Addiction Treatment and Recovery
Addictions extended care residences provide a supervised, therapeutic, safe, structured and home-like environment to assist individuals in maintaining a substance-free lifestyle.
PEI has three extended care residences. Each facility is listed as...
The Addictions Intensive Day Program (IDP) supports participants in obtaining, understanding, and processing pertinent information about their addiction, including learning about skills and tools of the recovery process and developing a personal recovery...
Speak with an addictions counsellor in person for 45-60 minutes. No appointment is necessary. There is no cost for this service. The counsellor may also refer you to other services for more support.
Provincial Addictions Treatment Facility
2814 PE-215...
The Coping and Support Training (CAST) Program is an evidence-based group skills program that helps at-risk youth with:
substance misuse (drinking or using drugs);
mental well-being; and
school performance.
The program has been proven to have a...
Need Help Now?
Mental Health and Addictions Phone Line
1-833-553-6983
Calls are answered by trained mental health professionals (a registered nurse or a social worker) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Addiction Services provide a range of programs...
Whether your gambling involves lottery tickets, casino games, horse racing or sports betting, slot machines, or video lottery terminals (VLTs), a gambling addiction can cause serious harm to you and your loved ones.
Two signs of a gambling addiction are...
Where can Islanders ask questions and get support?
Call the PEI Gambling Support line toll-free at 1-855-255-4255 for FREE, confidential and dedicated telephone service. The phone line is available to all Islanders 24 hours a day, seven days a week....
What is harm reduction?
Harm reduction is any policy, program or service that helps a person or community reduce harms related to substance use without necessarily requiring a decrease in substance use.
Harm reduction works alongside treatment, where...
Health PEI offers addiction and substance use services for adults, youth, and those wanting to support family members.
Need help now?
Call the Mental Health and Addictions Phone Line at 1-833-553-6983. Calls are answered by trained mental health...
The Needle Exchange Program is available in communities across the province to prevent the spread of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV – diseases that can be transmitted by sharing equipment to inject drugs. Naloxone kits are also available at all sites...
If you need help with your opioid addiction, call 1-888-299-8399 toll free for the Opioid Replacement Therapy Program. Your family physician, addiction counsellor, or other health professional may also call on your behalf.
What is methadone and...
The Provincial Addictions Treatment Facility will provide you with safe, supportive and medically supervised withdrawal management from alcohol and drugs, addiction education, and encouragement to further treatment.
There are 28 inpatient withdrawal...
The PEI Cancer Treatment Centre offers a Tobacco Cessation and Relapse Prevention Program to help patients quit smoking. This program is available free of charge to both patients and caregivers of patients who smoke cigarettes, vape, or use other tobacco...
If you are an Islander seeking treatment for opioid use disorder or alcohol use disorder, you may be eligible for coverage of approved medication costs through the Substance Use Harm Reduction Drug Program effective June 1, 2022.
Am I eligible?
You...
The Transition Unit is a 21-day program that helps Islanders in the early stages of addictions recovery continue their recovery in the community in a safe and supported way.
Participants focus on their life and recovery goals and are connected to...
Call 1-888-299-8399 to request admission.
What is withdrawal management?
When you want to stop using alcohol or drugs, withdrawal management provides a safe, supportive and medically supervised environment to help you withdraw/detox as either an...
Youth and Family Addiction Services are provided across Prince Edward Island by youth addiction and family addiction counsellors. If you are a young person whose use of alcohol or drugs is causing you or your family concern, Youth and Family Addiction...