How this works
An honest guide, not a treatment centre.
Stimulant Recovery exists because the binge-crash loop convinces people it's a character flaw — and a character flaw feels like something to hide, not something to treat. By the time someone searches for help, they're usually mid-crash, reading with the curtains drawn. The search itself shouldn't add shame.
We are an independent educational and treatment-navigation resource, not a counselling service and not a treatment centre. Every guide is written in plain language against public clinical standards — our self-check maps to the criteria clinicians use for stimulant use disorder (DSM-5), rebuilt in our own words. It is an educational screen, never a diagnosis.
When you ask us to connect you, we confirm the fit and make a warm introduction — with your express consent, and only to licensed providers you approve. We say plainly how we are paid: providers pay us flat marketing fees for introductions, never a share of what you spend and never per-admission. Peer-support fellowships are described in our own words; we are not affiliated with any of them.
We are not an emergency service. Chest pain, a racing irregular heartbeat, or paranoia that won't ease is 911 or the nearest ER, now. And if the crash has you thinking about harming yourself, the crisis lines on every page connect you to people who can help right now — the crash lies, and it passes.
Editorial policy
Every guide is written in plain language by our own team and checked against current Canadian clinical guidance before publishing. Fellowship descriptions are our own words — we never republish another organization's literature or schedules. Where a placement is paid, it is labelled, and it never changes what we recommend.
How we make money
The service is free for people seeking help. When you ask us to connect you and give your consent, we introduce you to matched licensed providers, who pay us flat marketing fees for those introductions — never a share of what you spend, never per-admission. Treatment navigation is kept strictly separate from any commercial relationship.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we say so in the open. Spot an error? Email hello@stimulantrecovery.ca and we'll review it and fix it, with a dated note where it matters.
Part of a network
Stimulant Recovery is one of the independent recovery resources in the Rehab Near Me network, which share a single consent-gated connection service. Each site is its own resource; the shared spine is only how a consented request is safely routed.
Straight answers
Is this confidential?
Yes. You can read everything and take the self-check without an account or an email — the self-check runs entirely in your browser and nothing is stored or sent. If you choose to send a connection request, we ask for your express consent first, and your details go only to the licensed providers matched to your request. We never sell your information to data brokers or advertisers.
Does it cost anything?
Using Stimulant Recovery is free. Much of the help itself is free too: every province funds addiction counselling at no cost, and CA, CMA, and NA meetings cost nothing and never will. Private programs charge their own fees, which you confirm directly with the provider — we never quote prices on your behalf.
Is there a medication that treats stimulant addiction?
No — and any site or clinic implying otherwise is selling something. Unlike opioids, stimulants have no substitution medication. What works is behavioural: contingency management has the strongest evidence, alongside CBT and relapse-prevention training. Medication plays a supporting role only — sleep, depression, ADHD — prescribed by a doctor who knows your history.
What if I'm not sure I'm ready?
That's normal — most people who read a page like this aren't sure. You can read the crash-survival guide, take the private self-check, or walk into a free CA, CMA, or NA meeting tonight and just listen. There's no wrong way to start, and none of it commits you to anything.
We are not an emergency service. Chest pain or paranoia right now → 911 / nearest ER. If the crash has you thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988, any hour — the crash lies, and it passes.