Wize Up - Havering
Get in touch with Wize Up for free confidential advice and support to make positive changes with support from your own recovery worker. You can easily refer yourself here.
If you are trying to reduce your own drinking or drug use, the following tips may help:
- Identify all the things that are associated with using the substance and try to avoid them
- Tell friends and family – get their support!
- Try to plan other things at the time of day you usually use
- Plan ways to say no if offered by friends
- Leave more time between using the substance, decreasing the amount you use
- Avoid buying more than you need
- Try to have substance-free days
- Think of all the money you will save!
Please seek medical support if you are experiencing physical withdrawal or using alcohol or drugs dependently.
Useful links
-
Help Your Mate
Tips and advice for staying safe while having a good time on a night out.
-
Talk to Frank
Find out everything you need to know about drugs, their effects and the law.
-
Alcohol advice for people under 21
Know the risks, find out how to stay safe and make the right choices for you about drinking.
-
Drug advice for people under 21
Before you make a choice about drugs, find out about the risks and how to stay safe.
-
Drink and Drugs: My Story
The science of how alcohol and other drugs affect the body is explored through eight real-life stories