Addiction Services

BHT Sussex's Addiction services projects work across Brighton & Hove across the addiction pathway and consist of three services.

addiction-services

Addiction Services

BHT Sussex's Addiction services projects work across Brighton & Hove across the addiction pathway and consist of three services.

BHT Sussex's Addiction services are delivered in Brighton & Hove across the addiction pathway and consist of three services: Detox Support, Recovery Project and Move On.

BHT Sussex's Services

Detox Support

Provides safe accommodation and a programme of support for men and women undergoing a medically supervised eight to 12 week drug detox programme to achieve abstinence.

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Recovery Project

BHT Sussex's Recovery Project aims to support clients to achieve healthy independent living free from alcohol and drugs.

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Move On

The BHT Sussex Move On Project provides safe and supported move on accommodation for men and women who have been through a rehabilitation programme or have experience of recovery

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Real life stories from BHT Sussex

Brendon

Over the last couple of years, BHT Sussex’s Addiction Services have noticed an increase in the number of ‘second generation’ addicts. They were children who grew up with one, or both, parents with a severe alcohol and/or drug problem. They often suffered extreme neglect and, in most cases, severe trauma.

The nature of the work that we do at both the Detox Support Project and at the Recovery Project is to help clients to address safely the legacy of their core needs being unmet as children. By doing so, we reduce the chances of those issues becoming triggers for relapse, and they are able to rebuild their lives with the skills and self-belief they were not given as children.

Brendon is a 31-year old alcohol and cocaine addict who recently completed treatment within our Addiction Services.

Paul

Paul is a 49 year-old man who was street homeless in Brighton for four years, suffering from heroin, crack cocaine and alcohol addiction.

He also has multiple physical health difficulties. For a long period of his life, Paul’s closest companion was his dog Lil. As Paul explains in this account below, he was someone who other support services found difficult to reach, but he eventually managed to turn his life around with the support of BHT Sussex’s Addiction Services.

Khan

Living day to day Last year, I was living a hectic life in Brighton and Eastbourne – to escape that I turned up on my mum’s doorstep, and I wasn’t looking well because I’d been on drugs for a long time. After 6 months Khan’s relationship with his mum and his recovery broke down. He had to leave his mum’s house and he returned to Brighton, where he had nowhere to live. He ended up sleeping rough. Khan was initially placed in emergency temporary accommodation, through the local Street Outreach Service, but he needed more supportive and longer-term housing, and … Read more

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