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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.

Thank you to Louise*, a former Help Me Stop client, who has shared her story about cocaine addiction and motherhood with Grazia. Louise describes so

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.

Thank you to Matt for making this video for our Life Beyond Series. It’s a wonderful testimony about the power of addiction treatment, including how mental health and wellbeing can radically change for the better in addiction recovery.

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!

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.

In Alcohol Awareness Week, we’re focusing on alcohol and relationships. Hear from a Help Me Stop client about the impact of recovery on her relationships.

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’.

‘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…’
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.’