Links to other resources

Offers advice and information on drugs and alcohol, counselling, referral, HIV services, health care and needle exchange.

A voluntary fellowship of men and women who help each other achieve and maintain sobriety by sharing experiences and giving mutual support. Information is available from AA helplines in the local telephone directory.

A national voluntary agency for help with alcohol misuse.

Lines open: Monday to Thursday 9am-7pm/Saturday 9am-1pm (answerphone at all other times. Text: 0789 671 6260. Information, advice and counselling for individuals and families.

Helpline open: 10am-10pm 365 days a year. Help for relatives and friends of alcoholics to help solve common problems through shared experiences.

Provides a service for teenagers aged from 12 to 17 whose lives have been affected by someone's drinking, usually a parent. Alateen is part of Al-anon.

Helplines open: 10am-10pm 365 days a year

Lines open: Monday to Friday 10am-1pm/11am-7pm 7 days a week

Helplines open: Monday to Friday 10.30am-2.30pm

Information for people concerned about their own or someone else's drinking.

Information and support for anyone worried about their own drinking. Also provides support for family and friends of people who are drinking.

Offers an on-line programme to help people cut down and control their drinking.

Helplines Open: Monday & Friday 10am-7pm/ Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 10am 9pm/Saturday 10am-3am Information and support for children of alcoholics.

Helplines open: Monday to Friday 10am-6pm. Helpline, providing advice, support and information for anyone affected by or concerned about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Advice for pregnant women concerned about their own drinking.