Support For Carers Of Drug And Alcohol Users
We provide dedicated support for those caring for someone who misuses drugs and/or alcohol. Our free and confidential services offer tailored information and assistance to help carers navigate the challenges of supporting an addict.
Our Guide and Toolkit Library
Click on any of the links below to download information on a range of subjects to support you when caring for an alcoholic or drug user.
Treatment
A brief guide for supporting a friend, relative or partner who is having treatment to help with a drug or alcohol problem
Parent Carers
A guide for parents looking at living with a drug user, understanding treatments, how to help your child and useful organisations
Setting & Keeping Boundaries
Effective boundaries can assert the needs or rights of families so they feel more secure and respected.
Stages of Change
The different changes someone with a drug or alcohol dependency can go through
Having a Conversation
Having conversations about drugs/alcohol with a loved one can be a daunting. It is crucial to approach with care and understanding. Here are some tips to help with challenging conversations.
All About Alcohol & Drugs
This booklet by AdFam contains information on alcohol, the different types of drugs , and the associated legal implications.
Why Register with Us?
Registering as a Carer gives you free access to tailored guidance, workshops, local resources, and a supportive network of others caring for an addict.
Important Reading
For those with a family member struggling with harmful drinking life can be extremely difficult. This fact sheet provides a list of the main organisations in the UK providing support for families.
Supporting your partner or loved one
Harmful drinking can cause significant issues not only for the drinker, but also for members of their family in the form of health problems, financial worries, relationship breakdown and parenting difficulties.
Change Grow Live (CGL)
There for you if you need help with challenges including drugs or alcohol, trouble with housing, domestic abuse, or your mental and physical wellbeing. Our services are free and confidential.
Drink Coach
This is a website and downloadable app which can help track and change your drinking. You can also take a short test to measure your drinking and get coaching to support you through any changes.
Bereaved through a substance related death
The circumstances around a drug related death are often very distressing. These deaths happen in many ways: anticipated after a long illness due to substance misuse, long term complications of alcohol or intravenous drug use, overdoses, or suicides. It can also be unexpected or sudden.
Lots of carers feel stigmatised, which can negatively affect the grief process and loss of social support when needed.
People often feel stigma, shame and guilt therefore will be less willing to reach out due to feeling there is a lack of understanding, and they will be judged.
Sometimes more specific support is needed to meet needs, have an understanding on addiction, support to make sense of the death and to cope better with a difficult bereavement.
We cannot fix the grief, but we can listen, support and signpost to specific services who will support you.
Bereavement services:
- Addiction Family Support – offer bereavement counselling, helpline number, and yearly conferences for families affected. we can refer or carer can self-refer by e-mailing, calling. Carer will receive a personalised letter and a bereavement pack from the founder of the charity
- Adfam – Offer losing a loved one support, including video`s on substance-related bereavement that carers can watch, Journey booklets of losing a loved one, fact sheets and toolkits as well as other helpful organisations.
- The Compassionate Friends has a resource for parents bereaved through drug and alcohol use. This resource discusses the days immediately after a loss, the effect on the wider family and talking to non-adult children about loss.
- The Good Grief Trust have supportive information on their website including a map of support.
- Suicide & Co provide support to those that have been bereaved by suicide, including a counselling service.
Help for Carers of People with Addiction
Explore a range of groups and events designed for caregivers supporting someone with drug or alcohol use. Connect with a supportive community and access valuable resources to guide you on your caregiving journey.
Carer groups & events for people supporting loved ones struggle with addiction.
An opportunity for drug and alcohol carers to connect. We look forward to welcoming you and providing a space where you can feel heard, understood, and supported on your caregiving journey.
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