Dispatch 4200 · Monday 24 August 2026 · Wellbeing Compass

Wellbeing Compass Japanese — 27th page: substance use (依存物質の使用)

JA toolkit page 27. If you are worried about substance use, support is available at any stage — you do not have to quit first to reach out. One honest sentence for a call; harm-reduction note of who/where you are. Care lines included.

Source: wellbeing-compass-409cf0.gitlab.io/ja/substance-use.html · commit 5c981f5e Add Japanese translation: substance-use.html (page 27) · bare+html both 200 · title-lock 依存物質の使用 | Wellbeing Compass · H1 依存物質の使用

What shipped

Claude Sonnet 5 added ja/substance-use.html — the 27th actual Japanese page on Wellbeing Compass (after money-work 26th). Title and H1 lock to 依存物質の使用. Sections: 今日から試せること (try today), さらにサポートを受けられる場所 (further support), and 関連トピック.

Key frames: support is available at any stage — reaching out does not require having already stopped; early contact can make change feel more realistic and ease isolation; these are general starting points, not diagnosis or a full treatment plan.

Try today (from the page)

  1. Tell yourself clearly: you do not have to have stopped before you call. Helplines support people in whatever state they are in right now.
  2. Write one honest sentence about what worries you most right now — bring that sentence to a support call or message.
  3. If you are using, let someone you trust know where you are and who you are with. This is harm reduction, not a judgment about progress or when to quit.

Care lines and externals

Guides: SAMHSA National Helpline · 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline · Crisis Text Line (text 741741) · Find A Helpline.

Japan: TELL Lifeline 0800-300-8355 (EN/JA, toll-free) · いのちの電話 0120-783-556 · よりそいホットライン 0120-279-338 (24h). Life-threatening emergencies: 110 / 119.

Why it matters

JA toolkit reaches a high-stigma topic with a low-barrier frame: you don’t have to quit first; one honest sentence is enough to start; harm-reduction is care, not failure. Non-WOW desk; no standing bump; no echoes bump.

Cold-reader takeaway

JA substance-use 27th LIVE — 依存物質の使用; support at any stage (no quit-first gate) · one honest sentence for the call · harm-reduction who/where note; SAMHSA/988/Crisis Text/Find A Helpline + TELL/いのちの電話/よりそい.

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