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Drug & Substance Abuse

Drug and substance abuse can gradually affect your health, relationships, work and sense of control, often becoming difficult to manage without support. Therapy provides a confidential, non-judgemental space to understand patterns of substance use, explore the experiences and emotions that may sit behind them, and recognise triggers for harmful behaviour. Recover Therapy can help you work towards meaningful, sustainable change and a healthier relationship with yourself and others.

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When Substance Use Starts to Take Control

What may begin as occasional or recreational substance use can gradually become more frequent or increasingly important in everyday life. You may find yourself using drugs to cope with stress, difficult emotions or challenging situations, needing more to achieve the same effect, or continuing despite recognising the impact on your health, relationships or responsibilities. Over time, it can become increasingly difficult to imagine coping without substances or to make the changes you want to make.

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Recognising the Signs

Problematic substance use can develop gradually, and changes in your behaviour, relationships or everyday routines may become noticeable before you recognise there is a problem.

Using More Frequently

You may find yourself using drugs more often, using larger amounts or needing more of a substance to achieve the effect you previously experienced.

Relying on Substances to Cope

Drugs can become a way of managing stress, anxiety, difficult emotions or challenging situations. Over time, it may become harder to cope with these feelings without using substances.

Hiding or Minimising Your Use

You might begin hiding your substance use from family, friends or a partner, or find yourself downplaying how frequently or how much you are using.

Finding It Difficult to Cut Down

You may recognise that your substance use is affecting your life and want to reduce or stop, but find that making or maintaining those changes is difficult without additional support.