If you think you may have a problem with drugs or alcohol - then stay with us. We know what it's like. Everyone who helped to create this website has been dependent on drugs or alcohol in the past.

Using drugs or abusing alcohol always brings problems. These can be very serious as drug abuse hurts all aspects of our lives - it brings havoc to our work, money, relationships . . . and our happiness. It's when we can't quite control how much we take - when we can't go without as easily as before.
Does this ring any bells

These are symptoms of dependency. You see, there's a whole range of drug dependency. It's not just heroin addicts or hopeless alcoholics - it can happen to anyone - even someone like you
We'll go into more detail later. You can take a look through here by clicking the page numbers at the top of the screen. Each page is short. It'll take you about 20 minutes or so to read through the lot.

These could be 20 very important minutes