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Can Sobriety Tags Help Alcoholics?

Simon Stephens, Director of Case Work at AddictionsUK.com, speaks to Radio Newcastle about sobriety tags and whether this could be an effective tool to help alcoholics. Transcript Presenter “Let’s speak…

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Alcohol Causes Brain Damage

Simon Stephens, Director of Case Work at AddictionsUK.com, speaks to Radio Tees about how alcohol can damage the brain. Transcript Presenter “Let’s talk to Simon Stevens, Director of Case Work…

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faqs Your Questions

Your Questions These answers do not cover everything. Because we always adapt what we do to suit the needs of each client, there are many options which we don’t have…

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Take the Road to Recovery Right Now

Please talk to us about the kind of treatment programme you need. Are you drinking too much? The easy 4-question “CAGE Test” may help you decide if you need help…

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Detox at Home for Drugs and Alcohol

Detox can be arranged as part of your Home-based Recovery Process. We offer a choice of detox, including residential options, which is affordable, effective and confidential. Home-based detox services managed…

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Home Detox Programme

Medically supervised detox at home Prices start from £995.00 including 4 weeks treatment support: £1,600.00 Detox is only of value when combined with an on-going treatment programme. You can arrange…

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Addicted to Prescription Drugs

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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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,…

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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…

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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….

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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…

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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…

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Can Your Really Judge Others?

We always assume too much when we judge other people illustrationIt is the job of a court of law to understand fully the circumstances of an event and the actions…

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Moving on from the Past

Escape the skeletons in the closet illustrationIs there anyone whose closet is free of skeletons? We’ve all done things we regret. Sometimes we hope our mistakes have been forgotten but…

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