Drugs

Drugs, both illegal and prescription can be extremely addictive. You may be looking at this website because you are worried about your drug use. If you answer yes to any of the following questions, it may be time to think about getting help.

Are drugs affecting your relationships?

Have you ever thought about stealing to pay for drugs?

Are you in debt because of drugs?

Do you need more drugs to get the same effect?

Do you need drugs to get through the day?

Signs of addiction

Due to the physical and/or psychological dependence there are types of behaviour that may indicate an addiction problem such as an inability to relax, erratic behaviour with violent mood swings, incoherent speech, hyperactivity; talking for long periods of time, deterioration of physical appearance.

These are just some of the possible signs of drug and alcohol misuse but when you are suffering from an addiction you may sometimes be the last one to recognise your own symptoms.

Getting help

You may decide that you need to aim to stop taking drugs altogether or you may not be ready to commit to this, and feel that first you need to manage or reduce your drug usage.

There are a variety of different treatment programmes that help individuals manage their addictions. Some are residential, others are accessed while the individual still lives in their home.

For further information, please call us on: 0845 126 4130 or email us on: action@actiononaddiction.org.uk

  • When my best friend died in my arms I thought, 'that's me'. Heroin destroyed my friend and it nearly destroyed me. That was when I first sought help.

    Katy