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Addiction counselling and rehab advice for Redhill
Looking up rehab in Redhill, whether for yourself or someone under your roof, leads to i-access, Surrey's free service, whose East team is based at Wingfield Resource Centre on St Anne's Drive. They assess and arrange detox or residential care. My part sits beside theirs: one-to-one addiction counselling in a Hove room 50 minutes down the A23, or over encrypted video.
The practical facts for Redhill
- Where sessions happen
- A private room at Intergen House, 65-67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, or secure video.
- From Redhill by car
- About 50 minutes with clear roads (34.4 miles); longer at busy times.
- Free local drug & alcohol service
- i-access, 0300 222 5932
- Fees
- £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90, £120 for 120. The first 15-minute call is free.
- Registration
- BACP registered member, no. 109340 (check the register); UKCP student member in advanced psychotherapy training.
Where Redhill's drug and alcohol help actually sits
In Redhill, the drug and alcohol help sits in the middle of town.
i-access East, the Redhill base of Surrey's free NHS service, shares Wingfield Resource Centre on St Anne's Drive with the evening Safe Haven and Waythrough's Community Connections. The service also lists The Arches at Redhill Methodist Church on Gloucester Road, and Moat House Surgery in Merstham, among its community locations. On Wednesdays from 11am to midday the i-access Recovery Café gathers at the Christ Central Building, 3 London Road, with no booking, and anyone in recovery is welcome there. Being so close can cut both ways. The streets that hold the help also hold the Belfry, the station and the neighbours you'd rather not meet, and for someone who works in London all day, the drinking may never have been seen in Redhill at all. Reigate and Banstead recorded 323.2 hospital admissions per 100,000 for alcohol-related conditions (narrow definition) in 2023/24, lower than England's 504.1. That is a borough rate, and it says nothing about your kitchen.
What a weekly hour adds to the i-access route
i-access has two partners behind it, a non-profit called Via and Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Their staff decide jointly with each person in Redhill whether help near home, a detox with medical oversight or a residential place fits, then arrange it. The i-access line is 0300 222 5932. What I bring is a regular hour of one-to-one talking that can sit either side of that, or right through it. Counselling can start months before anyone feels able to ring them, or once a detox is behind you and the real question has become how to get through a Friday night in Redhill without the old routine. Together we name what the bottle, the pills or the bets have been giving you, perhaps relief after a long day on the Brighton Main Line, a way to sleep or a way not to think, and then look for what else might give you some of that. Nothing needs dressing up for me: I came to this work through a recovery of my own, and I've practised for over 25 years. If the person worrying you lives under your roof, whether that's the person you share a bed with or an adult child back in the spare room, the sessions can be purely yours, about your sleep, your limits and what you say next.
Four places a Redhill household might begin
Wednesday mornings on London Road
The i-access Recovery Café meets at the Christ Central Building from 11am to midday each Wednesday. Nobody books, and you needn't be on the i-access caseload to walk in.
Ringing about a relative
Through its family and carers information, i-access gives a parent or partner in Earlswood or Merstham advice in their own right, before the person using is ready.
Merstham's own community point
Moat House Surgery in Merstham appears among the community locations i-access lists, which may mean a first appointment without travelling into the town centre.
After 6pm on a bad day
If drinking and despair arrive together in the evening, the Redhill Safe Haven at Wingfield Resource Centre takes walk-ins until 11pm every day, and a virtual Safe Haven keeps the same hours.
Public health figures for the area
These are local authority figures from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. The figures describe a whole population over a period, not any one person.
Free drug and alcohol support for Redhill
Questions about treatment go to i-access on 0300 222 5932 or to its East base at Wingfield Resource Centre; detox and residential care are arranged there, and private sessions with me can run beside whatever they set up. Relatives can use the i-access information and carers support, and Action for Carers Surrey backs anyone who has slid into looking after someone. The Wednesday Recovery Café on London Road is open to all in recovery.
- Free drug and alcohol servicei-access0300 222 5932Free and confidential.
- Local organisationi-access information and carers support for family and carers
FRANK (on 0300 123 6600) and Drinkline on 0300 123 1110 are free and confidential, and Alcoholics Anonymous and SMART Recovery run peer-support meetings you can find online. For gambling, the National Gambling Helpline is free, day or night, on 0808 8020 133 (NHS gambling support).
If raising someone's drinking or drug use with them feels unsafe, or someone at home is hurting, threatening or controlling you, the National Domestic Abuse Helpline is free, day or night, on 0808 2000 247. In immediate danger, call 999.
Detox and residential rehab are arranged through the free local drug and alcohol service named here. It assesses what you need, arranges medically assisted withdrawal where that is safe and needed, and can refer for community or residential treatment. My part is one-to-one counselling before, alongside or after that treatment, to help the changes last.
If you need urgent help now
If you need help right now, please don't wait for a session.
Locally, the Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS FT Mental Health Crisis Helpline is on 0800 915 4644. Local drop-in crisis support: Redhill Safe Haven; i-access Recovery Café, Redhill (check opening times before you go).
If you, or someone you live with, drink heavily every day, or take drugs such as benzodiazepines or GHB daily, do not stop suddenly without medical advice. Withdrawal can cause seizures and can be dangerous. Your GP or the local drug and alcohol service can arrange medically assisted withdrawal. Call 999 or go to A&E if someone in withdrawal is shaking visibly, unusually restless or agitated, confused, seeing or hearing things that are not there, or has a fit. For milder symptoms, such as a slight tremor or sweating, contact your GP or NHS 111 the same day (NHS guidance). Counselling works alongside medical support, not instead of it.
What people in Redhill ask before starting
Where do I go in Redhill to ask about rehab for my partner?
i-access East at Wingfield Resource Centre, St Anne's Drive, is the Redhill base of Surrey's free NHS drug and alcohol service, and its number is 0300 222 5932. Your partner would sit down with their team, and together they settle which of the routes on offer, from outpatient support up to a residential stay, suits them. You can also ask about their information and carers support for yourself straight away, whatever your partner decides.
Is Hove close enough from Redhill to meet face to face each week?
Either works from Redhill. A 50-minute run down the A23 makes a weekly face-to-face hour realistic, and by rail you'd swap trains at Gatwick Airport. If travel feels too much in early recovery, or you'd rather nobody noticed you heading off, secure video from home does the same work. You can switch between the two.
Is there a recovery group in Redhill I can go to without a referral?
Yes. The i-access Recovery Café meets every Wednesday from 11am to midday at the Christ Central Building, 3 London Road, and nobody has to book a place. It's open to anyone in recovery, whether or not i-access is supporting them. Wednesday mornings with others in recovery and a private hour with me each week fit together well, because the café and the counselling room cover different ground.
Our adult son lives in Merstham and drinks most days. Could counselling support me instead of him?
Yes, the sessions can be entirely yours. We would look at what you're seeing, what you've already tried, the conversations you dread and the lines you want to hold, at a pace you choose. i-access offers information and support to family and carers, and on a night when things tip into crisis, the Redhill Safe Haven at Wingfield Resource Centre is open to walk-ins from 6pm to 11pm.
How much do sessions cost, and is the first call free?
Sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes, the same in person in Hove or by video. The first 15-minute call is free, with no obligation to book. There is no NHS referral needed to see me privately.
A first call about Redhill, for you or for them
When you feel ready, a short conversation is the easiest way to see whether we are a good fit. There is no obligation.