
At One Year Sober, Connection is King
In this video blog, Tom describes how addiction recovery has impacted his wellbeing and relationships, since attending Help Me Stop addiction treatment programme.

In this video blog, Tom describes how addiction recovery has impacted his wellbeing and relationships, since attending Help Me Stop addiction treatment programme.

You’ve had enough of your addiction. You’re sick of the consequences. You want change and there’s no time like New Year’s Day to make that change, right? Stop! Here’s why we do NOT recommend making New Year’s resolutions to go sober or drug-free. Read our top 10 anti-resolutions instead.

We’re raising our cup of hot chocolate to Lisa, who is celebrating her first sober Christmas with her family. Here’s to the joy of being able to remember everything.

In December, we’re celebrating the many gifts of addiction recovery, as well as how some of our former clients will be spending Christmas. It doesn’t really get much better than becoming a mum!

With news of the Omicron Covid variant, we want to reassure people with addiction that our Online Rehab and London addiction treatment centres are open to all.

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’.

The majority of people that Help Me Stop work with haven’t yet lost everything: they have jobs, families, homes and opportunities. But alcohol addiction is making their life increasingly difficult, unmanageable and painful. In Alcohol Awareness Week, our Director of Admissions spoke to G B News about alcohol addiction, treatment and recovery.

‘My relationship with alcohol had become very destructive. It was all-consuming. Although I had boundaries, a 6pm start, I was obsessed with it getting to 6 o’ clock, obsessed with making sure there was wine in the fridge and another bottle to follow…’

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.’