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Videos

Addiction to alcohol: Support from Change Grow Live Video

Addiction to alcohol: Support from Change Grow Live

Explains how CGL can support people worried about alcohol use and dependence.
Understanding Addiction — Alcohol Video

Understanding Addiction — Alcohol

Focused on addiction, it can tie it into financial wellbeing by explaining how addiction impacts fin...
Recovery Practitioner, Barry, offers tips to anyone who wants to change their relationship with substances Video

Recovery Practitioner, Barry, offers tips to anyone who wants to change their relationship with substances

Tips from a recovery practitioner on staying on track, navigating setbacks, and using support servic...
Alcohol and binge drinking Video

Alcohol and binge drinking

Explains binge drinking and associated risks, supporting harm-reduction awareness.
Buvidal Stories: Luke's Journey to Recovery | Part 1 Video

Buvidal Stories: Luke's Journey to Recovery | Part 1

Story-focused explanation of how a medication pathway supported recovery as part of a wider treatmen...
It’s okay to talk about your drinking Video

It’s okay to talk about your drinking

A Drinkaware video encouraging honest conversation about drinking habits and mental health, explaini...
Hayley's story - a Recovery Support Volunteer in Birmingham Video

Hayley's story - a Recovery Support Volunteer in Birmingham

Highlights peer support, purpose, and community connection as holistic supports for ongoing recovery...
BCP Running club Video

BCP Running club

Shows how physical activity, community, and routine can support recovery and wellbeing alongside for...
“How gambling harms can affect you” Video

“How gambling harms can affect you”

Gambling harms can affect anyone. You're not alone.
See how Carl transformed his life after seventeen years of addiction Video

See how Carl transformed his life after seventeen years of addiction

A recovery story highlighting how support can help people move away from substance dependence.
Alcoholic parents? This website can help! Video

Alcoholic parents? This website can help!

Impact of alcohol addiction on families and how to seek support.
Helping the Community with Drug and Alcohol Support (with CGL Camden) Video

Helping the Community with Drug and Alcohol Support (with CGL Camden)

Explains community support for substance use and how it connects to mental wellbeing.

Podcasts

Let’s Talk About CBT for Gambling Addiction Podcast

Let’s Talk About CBT for Gambling Addiction

In this episode, Helen Macdonald talks with James from Gambling with Lives about the hidden realitie...

Helpful tools

Mindful practice

Mood Journal

Write down what is going on so it feels less tangled. 5-10 min

Mindful practice

Grateful Moments

Notice what is good and let it land for a moment. 5 min

Guided exercise

Calming Breathing

Slow the breath and create a small pocket of calm. 3-5 min

Mindful practice

Self-Compassion

Respond to yourself with more kindness. 5-10 min

Guided exercise

Easing Tension

Release built-up tension and reconnect with the body. 10 min

Mindful practice

Untangling Worries

Contain anxious thoughts by giving them a dedicated space. 10-15 min

Useful links

mind.org.uk Mind Advice, information, and practical support outside the app. turning-point.co.uk Turning Point Advice, information, and practical support outside the app. wearewithyou.org.uk We Are With You Advice, information, and practical support outside the app.