If you're in immediate danger right now, call your local emergency number — 911 in the US and Canada, 999 in the UK and Ireland, 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand, 112 across Europe and much of the rest of the world.
Relationship Hero is a relationship coaching service. We are not a crisis service and we are not mental health care. The lines and services on this page are, and the people staffing them are trained for exactly this. Reaching out to one of them is not an overreaction.
findahelpline.com lists free, confidential crisis lines in over 175 countries. If your country isn't listed below, start there.
United States — the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available 24/7. Call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org.
Canada — the 988 Suicide Crisis Helpline is available 24/7. Call or text 988. More at 988.ca.
United Kingdom — Samaritans is available 24/7, free, on 116 123. You can also text SHOUT to 85258 (Shout).
Ireland — Samaritans is available 24/7, free, on 116 123. You can also text HELLO to 50808.
Australia — Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14, or by text on 0477 13 11 14.
New Zealand — 1737 is available 24/7 and free. Call or text 1737 (1737.org.nz).
India — Tele-MANAS is available 24/7 and toll-free on 14416, or 1-800-891-4416.
South Africa — SADAG's Suicide Crisis Helpline is available 24/7 on 0800 567 567.
Everywhere else — findahelpline.com.
United States — the National Domestic Violence Hotline is available 24/7 on 1-800-799-7233 (TTY 1-800-787-3224). For dating abuse, love is respect is on 1-866-331-9474, or text LOVEIS to 22522.
United Kingdom — Refuge runs the 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247. Women's Aid has further support and a live chat.
Australia — 1800RESPECT is available 24/7 on 1800 737 732. Safe and Equal and White Ribbon Australia list state and national services.
Everywhere else — findahelpline.com covers domestic violence lines too.
RAINN runs the US National Sexual Assault Hotline, available 24/7 on 1-800-656-4673, with online chat at rainn.org. Outside the US, findahelpline.com will find the equivalent where you are.
A safety plan is a short list, in your own words, of the coping strategies and the people you'll turn to when things get bad — written down while you're okay, so you don't have to think it up when you aren't.
The Stanley-Brown Safety Plan app walks you through making one and keeps it on your phone.
Boca Recovery Center treats drug and alcohol addiction alongside co-occurring mental health conditions.
Everything on this page works for you too. The crisis lines take calls from friends, partners and family who are worried about someone, not only from the person in crisis — you don't have to be the one in danger to call.