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Treatment and support services working to reduce the harm caused by substance misuse and gambling addiction, and the consequent damage to individuals, their families and communities. Our 2010/11 annual report is now available …more
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Problems with alcohol?

ARA has lots of information on the impact of alcohol. …more

From our CEO
Gambling Treatment Services

South Wales Gambling Pilot .
ARA's Gambling Risk and Harm Minimisation pilot project in South Wales is progressing well
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homeAddiction Recovery Agency is experienced in providing services to people with drug,alcohol or gambling problems. All our services offer the best opportunity to progress towards abstinence and to maintain recovery from addiction to drugs,alcohol or gambling.

4 routes to recovery

4 routes to recover

ARA Bristol We provide a wide range of services for people in Bristol...more

ARA North Somerset We have a long established and highly successful service based in Weston-super-Mare, which also now includes a new alcohol outreach service (ARCH)...more

Gambling Treatment Services We offer free counselling services in partnership with GamCare...more

ARA Connect This is an online and telephone counselling service for people aged over 50 who have problems with alcohol...more

What our service users say…

ARA gave me the opportunity to live life, to have a life and be grateful for the life I have.

Recovery for me is freedom from drugs and alcohol, having good people in my life and getting to know myself again. Practically it is being independent, having somewhere decent to live and the chance to go to college or get a job. Most of all recovery has given me hope and the chance to give back – something I thought was gone forever.

I can return to education, I can do voluntary work with a view to returning to full time work. I can be a useful member of society

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ARA is a registered charity (charity no. 1002224) formed in 1987 . Our vision is " a positive, inclusive, healthy and safe society". Last year we saw over 5,000 people. We make a real difference to the lives of our service users, their families and their communities.

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