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Need help immediately?

If there is an urgent safety concern, please call 9-1-1 or go to emergency at your nearest hospital.

Suicide hotline: 1-800-784-2433

Call BC Crisis Line: 604-310-6789

Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868

KUU-US Crisis Support Line (BC Wide Indigenous Toll Free Crisis and Support Line): 1-800-588-8717

Outpatient individual and group counselling for people with substance use and/or mental health issues.

About the service

  • Eligibility

    For Vancouver residents aged 19 and over. 

    Three Bridges Substance Use Services (3BSUS) offers drop-in intake and assessment for people in Vancouver struggling with problematic substance use. Other services include short-term counselling for adults; longer-term counselling for Youth (24 and under); referrals to older adults (65 and up) mental health and substance use counselling; referrals to detox, residential or day treatment or support recovery; referrals to community-based groups or services; ongoing meditation & mindfulness groups, acupuncture for addictions, and SMART meetings. 

    Download the 3BSUS program calendar.

  • Get a referral

    ​​​We accept self-referrals.

  • More information

    Read the Vancouver Community Adult Mental Health and Substance Use Teams’ Mandate. Please note this does not apply to Older Adult Mental Health.

Hours of operation

Currently closed
  • Monday:   8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday:   8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
  • Wednesday:   8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
  • Thursday:   8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
  • Friday:   8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
  • Saturday:   Closed
  • Sunday:   Closed

Related service

3BSUS also offers the Vancouver Addiction Matrix Program (VAMP), a 12-week outpatient group. VAMP is open to adults aged 18 and over living in Vancouver who are experiencing challenges with substance use with two streams: one for all-gender and one for gay, bisexual, queer and trans men. Learn more about VAMP.

Three Bridges Community Health Centre (West End)

Three Bridges Community Health Centre works with community organizations and health care providers, such as your family doctor, to keep people and communities healthy.

Substance Use Counselling

Outpatient individual and group counselling for people with substance use and/or mental health issues.