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For assistance please contact one of the members listed on this web site or telephone the helpline on 0207 117 8811.

This is a direct confidential line. You need not give your name.

Support links

Al-Anon Family Groups
  Al-Anon offers understanding and support for families and friends of problem drinkers, whether the alcoholic is still drinking or not. The parents, children, wives, husbands, friends and colleagues of alcoholics could all be helped by Al-Anon whether or not the drinker in their lives recognises that a problem exists
www.al-anonuk.org.uk
   
Alcoholics Anonymous
  Alcoholics Anonymous is a Fellowship of men and women who have lost the ability to control their drinking and have found themselves in various sorts of trouble as a result of drink
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/
   
CancerBACUP
  CancerBACUP is Europe's leading cancer information service, with over 4,500 pages of up-to-date cancer information, practical advice and support for cancer patients, their families and carers .
www.cancerbackup.org.uk
   
Counselling Directory
 

The Counselling Directiry provides the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs.

It is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage those in distress to seek help.

The website contains a number of sections on emotional disorders and provides some useful statistics. Every counsellor on the site who has submitted their profile has either provided a copy of their qualifications and insurance cover, or is registered with a professional body online with recognised codes of ethics and practice. In this way you can be assured of their professionalism.
www.counselling-directory.org.uk/
   
Depression.com
  Depression is not something you can just "snap out of." It's caused by an imbalance of brain chemicals, along with other factors. Like any serious medical condition, depression needs to be treated. This site offers information designed to help you get the facts and learn how to manage depression, clinically known as major depressive disorder.
www.depression.com
   
HSE - Stress Pages
  HSE defines stress as "the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressure or other types of demand placed on them". Pressure is part and parcel of all work and helps to keep us motivated . But excessive pressure can lead to stress which undermines performance, is costly to employers and can make people ill.
www.hse.gov.uk/stress
   
International Stress Management Association UK
  The International Stress Management Association UK is a registered charity with a multi-disciplinary professional membership. It exists to promote sound knowledge and best practice in the prevention and reduction of human stress. It sets professional standards for the benefit of individuals and organisations using the services of its members.
www.isma.org.uk
   
MIND
  Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. It works to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress. In all its work it promotes the values of autonomy, equality, knowledge, participation and respect.
www.mind.org.uk
   
Samaritans
  Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
www.samaritans.org.uk
   
Narcotics Anonymous
  Narcotics Anonymous is a non-profit fellowship of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. It is made up of recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop.
www.ukna.org
   
Stress Management Society
  The aim of this society is to help combat the debilitating problem of stress through the latest knowledge, ideas, services and products that make all the difference. Stress may be an inevitable factor of 21st century working life but if left unchecked can have a significant effect on your health and wealth.
www.stress.org.uk
   
Wired (substance misuse)
 

WIRED was developed six years ago as a way of empowering people to tackle substance misuse and aims to:

  • Provide the information, support and tools that people require to help them overcome or reduce their substance use problem;
  • Improve the quality of services in the community provided to people with a substance use problem and their families and carers;
  • Raise awareness and understanding of substance misuse, the problems it creates and the ways to deal with these problems.
www.substancemisuse.net