Drink Wise & Jive – World Record Attempt

GRAB you dancing shoes and jive your way to a world record as part of an exciting campaign to raise awareness that there’s plenty of fun to be had without involving alcohol. The Drink Wise & Jive event will see hundreds of people take to the city centre in Derry to jive into the record […]

Race to Recovery Results

Race to Recovery 2017 3K Fun Run                 1st Frankie Ferguson                    2nd Pearse Lynch                   3rd Orlaith Lynch 10k Male                                          1st Lawrence O’Hara  2nd Kent Swann   3rd Stephen Nicholson 10K Female                               1st Kyla Henderson          2nd April Clarke      3rd Sandra McKillop Pos Bib Firstname Lastname Finish 1 100 Lawrence O’Hara 00:34:42 2 126 Kent Swann 00:34:44 3 […]

Race to Recovery 2017 – Photo Gallery

One Mother’s Race to Recovery

   Race to Recovery – A Celebration of Hope, Health & Fitness  Race to Recovery is the new name for Addiction NI’s annual 10K Race and 3K Fun Run /Walk. This year the race will be officially started by Natasha Scott who sadly lost both her son and brother to drugs in October 2016. Natasha […]

Running to Recovery

  MICHAEL’S RUN TO RECOVERY Michael Bailey began his journey to recovery in September 2013 and in April 2015 became a volunteer for Addiction NI. Michael is a member of our User Representation Group helping in the development of events and services for individuals struggling with alcohol and drug use. Over the last 2 years […]

Substance Use in the Workplace Summit

The Substance Use in the Workplace Summit is the first event in Northern Ireland focused solely on managing substance use in the workplace. Read More

Feel Good February – Mindfulness Workshops

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The Blues Brothers for One Night Only

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Easing the transition: The relationship between alcohol and the labour activity in the over 50s population of the UK

Employers to do more to support over 50s on risks of alcohol in later life – new report Recent retirees are more likely to drink every day Almost one third of older drinkers in the professional occupational class drink 5-7 days a week A quarter of the professional occupational class aged 60-69 drink heavily – […]

Innovative new app launched to help NI workers keep tabs on their drinking habits

Innovative new app launched to help NI workers keep tabs on their drinking habits  ADDICTION NI, in partnership with Business in the Community, has developed a new mobile phone app to help employees across Northern Ireland keep track of their drinking habits by calculating the number of units in their drinks and how long their […]