Cocaine & Alcohol Group

This is a 10 week group psychoeducational programme for people with alcohol and cocaine (including dry-sniffing) issues who are stable or in early drug/alcohol free recovery who wish to access support in a professionally facilitated and safe group setting.

The aim is to gain awareness on health and enable learning of relapse prevention, coping skills and a recovery toolkit in order to set and meet treatment goals and build a sustainable recovery plan using evidence based approaches.

in 2022 we ran four, 10 week groups throughout the year. Evaluations found that participants reported a gained awareness of the impact their drug or alcohol use had on self and others as well as, learning new coping skills for decision making in regards cocaine and alcohol use.

For more information, contact Trish 01-8110595

Recovery Pathways Programme

The pathways to recovery programme offers a structural client centered approach to help participants meet their goals through referrals, group process, psycho educational workshops, key working and care planning.

We help the participant become accountable in their recovery with the outlook of empowering the client to become self efficient moving forward in hitting their goals through the biopsychosocial model, motivational interviewing and resonance factor, some of the diverse therapeutic models that are used on the pathways to recovery programme.

We believe on the recovery pathways programme that connection and accountability are key to a participants recovery and help them to build recovery capital through connecting with all our services and supports in house and outhouse that will empower them in their recovery going forward.

For more information, contact 01-8110595

Tus Nua

Working directly with people who are experiencing problems with substance misuse, mental health issues and homelessness.

As part of FAST’s ongoing commitment towards social inclusion , we work in conjunction with Tus Nua to support individuals experiencing problems with drugs and /or alcohol.

Our process is :

• To carry out initial and comprehensive assessment(s) on all service users
• To provide key working, case management and care plan development supports with service users
• To build relationships and establish referral links with local and National service providers
• To facilitate psycho-education and therapeutic group work

Our Approach

Contingency Management Interventions / Motivational Incentives (for adults who use alcohol, stimulants, opioids, etc)

Research has demonstrated the effectiveness of treatment approaches using contingency management (CM) principles, which involve giving participants tangible rewards to reinforce positive behaviors such as abstinence.

You can make an appointment by contacting FAST on (01) 8110595 or email reception@fastltd.ie

Drop-In to FAST

Whether you are looking for information on addiction or mental health issues for you or a family member, or you want to make an appointment to see a counsellor, you can call in to FAST and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Our opening times are as follows:

Monday-Thursday 9am-7.30pm

Friday 9am-4pm

We are open late Monday – Thursday for groups and by strict appointment only

If you need to contact us outside of opening times you can phone FAST on 01 8110595 and leave a message. We will call you back as soon as we can.

Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselling

Finding yourself caught in the snare of Addiction can be an overwhelming experience. The desire to drink or use the drug often overrules the wish to break away and can leave you feeling confused and powerless to change.

Talking to someone who can help you to understand your relationship with alcohol and/or drugs can give you the confidence and strength you need in order to make the changes you want to make.

If you are drinking too much or struggling with drugs you can talk to a counsellor in a 1-1 confidential appointment

This can help with

• Drug and Alcohol Awareness
• Changing addictive behaviour patterns
• Referral and planning for detox and rehabilitation
• Talking about issues that push you toward using substances

We at FAST believe in supporting individuals as they discover their own ability and strength to understand and take control over their addictive behaviour.

You can make an appointment by contacting FAST on (01) 8110595 or email reception@fastltd.ie

Polydrug Use Service

Polydrug use refers to the use of two or more psychoactive drugs in combination to achieve a particular effect. The comedown can be as extreme with feelings of low mood or depression and fear and other unexpected side effects such as paranoia due to the mix of drugs being used. Users often experience suicidal thoughts and feelings associated with this.

FAST offers a service that is specifically geared to helping people who are affected by using these types of drugs.

Whether you are experiencing effects from recently using these drugs or you want to break the cycle of drug use in your life, you can talk to us in confidence.

The Polydrug Use Service provides the following:

• Therapeutic interventions to participants to enable them to reduce their polydrug use or become drug free
• Support to those affected by polydrug use in the Finglas area
• Information and support for families affected by polydrug use

The Polydrug use Service Team uses a combination of evidence based therapeutic and holistic interventions on a one to one AND group basis, to support participants wishing to address their cocaine use. These include:

• Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA)
• Motivational Interviewing (MI)
• Brief Solution Focused Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Hypnotherapy Sessions
• Acupuncture
• Buteyko breathing techniques
• Relapse Prevention techniques
• Reduce the use techniques

If you need further information please ring (01) 8110595, or email reception@fastltd.ie

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Click on the link above to listen to one persons experience of addiction and how they used FAST to support them on the road to recovery.

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Aftercare Support

Are you Drug and Alcohol Free? Would you like support in maintaining your recovery?

Living drug and/or alcohol free can be challenging. Dealing with issues and feelings that normally would have been avoided in addictions can leave an individual in recovery very confused and isolated.

FAST aftercare provides both one to one counselling and group support.

You can contact us for an assessment to determine which part of the service suits you best.

Aftercare group

The Aftercare group in FAST provides a place for people to come and get support as they move forward in their recovery.

This group is for people who wish to establish strong supportive links with others in a similar situation.

The group aims to balance serious talk in a confidential environment with an outlet for fun through organising social events and weekends away.

FAST Aftercare group meets from 6:30pm to 8:30pm on Wednesday evenings.

If you are interested in finding out more, call 01-8110595