ADDICTION SUPPORT

Alcohol and Addiction Support

Concerns about alcohol, drugs or gambling can affect anyone, at any stage of life. Whether you’re worried about your own relationship with alcohol or substances, supporting someone else, or simply looking for honest information, the organisations below offer confidential help and advice.

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CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE

Confidential Advice & Information

Not sure where to start? These free, judgement-free services offer honest information and practical tools you can use in your own time.

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FRANK

Honest, confidential information and advice about drugs and alcohol, plus a helpline open every day.

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NHS: Drink Less

NHS tools and tips to help you cut down, including a free drinking check-up and app.

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NHS: Quit Smoking

A free personal quit plan and NHS Quit Smoking app to help you stop for good.

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TREATMENT & SUPPORT

Treatment & Specialist Support

If you or someone you know needs more structured help, these organisations provide free, confidential treatment services.

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Alcohol Change UK

Information, tools and support to help you understand your drinking and find the right treatment.

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Change Grow Live

Free, confidential treatment and support for drug and alcohol use, delivered locally across the UK.

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Turning Point

Free NHS-rated drug, alcohol and mental health services, delivered face-to-face and online.

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Re-Solv

The UK’s leading charity supporting people affected by solvent and volatile substance misuse.

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PEER SUPPORT

Peer Support & Recovery Groups

Sometimes it helps to talk to people who understand. These fellowships offer regular meetings and ongoing peer support.

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Alcoholics Anonymous

A free fellowship of people supporting each other to stop drinking, with meetings across the UK and a 24-hour helpline.

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Gamblers Anonymous UK

Peer support meetings for anyone whose gambling has become a problem, held across England, Wales and Ulster.

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FAMILY & SELF-HELP

Support for Family, Friends & Self-Help

Addiction doesn’t just affect the person experiencing it. These services support the people around them too.

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Adfam

Support and information for family and friends affected by someone else’s drinking, drug use or gambling.

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Dryy

An app designed to help you change your relationship with alcohol, at your own pace.

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Need to Talk to Someone at CWTH?

Our Health and Wellbeing Champions offer a confidential, listening ear if you’d rather talk to someone from within general practice first. You’re not alone, and reaching out is always the right step.