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Recovery begins with honesty. These confidential self-assessments help you explore whether substances might be affecting your life more than you realise.
Not Sure If You Have a Problem?
Recovery begins with honesty. These confidential self-assessments help you explore whether substances might be affecting your life more than you realise.
Step One Assessment
Based on decades of recovery experience and clinical criteria, this comprehensive assessment helps you understand:
- Whether your use has become unmanageable
- How addiction might be affecting different life areas
- What your next steps could be
- Time: 10-15 minutes
- Completely confidential: No data stored
Quick Screening Tools
Cocaine Specific Screening
5-minute assessment for stimulant concerns
Ketamine Specific Screening
Includes physical dependency indicators
Family Impact Assessment
For those affected by another's addiction
Crisis Support
Get Help Right Now
If you're in immediate danger, call 999
24/7 Helplines (UK)
Frank (Drug Advice)
Free, confidential drugs advice
Narcotics Anonymous UK
24-hour helpline
Cocaine Anonymous UK
London helpline (daily 7pm-11pm)
Samaritans
Whatever you're going through
Crisis Text Line
Text support in crisis
Family Support Lines
Adfam
Support for families affected by drugs/alcohol
DrugFAM
For families affected by addiction
Understanding Addiction
Knowledge Is Power
Essential Guides
What Is Addiction?
Modern understanding of addiction as a disease, not a moral failing. Covers neuroscience, psychology, and recovery principles.
The Twelve Steps Explained
Clear, modern explanation of each Step, why they work, and how they apply to different substances.
Understanding Powerlessness
Why willpower fails and what actually works. Essential reading for Step One.
The Family Disease
How addiction affects everyone around it and why families need their own recovery.
Downloadable PDFs
The Six-Lens Framework Guide
Complete guide to using our revolutionary framework in your recovery
(Email required)
Sponsor Discussion Prompts
20 cards with questions for deeper Step work
Daily Inventory Worksheet
Simple tool for Step Ten practice
Relapse Prevention Plan
Practical template for staying safe
Finding Support
You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Find Local Meetings
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
Find NA meetings across the UK
Cocaine Anonymous (CA)
Specific support for cocaine addiction
Al-Anon Family Groups
For families and friends of alcoholics/addicts
SMART Recovery
4-Point Programme meetings
Online Meetings
24/7 Online NA Meetings
Zoom meetings every hour
In The Rooms
Social network and online meetings
Recovery Dharma
Buddhist-inspired online meetings
Recovery Apps
Recommended Apps
I Am Sober
Day counter and community
Nomo
Sobriety clocks and accountability
Meeting Guide
Find meetings anywhere
Twenty-Four Hours
Daily reflections
For Sponsors
Tools to Help Others
Sponsorship Resources
First-Time Sponsor Guide
Everything you need to know about sponsoring
Working the Steps Worksheets
Structured worksheets for each Step
Difficult Conversations Guide
How to handle resistance, relapse, and challenges
Six-Lens Sponsorship Tool
Using the framework with sponsees
Step-Specific Resources
Step Four Inventory Templates
Multiple formats for different learning styles
Step Eight List Organiser
Structured approach to amends list
Step Twelve Service Ideas
Ways to carry the message
Educational Content
Deepen Your Understanding
Recovery Science
Different Approaches
Harm Reduction Explained
Understanding this approach and its place in recovery
For Families
Support for Those Who Love Addicts
Family Resources
Setting Boundaries Guide
Practical advice for loving without enabling
Understanding Enabling
The difference between helping and harming
Family Recovery Plan
Template for your own healing journey
Talking to Children
Age-appropriate ways to discuss addiction
Family Support
Online Family Support Groups
Weekly Zoom meetings for affected families
Family WhatsApp Groups
Moderated support groups by region
Professional Resources
For Healthcare & Recovery Professionals
Clinical Tools
Referral Pathways Guide
UK treatment and referral options
Using Guides in Treatment
Implementation guide for our materials
Group Facilitation Materials
Running groups with our guides
Training & Development
Webinar Series
Monthly professional development
Bulk Order Information
Discounts for treatment centres
Recovery Library
Recommended Reading
Essential Recovery Books
While waiting for our guides, these books can help:
"Recovery" by Russell Brand
The Twelve Steps in modern language
"In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts" by Dr. Gabor Maté
Compassionate view of addiction
"The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel van der Kolk
Trauma and healing
"Refuge Recovery" by Noah Levine
Buddhist path to recovery
Videos & Podcasts
Recovery Podcasts:
- Recovery Elevator
- Dopey Podcast
- The Bubble Hour
- Sober Curious
YouTube Channels:
- Addiction Mindset
- Put The Shovel Down
- Recovery Mum
Printable Tools
Practical Recovery Tools
All free to download and print:
Daily Gratitude List
Start each day positively
Trigger Identification Worksheet
Know your danger zones
Emergency Contact Card
Key numbers when you need them
Recovery Meeting Log
Track your attendance
Meditation Timer Cards
Simple meditation guides
Serenity Prayer Card
Wallet-sized reminder
Coming Soon
Resources in Development
Interactive Step Working Tool (Online)
Recovery Tracker App
Sponsor-Sponsee Communication Portal
Family Education Video Series
Ketamine-Specific Medical Resources
Young Person's Recovery Guide
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Remember
Recovery Starts Now
These resources support recovery, but they don’t replace action. The most important resource is your willingness to begin.
If you’re struggling today:
- Call a helpline - Don't wait
- Find a meeting - Online or in-person
- Reach out - To anyone in recovery
- Take one action - However small
Recovery is possible. Help is available. You’re not alone.
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