Drug and alcohol support at HMP Lincoln

We offer one-to-one drug and alcohol support sessions, where you meet with a Recovery Worker regularly to work through things you're struggling with. We use psychological approaches to help you meet your goals. 

This could range from a single session to a more structured, longer-term series of meetings, depending on your needs.

Groups and meetings are a great way to make positive steps in recovery. Change is easier if you have other people to support you.

Our groups are a place for people who are experiencing issues with drugs or alcohol to come together and help each other. They're sometimes known as Mutual Aid Partnership, or MAP, groups.

The groups are free and confidential. You can join for as little or as long as you want. Rather than focussing on how you’re feeling, our support groups are about helping each other find practical ways to deal with life’s challenges. 

These are are run by WithYou staff or by experienced volunteers who may have had issues with alcohol or drugs themselves in the past, and understand the challenges.

In some cases, you might need medication to help you manage withdrawal symptoms or to prevent relapse. We offer this clinical support alongside other structured one-to-one sessions, as part of your wider recovery plan. 

To access this treatment, your recovery worker will arrange an assessment with specially trained clinicians, such as doctors and nurses, who can give you a prescription for the medication you need. 

The assessment will look at your substance use and wider health needs, so that we can offer you the right treatment. You will meet with the clinical team regularly to make sure the medication is working well and to make any adjustments. 

Substance use and mental health are closely connected, with one very much impacting upon the other.

If you are receiving drug and alcohol support from us then you will have the opportunity to access interventions which are focused on improving mental wellbeing. This includes looking at how to improve sleep, exercise, diet and nutrition, to lower levels of depression and anxiety. 

We provide specialist support for military veterans and their families who have challenges with drug or alcohol use and mental health, helping people to lead fulfilling lives not hindered by dependence.

We do this by acknowledging the specific experiences of people in the armed forces community, capitalising on the strengths of military identity and using this to enhance recovery.

Our staff are trained and guided to offer the best possible support for members of the armed forces community.

Find out more about WithYou’s drug and alcohol support for the armed forces community

Towards the end of your sentence, we will work with you to assess whether or not you’ll continue to need support in the community after your release. 

Where this is the case, we’ll make all necessary arrangements for treatment to be continued in the community with your local community substance use team. This will include arrangements for medications to be continued.

We also offer the Trans4orm programme, which looks at different ways of thinking and behaving.

As a family member or friend of someone serving at HMP Lincoln using drugs and alcohol, you may not know where to turn. 

Please be reassured, there’s support available to help you navigate this challenging situation.

We offer specific support for people who are affected by a loved one’s alcohol or drug use. Please get in touch with our team.