Alcohol, substance use and gambling
Alcohol and Drugs
Support with substance use, whether it is for alcohol, drugs or both, is available for everyone in North East Lincolnshire.
Recovery is about far more than stopping substances, it’s about rebuilding your life in a way that feels right for you. It’s finding new purpose, reconnecting with others, and feeling part of your community again.
If you feel you need support, there are a range of services and local meetings, giving you the flexibility to choose the support that feels right for you.
Local Services
If you are experiencing serious complications from substance use, you should call 999 immediately.
North East Lincolnshire Recovery Partnership: Drug and alcohol support tailored you, from harm reduction advice to treatment and recovery.
For more information, to book an appointment, or to access click and deliver naloxone please visit: www.recoverypartnership.co.uk/nelincs alternatively, please call 01472 806890
You are also welcome to drop in and visit the service
For a full list of recovery services in NEL please visit :
Creative Start
Creative Start are a lived experience, recovery organisation helping to rebuild the lives of people in recovery. They promote an abstinence-based peer-support recovery approach, provided by a network of lived-experience volunteers and supporters.
Call directly at 07586458586 or attend one of their open meetings every Monday at 11am at The Comeback, and the recovery ‘Eat and Meet’ every Thursday between 11am and 3pm at the Great Escape.
Carers Support
If someone you care for uses substances and you need support, the Carers Support Service has a specialist worker who can offer both one‑to‑one and group support.
Please contact 01472 242 277 for more information.
For a full list of recovery services in NEL please visit Welcome to Grimsby Recovery Town.
The link provides up to the minute links to local meetings and organisations, from lived experience peer support groups to frontline services, we’re here to get you in touch with the people that can help.
Reporting
Report an overdose
This form is for the reporting of overdoses and contaminated drugs in North East Lincolnshire. By identifying patterns, trends, or new contaminated drugs we can help prevent incidents that might threaten people’s health or lives.
Report Local Drug information
This form is used for gathering timely information about new, stronger, poor quality, or contaminated drugs available in North East Lincolnshire. This enables us to assess risk and work closely with local partners to reduce harm and fatality caused by drug use.
Gambling
Gambling can affect people in many different ways. It can lead to money worries, problems with relationships, poor mental and physical health, and difficulties at work or in education. It can also be linked to crime, cultural pressures, and harms connected to gaming.
Taking time to think about how gambling affects you and your family is often the first step towards making positive changes. There is rarely a single solution, and lasting change usually comes from trying a mix of different approaches that work for you.
Anyone can be affected by gambling harms and there is help and support available to everyone.
Local support
- The NHS Northern Gambling Service- external site – external site – provides specialist addiction therapy and recovery to people affected by gambling addiction, as well as those with mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, trauma, and suicidal feelings. The service also provides support to people close to those with gambling addiction, such as family, partners, and carers.
- NECA Yorkshire and Humber- external site – external site – provides free, confidential and specialist support in Grimsby and the surrounding areas for anyone adversely affected by gambling-related harms, either their own or a loved ones
