Resources
If you need help now — and where to turn next.
Every number here is a public, verified crisis line — never a treatment-facility intake number. Call any of them just to talk; you never have to be sure it's "serious enough."
Crisis lines
988 Suicide Crisis Helpline
Text 988
24/7
Call or text 988 — free, anywhere in Canada. If tonight feels unsafe — despair, self-harm talk, a blow-up that frightened you — start here.
Kids Help Phone — under 25
Text CONNECT to 686868
24/7
Free, confidential support for anyone under 25, any issue, any hour — call 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868. For the player and for the sibling watching it happen.
The fellowships — free peer support
Four rooms, different doors — one for gaming specifically, one for every compulsive use of the digital world, one long-running community with a family wing, and one for the binge that isn't a game. All free, most meetings online. We are not affiliated with any of them; the links go to their own official sites.
Gaming Addicts Anonymous (GAA) — official meeting list
Meetings online, worldwide — some in person
The fellowship built specifically around compulsive video gaming. Free, no forms, no professionals in the room. The official list is the only current source for meeting times.
Internet & Technology Addicts Anonymous (ITAA) — official meeting schedule
Meetings online, daily, worldwide
The broadest doorway: compulsive internet and technology use in any form — phones, feeds, streaming, AI chat, and gaming too. Members define their own bottom lines.
Online Gamers Anonymous (OLGA) & OLG-Anon — community and family wing
The longest-running online-gamers recovery community — forums, meetings, and one of the oldest gathering places for parents of gamers anywhere (OLG-Anon).
Media Addicts Anonymous (MAA) — official site
For compulsive media consumption — series bingeing, video rabbit holes, autoplay nights. If the hours disappear into a feed rather than a lobby queue, this is the room.
Want a person to walk it through with you?
Take the private self-check — player mode or parent mode — or ask us to make one warm introduction to a matched, licensed provider. Free, and only with your consent.