Here is the latest video from Addictions UK. To see more videos, or to subscribe to Addictions UK on YouTube, click here – www.youtube.com/addictionsuk —– Question 1… Can you admit that you need help? Question 2… Are you ready to do whatever it takes? If you answered “yes” to both questions, you’ve taken the first [...]
Addictions UK exists to offer a Specialist Home-based Addictions Recovery Programme. Our programmes are abstinence-based but, as they do not require residential rehabilitation, allow clients to continue their usual activities while finding the route to normal living. Visit www.AddictionsUK.com for more information. — Hello, my name is Simon Stephens, I’m Director of Casework for Addictions [...]
Addiction Focus welcomes the launch of the Concordat Graduates website. The site, which like the Addiction Focus website, has all the facilities of wordpress, can be located at www.concordatgraduates.org The Concordat Graduates are a group of people in recovery that have benefitted from various rehab projects both here in the UK and abroad. Graduates of [...]
As an organisation, the British Association of Anger Management has counselled many people when anger has been affecting their lives. When working with individuals who have had addiction in their lives, we have found that, after the initial rehabilitation process, feelings and emotions come to the surface. If left unaddressed they have the potential to [...]
As a recovering alcoholic, married to a recovering alcoholic, also the daughter of alcoholics I don’t believe that alcoholism/addiction can be cured alone. We all need help especially with issues relating to denial. Growing up surrounded by alcoholics and drug addicts meant that my teenage years were plagued with unmanageability and chaos. The abnormal became [...]
After a Medical Detox say YES to daily 24 / 7 treatments – NO to Weekly Aftercare Be Careful! “Addictions Treatment Providers” are now selling “Aftercare” following a Medical Detox – You can get a full treatment regime less expensively than some of these weekly services from other agencies! Take care in choosing the right [...]
What plans do the Home Office and other important Departments of State like Health and Work and Pensions have to ensure the active involvement of the Private Sector in the implementation of its policy? The reasons for our questions stem from the fact that there is little if any, involvement of private sector organisations in [...]
Home alcohol detox programmes are highly beneficial for those who require a detox programme for alcohol related issues, but are unable to enter a residential treatment programme. There are many reasons why for some people, residential treatment is not suitable for them. The advantage of a home alcohol detox programme is that you need not [...]
Al-Anon Groups help the friends and families anonymously – they work in the same way as Alcoholics Anonymous. They do not offer advice but do share strength hope and experience amongst their members. Al-Anon Family Groups provide support to anyone whose life is, or has been, affected by someone else’s drinking. Al-Anon (the sister organisation [...]
Hospitals and other Health Providers should be encouraged to use Social Enterprise Management and Strategic methods – it makes such good sense! Representatives from Addictions UK and Addictions India visited the Aravind Eye Hospital in Pondicherry (http://www.aravind.org/hospitals/pondicherry.asp) which forms part of the largest Social Enterprise in the World. This Hospital Group performs half the world’s [...]
