New Mexico 5-Actions Program™

Self-Guided Roadmap Out of Addiction

In partnership with New Mexico 988 Crisis and Access Line
1-855-662-7474

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For Myself

  • Assess your use of substances with quick screening tools

  • Navigate your own road to change with evidence-based interventions

  • Connect with peer support workers for guidance and coaching

For a Loved One

  • Learn how to help a loved one who drinks or uses drugs too much

  • Gain free access to the Allies in Recovery online CRAFT intervention program

  • Learn to take care of yourself in response to your loved one’s drinking

For Professionals

  • Utilize with clients to enhance assessment, education, and change efforts

  • Adjunctive support for patients utilizing addiction medications

  • Large library of videos that can be used in group settings and as homework

I was hesitant to check out this program because I didn’t think my drinking was a problem. After taking the assessment and learning more about why I drink, I decided to make some changes. Today I am happier and more engaged with those I care about most.”
— Ben

The New Mexico 5-Actions Program is free, paid for by the state’s Behavioral Health Services Division. It’s a safe, trusted resource you can access 24/7.

How It Works

Assess, Learn, and Address

The New Mexico 5-Actions Program offers you a fast and effective way to assess your symptoms and better understand the degree to which they are impacting your life. You’re then guided to learn more about your specific life challenges through educational videos and tools, before engaging in interventions to address them.

Support When You Need It

If at any time while using the program you want to talk with someone about your drinking, use of drugs, or behaviors including gambling, eating, or shopping, you can because it’s connected to the state’s Peer-to-Peer Warmline staffed by Certified Peer Specialists.

Support to Address Unhealthy Drinking

New Mexico leads the nation in alcohol-related deaths, with an average of four people dying every day due to excessive drinking.

This program can help you:

  • Determine if your drinking is putting your health or life at risk

  • Identify and address the root causes of excessive drinking

  • Learn about FDA approved medications to treat alcohol use disorders

  • Access resources to help a loved one with a drinking problem

Why It Works

The program works because it helps you better understand why your use of substances makes sense even when you experience negative consequences.

  • Includes free 24/7
    phone support

  • Screening tools to motivate change

  • Addresses substance & behavioral addictions

  • Resources to help
    a loved one

  • Over 100 3-5
    minute videos

  • Tools to access professional treatment

 

Signing up is fast, confidential, and free. See what’s on the other side of addiction.

Answers to Your Questions

  • Why is the program free to use?

    Because it is paid for by the state’s Behavioral Health Services Division. It’s a safe, trusted resource you can access 24/7.

  • Is the NM 5-Actions Program™ a replacement for treatment?

    No, this program doesn't replace professional or expert treatment. It's a self-guided roadmap designed to help you better understand and address problems related to alcohol, other drugs, and/or behavioral addictions.

    It encourages use of traditional treatment, self-help groups, and other interventions shown to be effective in reducing or stopping problematic behaviors. Because over 90% of people who could benefit from treatment don't receive it, this program fills a much needed gap by offering you an online, self-guided change program with 24/7 crisis and peer-recovery phone support.

  • Why does this program address all "potential" addictions when other programs focus on specific addictions?

    Most people who struggle with addiction suffer from multiple addictions, all of which hijack the brain and behavior in similar ways. So, intervening on one addiction while leaving others unaddressed, results in poor outcomes and high relapse rates.

    Addictions also share similar roots, including attachment problems, adverse childhood experiences, and co-occurring disorders that require intervention. Having different programs to address different addictions when the roots for them all are similar, is not a productive use of your time and energy. Also, most effective interventions are not specific to one addiction, but work equally well across both substance and behavioral addictions.

  • Does this program address the underlying drivers of why I drink or use drugs?

    Yes. If you are to successfully overcome addiction, its critical that you understand the origins of your addictions, and the underlying factors that continue to perpetuate your behavior today. Among the most powerful underlying leverage points for change include insecure attachment, untreated trauma, and unaddressed co-occurring disorders, all of which are addressed in the NM 5-Actions Program™.

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This form is for questions about the New Mexico 5-Actions Program. If you’re worried about harming yourself or are experiencing an emergency, please call 988.

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The NM 5-Actions Program™ is free, paid for by the state’s Behavioral Health Services Division.

This program is not a substitute for professional medical or health care advice which should be obtained directly from your healthcare provider.

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Need Help? Call the NM Crisis & Access line at (855) 662-7474.

If this is a life-threatening emergency, please call 911 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.

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