Useful websites
To help you achieve a happy and substance-free life we’ve created a list of other useful websites.
At Alcoholics Anonymous people share their experience, strength and hope, and help each other recover from alcoholism.
Adfam’s mission’s to improve the quality of life for families affected by drug and alcohol use.
Al-Anon Family Groups provide support to anyone whose life is, or has been, affected by someone else’s drinking, regardless of whether that person’s still drinking or not.
Alcohol Concern is a national charity that campaigns for effective alcohol policy and improved services for people whose lives are affected by alcohol-related problems.
The Alliance are a group of professionals working together to improve the quality and availability of treatment for drug users in the UK.
Breaking Free Online is an online treatment and recovery programme that allows people to resolve psychological and lifestyle issues that drive their use of alcohol and drugs.
Carers Trust works to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who’s ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems.
Carers UK is a charity set up to help people who care for family or friends.
The CAB provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice on rights and responsibilities.
The Department of Health provides strategic leadership for public health, the NHS and social care in England.
The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for welfare and pension policy. It’s a key player in tackling child poverty.
Domestic Violence is a resource to help people suffering from domestic violence receive advice and guidance.
Down Your Drink helps you work out whether you're drinking too much and what you can do about it.
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DDN is the fortnightly magazine for all professionals in the drug and alcohol field.
Drink Aware’s unit calculator is a great way to keep track of the number of units you drink on a daily basis.
Drugs Meter tells you how your drug use compares to other people. It offers objective and personalised feedback.
DrugScope is the national membership organisation for the drug sector and the UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs and drug use.
FRANK helps you find out everything you might want to know about drugs.
HMRC provides help on paying tax and entitlements to benefits.
The NTA is a National Health Service (NHS) special health authority, established to improve the availability, capacity and effectiveness of drug treatment in England.
Netmums Coffee House Chat is a community forum that provides advice and support for members. Swanswell work with Netmums to provide support and advice for people with questions about alcohol, drugs and addiction.
The UK Primary Care Trust Directory provides contact telephone numbers and addresses for strategic health authorities, primary care trusts and primary care groups in England, Scotland and Wales.
Relate offers advice, relationship counselling, sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support. Services are provided face-to-face, by phone and online.
Release is the national centre of expertise on drugs and drugs law. It provides free and confidential specialist advice to the public and professionals.
SMART is a science-based programme to help people manage their recovery from any type of addictive behaviour.
UK Narcotics Anonymous is a non-profit support network for men and women who have experienced major drug problems.
Women’s Aid is the national domestic violence charity that helps up to 250,000 women and children every year.