In the UK alone, an estimated 1,000,000 people are addicted to prescription drugs. But there IS a way out! AddictionsUK can arrange a home-based or residential detox treatment to suit…
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Abuser or Dependent?
If you’re a heavy drinker… how do you know… if you’ve crossed the line into dependency?
A Mother’s Addiction Story
When I phoned Addictions UK I was really clutching at straws. My son lived in an apartment with nothing but a mattress, duvet and a few worthless possessions. He managed…
A Young Father with Drug and Alcohol Addiction
I began a twelve step programme with Addictions UK. I have daily sessions with my worker and have a 24 hour helpline I can use when I need. I have…
A Prison Inmate Finds Addiction Recovery
My life coach was always there or would ring me back. I have lived a violent life and the coach understood this. My coach understood where I was coming from…
A Lawyer With Alcoholism Finds Recovery
I am someone who, after years of active alcoholism, can now see myself recovering, and, after a struggle, enjoying the process. Having first found that I can survive without alcohol,…
Addiction Recovery While Still at Work
I am sure that everyone thinks their problem or situation is unique. My problem and situation probably is however a little ‘different’ – I have a huge issue with ego…
A Heroin and Alcohol Addict in Recovery
I have had an alcohol problem for sixteen years total; for seven years it was a very big problem. I started taking drugs at fifteen. I liked doing it very…
Housebound Alcoholic – Home-based Treatment
I am a housebound and I have had a major alcohol problem for years. I do not think that Treatment Centres work – well not for me. I have been…
Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual – Impartial Addiction Treatment
There is a high prevalence of addictions among the LGB community. A significant number of LGB people we have worked with have expressed the problems of institutionalised sexism and homophobia…
Addiction Treatment for Single Parents
The everyday difficulties of being a lone parent are well known to all – especially the Mum or Dad concerned! The concept of the ideal nuclear family is not a…
Addiction Treatment for the Isolated or Housebound
Many people find themselves socially isolated due to various factors within their lives. Circumstances may include advancing age, disability, lack of mobility, family moving away, bereavement, moving home or loss…
Addiction Treatment Wherever You Are
The innovative delivery method for our treatment/recovery programmes allow us to work with you… anywhere! It does not matter if you have international commitments that require you to be away…
Black and Ethnic Minorities – Impartial Addiction Treatment
Within many communities there are cultural and social barriers to accessing existing services. Being seen to have an addiction ‘problem’ could mean loss of status within the family or community…
Anonymous Addiction Treatment for Professionals
Professionals engaged in occupations such as medicine, law, accountancy or running their own business often find it hard to access treatment programmes for addiction problems. Concerns about keeping their job…
Anonymous Addiction Treatment in Rural Locations
Those who have had experience of living in a rural location will immediately identify with the difficulties of accessing confidential services delivered from within that rural locality. The ability to…
Confidential Addiction Treatment – Guaranteed Privacy
Some people wish to avoid meetings and residential detox and rehab, whatever the assurances of confidentiality. Our home-based detox and home-based addictions recovery programmes offer them security and privacy. If…
Addictions Recovery at Home and Help for Carers
Addictions UK is a leading provider of addictions treatment at home. We can also support clients with residential treatment when required. Whatever your addiction, we can develop a programme to…
Duty of Care in the Workplace
Helping employees with addictions Issues that relate to alcohol cost employers with 200 staff around £38,000 through absence and performance issues according to psychiatrist Dr Adam Winstock referring to figures…
Celebrate Each Victory, However Small
Don’t worry about being the best – being better is an achievement Celebrate Each Victory, However Small – We are bombarded with claims that only the best is any good….
Happy New Year!
Best wishes for 2016 Happy New Year! – It’s New Year! Often our resolutions and renewal are founded on leaving the past behind and making a completely fresh start. Sometimes…
Problems may be blessings in disguise. Seek the opportunities.
This week’s slogan Addictions UK Contact us now on line or telephone 0300 330 30 40 You are just a phone call away from addiction recovery.
The hardest things to do are usually the most worth doing.
This week’s slogan Addictions UK Contact us now on line or telephone 0300 330 30 40. You are just a phone call away from addiction recovery.
Making a Clean Start
Sometimes turning away from the past altogether is the only path to the future There is a common teaching in religious traditions that advocates renouncing everything into order to focus…
I need an open heart, and an open mind.
This week’s slogan illustrationAddictions UK Contact us now on line or telephone 0300 330 30 40. You are just a phone call away from addiction recovery.
Home Detox Programme
Many people would prefer to be treated at home for any illness and we know that this is particularly true of people…