Anyone can develop a substance addiction, and everyone can also recover from it. The Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic's experience expert has has personal experience in dealing with substance abuse, recovering from it and different substance abuse services.
You can discuss your concerns safely, anonymously and privately with an experience expert. You can get peer support and experience information on the activities of organisations, for example. The meeting does not bind you to anything and no entries will be made in the client or patient information systems.
Each of our substance abuse outpatient clinics has one or more experience expert, as well as an experience expert for the next of kin who supports the loved ones of substance abusers.
You can contact an experience expert at a low threshold by calling or texting the expert. You can find the contact information and office hours on the pages of the substance abuse outpatient clinics.
Contact information for experts by experience
- Kalasatama Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic: Mondays 12.00–18.00, tel. 050 441 2164(Link starts a phone call); Tuesdays 14.00–18.00, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12.00–16.00. tel. 050 538 8552(Link starts a phone call)
- Laakso Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic: From 17.1.2025 onwards, Fridays 13.00–16.00, tel. 044 7199 234(Link starts a phone call).
- Malmi Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic: Fridays 9.00–13.00, tel. 050 441 2164(Link starts a phone call). Expert by experience for next of kin is available on Fridays of odd weeks 13.00-16.00. tel. 044 493 6414(Link starts a phone call).
- Vuosaari Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic(Link leads to external service): Mondays 12.00–17.00, tel. 050 411 2319(Link starts a phone call).
