Local support for Alcohol Awareness Week

Did you know that:

 

• Every hour more than 100 people go into hospital in England and Wales with an alcohol-related condition
  
  
• Every day more than 40 people die as a result of alcohol in England and Wales
  
  
• Every week more than 100 children call ChildLine upset about their parents’ drinking – some as young as five years old. *

 

Alcohol Concern is offering a local lifeline to people who are concerned about their drinking and need support.

Alcohol Awareness Week 2011, from 14-20 November, aims to make more people aware of harmful drinking habits and provide them with the help they need.

The Solent NHS Trust’s Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service runs a local drop-in centre in Ringwood for New Forest residents.

 

The HOMER (Hampshire Operational Model for Effective Recovery) facility, open from Monday to Saturday, is based at Oaktree House, Gooseberry Lane, off Christchurch Road. Telephone 01425 483352 for more information.

Alternatively, the Safer New Forest Partnership advises those with concerns about their drinking to talk to their GP. Support is also given through Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Find out more online alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk

Nikki Keeley, chair of the New Forest Drug and Alcohol Reference Group (DARG) welcomed the campaign by Alcohol Concern to seek a reduction in harm.

“In the New Forest, we are geared up for providing the support and encouragement some people need to face up to their alcohol misuse and put an end to harmful drinking practices, which affect not only themselves, but often their families and friends too.”

Alcohol Awareness Week 2011 is launching the Alcohol Concern's charter for a world free from alcohol harm. To highlight the need for a public commitment to reduction in alcohol harm, it will be asking people to take part in a national online survey.

Find out more alcohol abuse facts and track the 2011 plans by visiting the Alcohol Awareness Week website.

 

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