Overusing drugs and/or alcohol or when they become a problem in your life is called substance misuse/abuse. When we talk about ‘substances’ we don’t just mean illegal ones that most of us have heard of, such as cocaine or heroin. This also includes legal or prescription substances such as tobacco and pain medication.
Substance abuse can lead to problems with relationships, from placing stress on our families to creating difficulties with our friends, colleagues, and workplace. It can also cause or make existing mental health problems worse.
Check out the services Sorted:Supported have put together below for help and support.
Local Support
Newid
The Newid First Point of Contact (FPOC) service is the route into services for people living in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot and is open to anyone who is concerned about their own, or someone else’s use of substances (drugs and/or alcohol) and mental health.
For informal support or information on how to access support:
- Freephone Swansea: 0300 7904044
- Freephone Neath Port Talbot: 0300 7904022
Adferiad
Adferiad offers support for individuals and their families affected by substance use. They offer recovery programme, specialist Older Person service, psychosocial one -to-one interventions, primary treatment and aftercare, mental health engagement outreach, group support and many more.
Contact Adferiad via info@adferiad.org or call on 01792 81 66 00.
Helplines and useful information
Welsh Overdose Awareness Day 2023
You can find out more about ‘Naloxone Peer 2 Peer’ project by opening this link and by watching this short digital story by opening the link below.
The main objective of the day is to continue to raise awareness of overdose, with key messages, developed by peers from multiple ‘Naloxone Peer 2 Peer’ projects, aiming to promote harm reduction that can be utilised by anyone.
