Helpline Providing Immediate Advisory Service to Addicts:

If you identify with the following & require help please contact the above helpline initially by TEXT or voicemail:

THE MAJOR ISSUE;
The big issue is the current alarming statistics on Scotland's drug & alcohol addiction crisis & the slow layout of available help.

THE BRIDGE TO SOLUTION;
Utilising personal experience the key is to be positioned to offer quick & immediate support once help is requested. And there is nothing better than a performing addict to request help from an abstaining addict where identification & trust may be gained expediently. But there is a gap to be bridged.

THE REASON FOR THE GAP;
Many of the addiction programme oriented charities prefer an attraction rather than promotion stance meaning there is a significant "gap" from finding to securing the help so desperately & urgently needed.
This means the only way to find out what type of help is available from a particular group is to either fall into it, get lucky or white knuckle ride the initial spells. However, recovery stats are not great utilising these methods but they might be if an addict had a snapshot of why they do actually work & the beneficial practicalities therein.
It is into this gap that many sufferers fall - although they want help, & undoubtedly it is there, it isn't as easily accessible as one might imagine. Also, although private business & governing bodies may wish to fund/sponsor such charities their constitutions render them unable to accept outside contributions thereby stifling access to funds that can create further accessibility. While, I fully understand these charities need to stick rigidly to their guidelines there definitely is an option for a half-way house advisory/intermediary organization to act in an exchange format mode. The model is based on speedy, experienced advice backed up by immediate action alternatives on offer via introduction to the various addiction health agencies. Of course, helplines (phone, mail, text, social media) would be manned by lived-experienced staff.
From the outside looking in the gulf is too vast & therefore, too slow to make an impact and that is why fatalities are high. Those who are intensely suffering require immediate help, and amidst their own chaos, as clear an indication as possible on how to navigate their way through internal mayhem - what is going to happen? why is it happening? what do I need to do to stop this? where can I go? what will I find there?, etc.. This message is unlikely to be carried well by those who have not encountered addictions
and the various recovery services they offer.
Traditionally, success suggests simplicity & promptness to be all-important in this field as follows;
Help is required
Help is available
How is help accessed - see above.