If you or someone you know is struggling, don’t be afraid to ask for help, also if you’re showing signs and/or symptoms of anything out of the ordinary, seek professional help from a medical team as soon as possible.   Here is a comprehensive list of suicide hotlines, crisis lines, and helplines from all around the world. In times of need, reach for the phone. You have nothing to lose. Every drop of kindness, care, and understanding makes a difference. Note: All helplines, crisis lines, and suicide hotlines play an essential role in allowing people to communicate in their way and at their time. People feel a sense of control and are free to discuss matters far too risky to share face-to-face. In general, helplines, crisis lines, and suicide hotlines have three things in common: 1) They are often available to call 24 hours a day, seven days a week 2) They don’t cost you anything 3) They are confidential Calling a helpline, crisis line, and or suicide hotline is a great way to be heard and get sound advice on how to approach your problems. When help is needed, this is an excellent place to start. Below is an extensive list of helplines, crisis lines, and suicide hotlines from all around the world. Please choose your country and call the appropriate number. Please also let me know if I have missed any services around the world as you also could be saving someone’s life.   Alcoholics Anonymous CDC National HIV and AIDS Hotline (800) 232-4636 Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline (800) 422-4453 Crisis Text Line Text HOME to 741741 Disaster Distress Helpline Online Peer Support Communities Disaster Distress Helpline Videophone for American Sign Language Users (PDF, 180KB) Gamblers Anonymous Nacional de Prevención del Suicidio (888) 628-9454 Narcotics Anonymous National Domestic Violence Hotline (800) 799-7233 National Grad Crisis Line (877) 472-3457 National Sexual Assault Hotline (800) 656-4673 National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline 988 Chat online National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Options for Deaf and Hard of Hearing) For TTY Users: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 988 Chat online Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Helpline (800) 662-4357 Veterans Crisis Line 988, then PRESS 1 Text 838255 Chat online   Below are some more different contacts for mental health helplines for you all in different areas of America where you may be living if any of the contact details I’ve added has changed and that it needs to be changed, feel free to contact me to update the page for you all.   Boys Town National Hotline Boys Town National Hotline offers 24-hour service to people throughout the United States who are in crisis or need immediate help. Tel: 800-448-3000 Text: Text VOICE to 20121 Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center offers free mental health, substance use disorder, and suicide prevention services to people anywhere in the US. They also offer follow-up services for suicidal patients discharged from area emergency departments. Tel: (800) 273 8255 IMALIVE IMALIVE provides a 24/7 crisis hotline for anyone who is feeling depressed, hopeless, or suicidal throughout the US. Tel: 2025363200 The Trevor Project The Trevor Project provides a 24-hour phone hotline, as well as limited-hour webchat and text options, for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth anywhere in the US who are in distress or at risk of suicide. Tel: 1 866 488 7386 Three-digit suicide prevention hotline Three-digit suicide prevention hotline provides mental health support to people in the United States. Tel: 988 Veteran/Military Crisis Line Veteran/Military Crisis Line offers 24-hour free support for active U.S. service members, veterans & family members who are in distress, suicidal, or in crisis. Tel: 1 800 273 8255 Crisis Text Line Crisis Text Line provides 24-hour support for any crisis. A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds, all from their secure online platform. Text: HOME to 741741 Trans Lifeline Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers. Call us if you need someone trans to talk to, even if you’re not in a crisis or if you’re not sure you’re trans. Tel: (877) 565-8860 Tel: (877) 330-6366 (Canada) Chat: https://home-c44.nice-incontact.com/incontact/chatclient/index.html National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine The NAMI HelpLine is a free, nationwide peer-support service providing information, resource referrals, and support to people living with a mental health condition, their family members and caregivers, mental health providers, and the public. Tel: 1-800-950-(6264) As you can see below that these helplines are broken down furtther into different parts of the United States.  Alabama Crisis Services of North Alabama The Crisis Services of North Alabama is open 24/7 to help people in North Alabama who are in distress, in crisis or at risk of suicide. Tel: (256) 716-1000 Tel: 1-800-691-8426 The Crisis Center Birmingham Suicide Line The Crisis Center Birmingham Suicide Line offers 24-hour service to people in counties of Central Alabama who are in crisis or at risk of suicide. Tel: (205) 323-7777 The Crisis Center of East Alabama Suicide Line The Crisis Center of East Alabama Suicide Line offers 24-hour service to people in counties of East Alabama who are in crisis or at risk of suicide. Tel: (334) 821-8600 Crisis Center Inc. UTalk Youth Line UTalk Youth Line is a text enabled youth hotline available 7 days a week for children aged 6 – 18, available seven days a week from 3 PM – 10 PM. Tel: (205) 328-5465 The Senior Talk Line The Senior Talk Line service is a free telephone reassurance service for senior citizens, their caregivers, retirees and widowed persons, grandparents and others. Tel: (205) 328-8255 Gadsden Crisis Center Gadsden Crisis Center offers 24-hour telephone counseling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support in Alabama. Tel: (256) 547-9505 Mobile Helpline Mobile Helpline offers telephone counseling to those who are experiencing distress or need emotional support in Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, & Washington Counties. Tel: 251-431-5111 Tel: 1-800-239-1117 Alaska Careline Crisis Intervention The Careline Crisis Intervention provides 24-hour crisis intervention for individuals in Alaska who are considering suicide