Dear Albert

At Dear Albert we know all about addiction, both through the story of our founder, and through the strengths, experiences and on-going training of the whole team. Dear Albert knows all about the fears and challenges that face those reaching out for support and appreciate how hard asking for support can be.

We also know about how to provide that support. Addressing substance misuse is probably the most significant action a person with a history of drink or drug abuse will ever do. We understand how difficult taking those first steps towards personal discovery and recovery can be. Dear Albert knows how to ensure that when people do take those first tentative steps towards asking for help, the right kind of support is waiting for them. That’s the focus of Dear Albert: ‘we’ve been there, done that’, and now we can show you how to do it too’.

From this secure base Dear Albert delivers targeted support, combining innovative approaches with evidence based initiatives. Our proven approaches can be directed towards individuals and organisations that come into contact with those suffering from active substance misuse. This also includes supporting those that have already achieved abstinence/sobriety, but who want to remain connected to a recovery community as an on-going resource.

We can also help organisations not directly involved with substance misuse, but would nevertheless benefit from some of our approaches in terms of reducing costs, utilising exiting community assets, peer mentor training.