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Resources
Texas Lawyers' Assistance Program (TLAP) - 1-800-343-8527
TLAP is a 24-hour confidential crisis counseling and referral program to help lawyers, law students, and judges with substance use and mental health issues.
The Austin Bar Foundation administers the Justice Mack Kidd Fund, which can provide financial assistance to individuals seeking treatment for depression or similar illnesses. Click here to learn more.
How I Stay Sober as a Lawyer in Recovery
Alcohol & Drug Abuse
Austin Drug & Alcohol Abuse Program - 512-454-8180
Alcoholics Anonymous - 512-444-0071
Cocaine Anonymous - 512-479-9327
Narcotics Anonymous Counseling - 512-480-0004
Psychiatric Emergencies
Emergency Screening in a Psychiatric Crisis 24/7 - 512-472-4357
Samaritan Center (provides professional counseling services on a sliding scale) - 512-451-7337
Suicide & Depression
Suicide & Crisis Hotline - Call or text 988 | Live chat: SuicidePreventionLifeline.org
About
The Austin Bar's initiative for 2024-25 is Stop the Stigma, an effort to destigmatize conversations surrounding mental health and substance use disorders in the legal profession.
The initiative is the brainchild of Austin Bar President Mary-Ellen King. Watch the short video below to learn more.
The initiative has two primary ways of spreading information about resources and stories of recovery: The Stop the Stigma podcast and articles written for Austin Lawyer.
The podcast
The Stop the Stigma podcast is available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other podcast platforms. We interview individuals who have or who are struggling with mental health and/or substance use issues. We are also interested in interviewing the loved ones of these individuals to learn how they acted as support systems. Finally, we are interested in interviewing professionals who treat these issues.
If you are interested in appearing on the podcast, please email billy@austinbar.org.
Austin Lawyer
Austin Lawyer is the Austin Bar's premier publication, a monthly magazine of both substantive law articles, as well as human interest stories, produced for our members and available in both print and digital formats.
As part of her presidency, Mary-Ellen King has decided to devote her monthly President's Column to stories shared by individuals who have been affected by mental health and/or substance use issues.
Click here to read all of the Stop the Stigma articles.
If you are interested in writing a guest column for Austin Lawyer, please email billy@austinbar.org.
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