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Last updated on May 3rd, 2022 at 11:55 am

If you are suffering from an addiction and you happen to be resident of the Oxfordshire County area – then Help 4 Addiction are here for you. There are a number of rehab clinics all up and down the counties that are able to facilitate your recovery needs. All it takes is a tailored treatment plan, a stubborn mindset, and a little help from our expert team.

Using our combined knowledge and years of experience, we will put together a selection of Rehab options, just for you. These options will include choices in all the things that you believe will help you recover. It could be leisure time, it could be more self-care, or it might even be a specific type of therapy. Whatever you need, you will find it through us.

Those that have overdosed or that need emergency aid should always contact the emergency services – that’s not what we do. If you want to get off drink, stop taking drugs, and stay sober for as long as it takes to get control of your life back? Then we are the service for you. If you have already decided that you want to go into rehab in Oxfordshire, contact us and let us guide you through your options.

You can reach Help 4 Addiction on 0203 955 7700, or you can use our online consultation service to get started. With our help on your side you will be able to tackle your addiction and get back on track. Perhaps this is the wakeup call you have been waiting for.

How Many People Successfully Quit Drinking or Doing Drugs?

So statistically speaking, what are your chances of successfully giving up an addiction? There is a theory that some of us just have an ‘addictive personality’ or that once we have suffered from an addiction, we will always be slaves to it. Both of these theories are encouraged by the mainstream media and are entirely untrue.

It is perfectly plausible that a former addict won’t indulge in the substance they misused out of fear of falling into bad habits. This is perfectly understandable and may be why the media has perceived addiction in a certain way. However, just because you are an ex alcoholic who no longer wants to drink, doesn’t mean that your life is ruled by the need not to drink. In reality, having to tell people that you don’t drink anymore is far easier than film and TV make it look. There is an element of pride in saying no to a drink when you were once an alcoholic. It is understandable and not to be trifled with.

According to some studies, you will always be an addict… but this doesn’t mean you have an addictive personality. In fact, the notion of an addictive personality has been greatly exaggerated. You can be addicted to heroin and never take another drug, just as you could drink coffee every morning and not consider yourself to be an addict. The idea of an addictive personality is a little ludicrous since an addiction takes up 90% of your time. Multiple addictions at once is unmanageable at best.

The experts at Harvard Health even believe that recovering from one addiction puts you in better stead for fighting off others. The message behind this is that recovery from drug addiction and recovery from alcohol addiction take a strength of personality that you will need to dig deep to find… but once you have hold of it, you are almost unstoppable.

If you are ready to take that leap, contact us for the support you will need to get through it. Reach us on 0203 955 7700 to get on your way.

Are There Rehab Centres in Oxfordshire?

You may think that you live in a nice, harmless area of Oxfordshire – and that could be the case. Nevertheless, you will find that there are drug dealers close at hand. Gangs of drug traffickers move Class A drugs such as heroin or cocaine up and down the country, bringing them in from abroad and exporting those made here. With all this movement going on, there is never a drug gang far away in all areas of England. Oxfordshire being a well-off county by comparison to others simply means that the drugs there are more expensive.

Drug and Alcohol Rehab Clinics exist to help you get over your addiction problems. They usually incorporate a mixture of talking therapy, skills, arts, and hobby development programs, psychology and general practitioner advise, all aimed to work as one comprehensive healing unit. There are several types of rehab, the most expensive of which is the private option. Each of the programs will involve your attention for around 28 days – the length of time it takes to dismiss the bad habits you have formed and set you back to a clean life. How long rehab takes depends on you. That initial period gets you clean of drugs or alcohol, but it is up to you thereafter to stay that way.

There are rehab clinics all over the count of Oxfordshire. Some of the different types of rehab you can get include the following:

  • Outpatient care – you can get rehab by attending your clinic through the day, working your sessions in around your job. This method lets you carry on with life as normal while simultaneously getting the help you need. Once completed, you will find you have a better chance at staying off drugs, for good.
  • Online Therapy – the growth of the digital world and our reliance on technology has given birth to a new type of therapy, the online kind. Through the use of video chat and online platforms such as Skype, you are able to communicate with a fully qualified recovery counsellor, without having to leave your home. There’s nothing to fear when there is no rushing or travelling to the clinic. This option is ideal for the parents and those with full-time jobs.
  • Talking therapies and counselling – usually included as part of your rehab options, talking therapies include confidence boosting techniques such as Motivational Interviewing, combined with therapies like CBT which are designed to get to the root of the problem and stop you using again.
  • Full-time rehab – a full time residential rehab facility is the type that you move in to. Some people find it suits them better if they are removed from all the triggers in life that make them turn to alcohol or drugs. Full-time rehab removes you from these and allows you to recover over a 28 day period. You may need to transition back into regular life with the aid of another facility.

These are just some of the many ways that you can get help to stay off drink and drugs for good. If you want to learn more, or if you want to have a no-obligation chat about your options, we are ready and waiting to help you kick addiction to the kerb. Call us, on 0203 955 7700 today to get started.

Alcohol and Drug Problems in the Oxfordshire Area

We have been talking a lot about drugs and alcohol, but what specific issues are the two addictions presenting in the county of Oxfordshire. The county council have already issued guidance for those that have developed an addiction. Unfortunately, their guidance generally includes the support of charitable organisations in order to help you recuperate.

As for the area itself, it wasn’t so long ago that a young man was telling his story to the Guardian. This young man was only 16 years old but had endured 13 stab wounds after becoming mixed up with a drug trafficking gang operating throughout Oxfordshire county. Although the police didn’t catch all of those who caused the damage, he is just one example of the million ways drugs do damage, even to those who aren’t addicted to them.

Help For Addiction is Available in All Areas of Oxfordshire!

That’s right! It doesn’t matter which area of the county you live in; Help 4 Addiction has got your back. Need help to recover for good? We can do that. Feel like old triggers are threatening your sobriety? Get in touch! Want to help a loved one who is being beaten by addiction? Send them our way! Our top priority is helping people to get their lives back… regardless of where in the country they live.

That being said, some of the areas in Oxfordshire we most often help people from, are:

  • Abingdon
  • Banbury
  • Bicester
  • Carterton
  • Chipping Norton
  • Didcot
  • Farringdon
  • Henley-on-Thames
  • Kidlington
  • Wallingford
  • Wantage-Grove
  • Witney

Don’t forget that we can connect you with the professional services you need to recover from addiction, anywhere in Oxfordshire. All we need to get started is for you to take that first step. So reach out now, consider this the sign you have been waiting for, and use us as a crutch to get back on your feet. What are you waiting for? The whole of Oxfordshire is counting on you.

Call us on 0203 955 7700 to get started.

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Author

Nick Conn

Nicholas Conn is a leading industry addiction expert who runs the UK’s largest addiction advisory service and is regularly featured in the national press, radio and TV. He has been clean himself since 2009 and has worked in the Addiction and Rehab Industry for over a decade. Nick is dedicated to helping others recover and get treatment for drug and alcohol abuse. In 2013, he released a book ‘The Thin White’ line that is available on Amazon.

Doctor’s View

Not all people with alcohol problems need rehab. Some are able to get well by attending regular meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous.  After all, the founders of A.A. had hospital detoxes but no rehabs – and look what they did and subsequently bequeathed to us! 

I myself have never been in a rehab other than as a professional. I learned the hard way. But I’ve benefited from that with my own abstinence – right across the board – for over 36 years, one day at a time.

A.A. acknowledges that on its own only 30% of its newcomers get well. Despite the loftiness of some ‘old-timers’, there is a place for rehabs.

Hazelden in Center City, Minnesota, was the first. I’ve been there six times and loved what I learned from these wonderful people – and had never been taught in university or medical school. 

Hazelden had two formulae: psychologists saying “How would you work it out?” and counsellors saying “Hand it over to a Higher Power than self”. 

‘It’ was the addictive nature that drives us to destruction. This combination of approaches works in helping 65-70% to get well. Some relapse. But the hook is in. Many try other ways but eventually find it necessary to return to rehab. Often a different one – maybe out of resentment for getting between the individuals and their fondest love. 

Credit goes to the individuals who persevere. And to the rehabs who give them that credit, rather than take it for themselves. My function as a rehab director (now working with outpatients) is to be concerned primarily for those who relapse.

What could have been done better?

What got in the way of recovery?

Which ideas of mine need a rethink? 

To my mind, a rehab is not a rehab at all if it isn’t fundamentally committed to the Twelve Step programme. This has to apply to all of its counselling staff as well as to the work with patients.

Also, I don’t rate any rehab where the prime motive is financial rather than ‘spiritual’ (in non-religious terms of healing the human spirit).

Medically Reviewed By:

Dr Robert Lefever

Dr. Robert Lefever is a world leading addictions specialist. He is the foremost expert for addiction treatment. He has personally been in recovery from all substances since the 12th October 1984.

He created the first rehab in the UK to look at all addiction in 1986. Dr Robert Lefever wrote with Professor Geoffrey Stephenson the masters degree course in addiction psychology at London South Bank University, this was the first of its kind and one of the most highly regarded courses that a therapist can do today.

Robert is also a TED speaker, author, composer and still remains an addiction treatment counsellor.
Last Medically Reviewed On: 14/06/2021
Due to be Reviewed On: 14/06/2023