{"id":486,"date":"2024-01-08T12:46:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T12:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/?page_id=486"},"modified":"2025-09-16T13:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:01:55","slug":"addiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/handbook\/diagnosis\/addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug and alcohol addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Substance misuse refers to the harmful use of substances for non-medical purposes.<\/p>\n<p>People who misuse substances do it regardless of the consequences because they might enjoy the feelings they get, or they use substances as a way of escaping painful and distressing thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Some substances can be physically addictive so for people who misuse them regularly it can be extremely hard to stop, and they will have withdrawal symptoms if they do not take the substance.<\/p>\n<p>Substance misuse and dependence can be associated with mental health illness.<\/p>\n<p>If you are the parent, partner, or carer of someone who misuses drugs or alcohol, you may feel worried, frustrated and alone. For advice and support, you can contact:<\/p>\n<h3>One Recovery Buckinghamshire<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Phone:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0300 772 9672<\/li>\n<li><strong>Website:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onerecoverybucks.org\">www.onerecoverybucks.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Turning Point Oxfordshire<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Phone:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 01865 261 690<\/li>\n<li><strong>Website:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turning-point.co.uk\/services\/oxfordshire\">www.turning-point.co.uk\/services\/oxfordshire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>DrugFAM<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Phone:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0300 888 3853 helpline<\/li>\n<li><strong>Website:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drugfam.co.uk\/\">www.drugfam.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>NHS website<\/h3>\n<p>Visit the NHS website for information on other mental health conditions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Website:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/mental-health\/conditions\">www.nhs.uk\/mental-health\/conditions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Substance misuse refers to the harmful use of substances for non-medical purposes. People who misuse substances do it regardless of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":466,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-page-vertical-nav.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-486","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486\/revisions\/629"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/carers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}