Addiction2Change
“I want to stop, but I keep going back.”
For people still using, cutting down or trying to stop. We’ll look honestly at your using, what keeps pulling you back, and the support you need to move forward.
- Understand your patterns and triggers
- Practise tools for cravings and difficult moments
- Build a plan for support, setbacks and next steps
Who is Addiction2Change for?
You might be using every day, or only at weekends but finding that once you start, it goes further than you intended. You might have tried to stop several times, be cutting down, or feel torn between wanting to stop and still wanting to use.
You don’t need to have stopped before joining. What matters is being willing to look honestly at what’s happening and work towards change. If you’ve already stopped and your main difficulty is rebuilding yourself and your life, Addiction2You is designed for that stage.
What will we work on?
There are seven stages of work across the eight weeks. We’ll start with a clear picture of your using, how it affects your life and what you want to be different.
- Understanding why you keep going back
- Look at what using gives you, as well as what it costs you. We need to understand the reasons you reach for it, including the ones you find difficult to admit.
- Recognising your patterns
- Notice the feelings, people, places and times of day linked to your using. Work on the setup around it, including access and the routines that make it easier to carry on.
- Getting through difficult moments
- Practise craving tools and make plans for situations where your intentions often change. We’ll review what happened when you tried a tool and adjust what needs adjusting.
- Asking for and using support
- Work out who you can speak to, what help you need and how to explain what’s happening. I can support you to prepare for a conversation with a treatment service or clinician.
- Responding to setbacks and planning ahead
- Look at what happened without hiding it, identify what needs to change and build a plan you can keep referring to after the programme.
How will I be supported?
I’ll personally teach and guide you through the programme using video and audio. You’ll have practical tasks to try between sessions, with a workbook for your answers, plans and reminders. The focus is on what you do with the lesson in your life.
Throughout the eight weeks, you’ll have a weekly one-to-one with me, a weekly group session, a private programme group chat and access to me by text. Bring the difficult updates as well as the good ones. Text support is within agreed contact hours; it isn’t instant or available 24/7.
Give this your full effort: be 100% honest, try the actions we agree and tell me when something isn’t helping. That gives us something real to work with.
What is the aim, and what are the limits?
The aim is to understand your using more clearly, practise ways to respond to cravings, identify the support you need and work towards stopping. Everyone starts in a different place; there isn’t a promise that everyone will stop on the same timetable.
This is lived-experience support, not medical treatment, therapy or detox. Clinical reduction plans and medication decisions need an appropriate clinician. The programme can work alongside professional treatment; it doesn’t replace it.
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