Alcohol & Substance Misuse
Spectrum/CGL
18 Station Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 1JU
01923 222889
Out of hours: 0800 6523169
Recovery services across Hertfordshire with a team that includes doctors, recovery nurses, recovery workers, social workers, counsellors, complementary therapists, volunteers and peer mentors.
Offering:
Health Clinic:
• Advice.
• Screenings.
• Vaccinations.
Needle Exchange.
Talking Therapy:
• To understand addiction.
• To make changes for a healthier life.
Prescription of Medical Detoxification and Alternative Medication.
Support and Advice.
Counselling, Rehabilitation & Mentoring.
Cost: free to access.
Eligibility Criteria: individuals who need support with their drug or alcohol use.
Referral Procedure: self-referral by phone, email or drop in from 2pm to 4pm every day except Tuesday and Saturday.
Oxygen Routes
Support pathways for people struggling with addiction, provided Druglink.
Enquiries
oxygenroutes@druglink.ltd.uk
Referrals
routesreferral@druglink.ltd.uk
Offering:
Person-centred intervention support plans for residents in temporary/hostel accommodation
Links to other providers
Connecting residents to work with local services to help maintain their tenancies
Intervention support with: drugs and alcohol, mental health, medical help, financial help, homelessness and criminal justice.
Cost: free to access.
Eligibility Criteria: Hertfordshire residents of temporary/hostel accommodation with addiction support needs.
Referral Procedure: by email or website (links to the left).
Alcoholics Anonymous
Various locations in Watford, search on website for closest group
0800 9177 650
help@alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
A fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to help themselves and others to recover from alcoholism.
Offering:
Open Meetings: for individuals and families hoping to solve an individual drinking problem or helping someone else with theirs.
Closed Meetings: limited to alcoholics who know they have a problem and would like to achieve stable sobriety.
Cost: free to access.
Eligibility Criteria: those with current or historic misuse of alcohol.
Referral Procedure: no referral necessary.
Cocaine Anonymous
Various locations in Watford, search on website for closest group
0800 6120225
A fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to help themselves and others to recover from their addiction.
Offering:
Online Meetings in which individuals may share their experiences with each other d help each other towards recovery.
VOIP meetings for audio only communication between recovering addicts.
Open, Closed and gender specific face-to-face meetings.
Online information available for users.
Cost: free to access.
Eligibility Criteria: current or historic misuse of cocaine and other mind altering substances.
Referral Procedure: no referral necessary.