct (Housing, Temporary and Permanent)

(413) 528-1985

316A State Rd.

Great Barrington, MA  01230

Narcotics Anonymous

Phone (413) 443 - 4377
Website https://berkshirena.com/

12 Step based recovery program and fellowship

Alcoholics Anonymous

Phone (413) 448-2382
Website https://www.berkshireaaintergroup.org/

12 Step based recovery program and fellowship

Harm Reduction Works-HRW

Contact https://www.hrh413.org/contact-1
Website https://www.hrh413.org/foundationsstart-here-2

HRH413 developed Harm Reduction Works-HRW in response to the need for a harm reduction based alternative to abstinence only self-help/mutual aid groups. This is NOT in opposition to abstinence only groups. Harm Reduction Works-HRW is really for anyone who wants to know more about harm reduction and how it might help, for any reason regardless of their using or drinking history.

Recovery Dharma

Contact https://recoverydharma.org/contact
Website https://recoverydharma.org/

Using Buddhist Practices and Principles to Heal the Suffering of Addiction

SADOD- Support After a Death by Overdose

Website https://sadod.org/

SADOD provides resources, information, and assistance to people throughout Massachusetts who have been affected by the death of someone they care about from a substance-use-related cause.

Advocacy for Access @ Fairview Hospital

Help for the uninsured or under-insured

(413) 854-9616

29 Lewis Ave., Great Barrington, MA 01230

The People’s Pantry (Food Insecurity)

Pantry Location: 5 Taconic Avenue (Across from CVS) at Saint James Place, Great Barrington, MA 01230

Shopping Hours:  Mondays 4:00PM - 5:30PM & Thursdays from 10:00AM-12:30PM

Manned Donation drop-off hours: Mondays 8 - 9AM, Thursdays 10AM - Noon

https://www.thepeoplespantrygb.org/