Drug and Alcohol Service

 

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The community drug and alcohol service is available for anyone with a substance misuse problem, or any of their family members. If people really want to get of drugs or booze or both there is a great deal of help available. As well as support and councelling, cognitive behavioural therapy can help to lead you away from the thoughts and feelings that drive you to keep taking drugs regardless of the consequences, and to help you to understand some of the triggers that make you want to take drugs / alcohol.

For some people prescribed drugs can be useful to help during the initial withdrawl stages and later for maintainence to help you to avoid relapse. Whilst maintainence with Methadone or Subutex is helpful for some people, please do not just come along to get some free, legal methadone if you are stuck. This is not what the service is there for, and also it will not work. It is highly unlikely that anyone will be given a prescription at their first visit.

Where maintainance "replacement" treatment is prescribed, it is tightly controlled involving only collecting your tablets on a daily basis, supervision that you actually swallow it and regular urine tests to monitor that no other drugs are being taken.

I am telling you this now, not to try to frighten you away from the service, but to help you to know what to expect from the service as regards your treatment, and what you must do to keep your side of the treatment bargain.

Drug and Alcohol Action Team

The Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) is a partnership of organisations that works to co-ordinate and implement the National Drug Strategy in the County of Cheshire.

These organisations offer the following services:

• counselling, advice and support for people affected by prescribed or illicit drugs
• support and counselling for families, friends and colleagues of people who have a drug related problem;
• needle and syringe exchange;
• support for you through your GP if prescribing is going to be helpful in dealing with your drug problem;
• community detoxification programmes and in-patient detox if appropriate;
• support from other agencies who advise people with drug related problems;
• education and training about drugs issues;
• alternative therapies

 

The Community Drug and Alcohol teams work from Aqua House in Chester. Aqua House is at 51 Boughton Chester. The entrance is next to Blockbuster Video. You can be referred by your Doctor , or if you prefer you can refer yourself and just go along or phone and an assessment appointment can be arranged. The phone number is 01244 344999. They are open during normal office hours.

 

Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston Community Drug Service
Contact Details: Aqua House, 51 Boughton, Chester CH3, Tel: 01244 344999
Services Offered: Specialist drug treatment, community detox, HIV prevention, prescribing services, health assessments, advice and information, needle and syringe exchange, Women only service.
Young Persons Service: Yes
Method of referral/ acceptance: Open