Helplines & Support Groups on the Costa Calida

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English-speaking support groups and meetings for AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) following the 12 Steps programme, drug aid, cancer support meetings, AIDS and more. See this page for contact information.

Below are the contact numbers for Spanish helplines and support groups for Alcoholics Anonymous, Drug Abuse, HIV/Aids, the Spanish Red Cross, Cancer Support, Family Planning Clinics and Newcomer Groups. Please note that English may not be spoken.

Helplines

Costa Cálida Helplines
Drug Information Helpline (Teléfono Informativo de la Region de Murcia)	Tel: 968 362 303
Foundation for Help Against Drug Addiction (Fundación de Ayuda contra la Drogadicción)	Tel: 900 161 515 Website
HIV/AIDS, Spanish Foundation (Fundación Anti-Sida de España)	Tel: 900 111 000 Website
Crisis Line (Teléfono de la Esperanza)	Tel: 968 343 400 Website
Cancer Information Line (Infocáncer)	Tel: 900 100 036
Costa Blanca Samaritans (CBS): A volunteer organisation offering emotional support in English to people throughout Spain in distress or with suicidal feelings. All calls are confidential and numbers are not traced. Open: Monday to Friday 20:00-24:00	Tel: 902 883 535 e-mail Website
Helpline for the Elderly (Teléfono Dorado de Atención a la Tercera Edad)	Tel: 900 222 223
24 Hour Information and Helpline for Women (Teléfono de Información y Denuncias)	Tel: 900 191 010
Abused Women (Mujeres Maltratadas)	Tel: 900 100 009
Minor's Helpline (Fundacion ANAR)	Tel: 900 202 010 Website
Youth Sexual Health Advice Line (Consejo de la Juventud)	Tel: 968 205 200

Alcoholics Anonymous

AA Spain is the website for the English-speaking Alcoholics Anonymous network in Spain.

For the AA Spain website: Click here

Meetings, in English, are held throughout the Costa Cálida. To find the nearest Alcoholic Anonymous meeting in the Province of Murcia see the regional page of the AA Spain website

For the AA Murcia website: Click here
For a map of meetings throughout Spain: Click here
Or, see the AngloFILE listings for Alcoholics Anonymous: Click here

Costa Blanca AA (English-speaking)

The Costa Blanca AA is the English-speaking Alcoholics Anonymous network in this area of Spain. Up-to-date information is published on the website aa-costablanca.com.

Costa Blanca AA Helpline (24 hour confidential service) Costa Blanca SOUTH
Tel: 625 912 078 (for areas south of Alicante)
Website
e-mail
To find location maps and local contact numbers for Alcoholic Anonymous meetings in the Murcia region: Click here
For a map of meetings in other regions of Spain and Continental Europe: Click here

Spanish AA

The national Spanish AA is Alcohólicos Anónimos.

For the Spanish national Alcohólicos Anónimos website: Click here

Cancer Support

The Spanish Cancer Association (Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, AECC) provides information and support to people with cancer. There are 52 regional branches across Spain including one in the province of Murcia.

Spanish Cancer Association
At: C/Amador de los Rios, 5
28010 Madrid
Tel: 900 100 036
Website
Spanish Cancer Association: Murcia area
At: Entierro de la Sardina, s/n

30004 Murcia
Tel: 968 28 45 88

Website
e-mail

MABS is an English-speaking cancer support group. It offers support to cancer sufferers and their families including information, assistance and meetings. There is also a telephone service manned by volunteers for cancer-related questions and advice. The aim of the MABS Cancer Support Group is to help all people affected by cancer (sufferer, family and friends) by providing a telephone counselling service or through personal visits when required.

MABS Mazarron
Tel: 620 422 410
Website
e-mail
MABS Murcia
Tel: 693 275 779
MABS has a dedicated emergency number - Tel: 620 598 898
Website
e-mail

Drug Abuse

There are many drug dependency centres (centros de atencion a drogodependencias, C.A.D.) which offer advice, support and medication to drug addicts in the Murcia region.

For contact information for drug dependency centres: Click here (PDF, in Spanish)

Family Planning Clinics

The Spanish Contraception Society (Fundación Española de Contracepción, SEC) offers advice on contraception and has contact information on family planning clinics.

For the Spanish Contraception Society website: Click here (in Spanish)

HIV/Aids

The Comité Antisida de la Región de Murcia (CASMU) supports people with HIV and promotes awareness of the illness. It also offers information on HIV and AIDS and offers free, confidential testing.

CASMU has two offices on the Costa Cálida
At: Travesía C/Bolos, 8 1ºb,
30005 Murcia
Tel: 968 298 831
At: Plaza San Gines, 4 bajo
30202 Cartagena
Tel: 968 521 841
Website (in Spanish)

Newcomer Groups

For a list of groups for newcomers to the region, see The AngloFILE: Clubs & Associations

Spanish Red Cross

The Spanish Red Cross (Cruz Roja) provides help for drug addicts and their families, people affected by HIV and AIDS, immigrants and the elderly. There are Red Cross assistance centres and help points in Almería, Granada and across Andalucía. The centres offer emergency and psychological help, a meeting place and a shelter. Further services include social integration classes and first aid courses, assistance in finding accommodation, treatment for drug addiction and mobile methadone units. Helping minors is a special priority.

Spanish Red Cross
Website (in Spanish)
Murcia Regional Red Cross
At: C/ Sanmartín 3, 30003 Murcia
Tel: 968 220 451
Website
e-mail

Glossary of Emergency Words & Terminology

English	Spanish
Accident	Accidente
Ambulance	Ambulancia
Emergency	Urgencia
Emergency Services	Servicios de Urgencia
Emergency Health Services	Servicios de Salud Urgencias
Civil Guard	Guardia Civil
Doctor	Médico
Fire Service/Brigade	Bomberos
First Aid Posts	Casas de Socorro
Heart Attack	Ataque Cardiaco/Infarto
Medical Centre	Centro Médico
Pharmacy	Farmacia
Samaritans	Teléfono de la Esperanza
Serious Illness	Enfermedad Grave