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Organisations:

The Addiction Recovery Foundation
Tel: 020 7233 5333
E-mail: enquiries@addictiontoday.co.uk
Website: www.addictiontoday.co.uk
Publishes information in the UK on addiction recovery, including therapeutic techniques and lists of self-help groups and treatment centres.

Cocaine Anonymous
Helpline: 020 7284 1123
E-mail: helpline@cauk.org.uk
Website: www.cauk.org.uk
A network of self-help groups offering support for those wanting to recover from cocaine dependence.

Narcotics Anonymous UK
Helpline: 020 7730 0009
E-mail: helpline@ukna.org
Website: www.ukna.org
A non-profit fellowship of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem, who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. Recovery focuses on the problem of addiction, rather than on any particular drug.

Self Help UK
Website: www.self-help.org.uk
Searchable database of over 1,000 self help organisations and support groups across the UK that provide support, guidance and advice to patients, carers and their relatives.

Turning Point
Tel: 020 7702 2300
E-mail: info@turning-point.co.uk
Website: www.turning-point.co.uk
Social care organisation working with individuals and communities across England and Wales in the areas of drug and alcohol misuse, mental health and learning disabilities.

Recovery and rehabilitation programmes:

Addiction Recovery Agency
Tel: 0117 930 0282
E-mail: info@addictionrecovery.org.uk
Website: www.addictionrecovery.org.uk/about.html
Residential and day care treatment services primarily aimed at people who are homeless or in housing need.

Ark House
Tel: 01723 371869
E-mail: ark.house@virgin.net
Website: www.geocities.com/ark_house2001/index.html
A residential treatment centre for alcoholic and drug dependant clients that uses the 12 step treatment programme.

Detox 5
Tel: 0800 515282
E-mail: info@detox5.co.uk
Website: www.detox5.co.uk
A 5-day opiate detoxification programme that uses sedation and pain relief medication to alleviate the 'cold turkey' symptoms of withdrawal.

Nelson House Recovery Trust
Tel: 01453 885656
E-mail: info@nelson-house.co.uk
Website: www.nelson-house.co.uk
Facilities for the treatment and rehabilitation of men and women with dependency issues.

The PROMIS Recovery Centre
Helpline: 0800 374 318
E-mail: enquiries@promis.co.uk
Website: www.promis.co.uk
Day care and residential facilities for patients in need of specialist treatments for addictive and compulsive behaviours, relationship problems and/or depression.  Treatment is based primarily on group therapy and the 12 step programme for addiction recovery.

Tao of Recovery
Tel: 0870 241 8826
E-mail: fran@tao-of-recovery.co.uk
Website: www.tao-of-recovery.co.uk
Independent, confidential service designed specifically to address the needs of professional people concerned about their own or someone else’s increased attraction to the use of alcohol, prescribed and non-prescribed substances.

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ADDICTION
The Roots of Addiction
Drugs
The latest thinking about the causes
of dependence
ALCOHOL
Alcohol: The Legal Drug
The Legal Drug
The steps you can take if you think you're
overdoing it
SELF-HARM
Self-Harm
Help and Information
Advice and support for those who injure themselves plus their friends
and families
DRUGS
Drugs: Families and Friends
Families and Friends
The problems faced by the families and friends of
drug users
HELPLINES
Dependency
Contact details of support groups who specialise in helping people with
addiction problems

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