Alcohol Help

Addiction Recovery Agency, Bristol
Treatment and support services to enable people to live free from all forms of substance dependency

About us:

ARA’s Mission Statement

‘To provide addiction treatment and support services to enable people to lead valued and fulfilled lives free from all forms of substance dependency. To particularly address the needs of homeless people or people in housing need through the additional provision of housing support services.

To work in partnership with other organisations to reduce the level of drug and alcohol dependency and the consequent damage to individuals, their families and the community.’

Drug and alcohol misuse and dependency ruins lives and families and represents a huge cost to the community and society generally - but there is hope because treatment works!

For over 35 years the Addiction Recovery Agency (ARA) and Advice and Counselling on Alcohol and Drugs (ACAD), which merged in January 2006, have been providing hope through treatment to thousands of people experiencing problems because of drug and alcohol misuse and dependency.

Residential Rehabilitation Programme

The Residential programme is a 12 - 30 week structured, second stage, 12 step based, rehabilitation programme. It is targeted at homeless people and those in housing need, but not exclusively so and provides mixed gender treatment and single gender accommodation. Places for up to 25 people are provided in four unregistered residential houses in different parts of Bristol. Referrals are taken from a wide range of sources, including primary treatment centres, prisons, probation (including DTTOs), etc. Clients live in one of four centrally located houses and attend counselling sessions and groups at ARA’s central office.

The therapeutic programme provides:

* individual care planning
* one to one counselling
* group work
* written assignments
* workshops
* self esteem building
* indoor and outdoor activities
* communication skills
* educational & vocational courses
* crisis intervention & support
* voluntary work
* relapse prevention
* attendance at NA & AA
* scheduled aftercare

Contact Details:

Addiction Recovery Agency
King’s Court
King Street
Bristol

BS1 4EE

Telephone: 0117 930 0282