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Recovery has shaped every part of Ste’s life. Today, he manages Acorn’s Community Team in Manchester, but there was a time when he never thought...

Kaleidoscope’s Birchwood residential detox and rehabilitation service on the Wirral has gathered feedback from people with a history of ketamine use about their experiences...

One day, referrals are ticking along nicely. The next, you realise a familiar name has disappeared from your inbox. It happens all the time. Referrers...

Much of our work is organised around labels – addiction, long-term or harmful substance use, chronic pain, mental health, trauma. Each has its own...

Forty-seven per cent of people think offenders with a drug or alcohol problem linked to their crime should be sent to a rehabilitation programme...

NSP provision in England is increasingly neglected and its benefits poorly understood, says a report from the Hepatitis C Trust. The ‘vast majority’ of local...

There were 1,133 drug-related deaths recorded by National Records of Scotland (NRS) last year, an 11 per cent increase on 2024. The overall average age...

New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group, with the Institute for Social Marketing and Health (ISMH) at the University of Stirling, are holding...

This month, residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation services across England will be doing something remarkably simple – opening their doors. Through the Open Houses campaign,...

A 46-year-old man from Ludlow whose struggle with alcohol nearly killed him has shared his life-saving story for Recovery Month, observed throughout September to...

A 26-year-old man from Scunthorpe whose struggle with ketamine left him hospitalised with liver and kidney failure has shared his life-saving story for Recovery...

This Alcohol Awareness Week, Zoe, a previous client of Rotherham Alcohol and Drug Service (ROADS), provided by the charity WithYou, is speaking out about...

Overcoming dependence on alcohol or drugs usually requires finding professional help, particularly for people who have a longer-term relationship with substances or those who...

THE CASE FOR ALCOHOL HARM REDUCTION For individuals with alcohol dependency, recovery can feel like an endless cycle of setbacks. While abstinence­ based programmes work...

Recovery can sometimes seem an intimidating challenge, however it is really one of the most meaningful and heroic decisions you can make. This vital...