Drug and alcohol misuse can have a huge impact on parents, carers and families.
Families need support too. If you are affected by someone else’s drug and alcohol misuse you can get help too.
Support for Adults
If you are an adult affected by someone else’s drug and alcohol misuse NACRO Substance Misuse Carers Service offers a range of support to help you
Please telephone 01952 248 221 for further information.
Support for Young People
If you are 18 or under and affected by your parents or carers drug and alcohol use, you can get help too.
The Red Cross Young Carers Project understands the difficulties young people face caring for a loved one.
Please contact the project on 01743 280 071 or follow the link on this page for more information.
Support for Families of Service Users
If your loved one is receiving treatment for their drug and alcohol use, you can also talk to staff at the substance misuse service they attend. Any information you share will remain confidential.
Please note that services will not be able to share any information on your family member unless consent has been given prior to the request.
The Community Substance Misuse Team: 01743 258800
Impact Alcohol and Addictions Services: 01743 245 552.
Shropshire Young Peoples Substance Misuse Team: 01743 369345
Other Useful Resources
Shropshire DAAT have produced ‘Lets Talk About Drink’ which provides alcohol information to parents and encourages conversations with their children. Please see the attachment on this page.
Further information is also available on the following websites:
Adfam: a national charity which provides information, support and advice to people affected by anothers drug and alcohol use. Please see the link on this page.
FRANK: official government website giving information on drugs and their affects. Please see the link on this page.