Help Guides: Your Resource for Recovery
Finding the right support starts with having the facts. Our help guides provide straightforward, expert information to help you understand addiction and navigate the treatment options available across the UK.
At Recovery.org.uk, we believe that clarity is the first step toward healing. Whether you are researching for yourself or a loved one, these resources are here to answer your questions, ease your concerns, and show you that a structured path to sobriety is within reach.
Help Guides
Feb 02, 2026
Why cost becomes the barrier in addiction treatment
For many people, the idea of rehab immediately brings one picture …
For many people, the idea of rehab immediately brings one picture …
Help Guides
Jan 27, 2026
Leaving the structured environment of rehab can place you in an unfamiliar emotional space. Inside treatment, your days …
Help Guides
Jan 27, 2026
If you’ve reached the point of comparing NHS and private rehab, there’s a good chance you’re already carrying a …
Help Guides
Jan 27, 2026
When you first start looking into rehab, cost is usually one of the first concerns that comes to mind. That reaction m …
Help Guides
Jan 13, 2026
If you’ve decided that rehab will be part of the first steps in your recovery from addiction, it’s completely norm …
Help Guides
Jan 13, 2026
What is rehab?
Rehab is a structured space where you step away from the patterns that keep you tied to addictive beha …
Rehab is a structured space where you step away from the patterns that keep you tied to addictive beha …
Help Guides
Jan 13, 2026
If you've reached the decision that you or a loved one may need rehab, you've probably already looked online for infor …
Help Guides
Jan 12, 2026
What is a functioning alcoholic?
It can be unsettling to notice something feels “off” with someone who seems to h …
It can be unsettling to notice something feels “off” with someone who seems to h …
Help Guides
Jan 12, 2026
Supporting someone you care about when they are struggling with addiction can place you in an incredibly difficult p …
Help Guides
Jan 12, 2026
What is addiction denial?
Addiction denial can feel like a transparent barrier you keep walking into, and have no way …
Addiction denial can feel like a transparent barrier you keep walking into, and have no way …
Help Guides
Jan 08, 2026
What is a relapse?
A relapse takes place when someone who has been sober or abstinent returns to a substance or behav …
A relapse takes place when someone who has been sober or abstinent returns to a substance or behav …
Help Guides
Jan 08, 2026
What is rehab?
Rehab is a structured and supportive place where people address addictions to substances or behavioura …
Rehab is a structured and supportive place where people address addictions to substances or behavioura …