We treat clients who want to overcome chemsex addiction, which often involves mixing crystal meth, GHB and mephedrone, to facilitate sex. Read Michael’s and Jake’s experience in our London drug rehab here.
Dave came to Help Me Stop Dayhab in June 2021 for alcohol treatment. In this audio blog, he speaks about the extraordinary impact of alcohol recovery on his relationships, particularly with his 4-year-old daughter.
Dermot Murnaghan speaks to former Help Me Stop clients, Anne and Chris, about their alcohol addiction and recovery. Chris Love tackles the myth of the ‘functioning alcoholic’.
There are now five 12-step fellowship meetings per week, located at Help Me Stop’s London Dayhabs. Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous in Acton and Cocaine Anonymous in Fitzrovia.
Help with addiction isn’t just for the person suffering with addiction. Watch Helena’s videos about why the Help Me Stop family programme has been vital for her.
In a new series of videos from Help Me Stop, our former clients speak about what they are most proud of in their addiction recovery and how their life is different today.
‘Arriving in treatment, I think I share the same experience that most people have. I thought that nobody here would understand my problems, but very quickly, I came to understand that the problems I have were shared with everyone here.’
It’s common for people to have fears about what addiction treatment will be like. Yet most of our clients are surprised about how warm and welcoming it is. Listen to Dave speak about the misconceptions he had before arriving in our London Dayhab and how that changed after he started.
Trying to hide an addiction is exhausting. Trying to convince the outside world that everything is okay is isolating. Get addiction help today.
We’re here in central London. Our door is open to adults who need help with addiction to alcohol or drugs. To celebrate, we held a launch event and here’s what people said.
Like many people in this country who are described as ‘functioning alcoholics’, Dave had a successful career, a family and good friends. However, he reached what he describes as a ‘downward spiral’ in alcohol addiction, ‘virtually at rock bottom’. Watch and read Dave’s experience of alcohol treatment at Help Me Stop and the great strides he has made in his alcohol recovery.
King Baby or Queen Baby was coined by Sigmund Freud in the 1930s. It comes from a mental condition where the person believes the world literally revolves around them. This condition is common with alcoholics and addicts.