For International Overdose Awareness Day, Leo, Outreach Team Leader at Wirral Ways and member of the non-fatal overdose panel, busts three common myths about overdose. Myth 1: You only overdose if you inject drugs Overdose can happen through many different routes, not...
Jacob Jones, Volunteering Lead at Wirral Ways, shares three reasons to get involved. Build your confidence and grow your skills Volunteering is a great opportunity to get hands-on, practical experience, working within a team and on your own, within a drug and alcohol...
Sally Rzeszowski, Dual Diagnosis Practitioner from the Stein Centre and working for Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust, shares three simple ways to manage stress while in recovery. Eat a balanced diet What you eat can influence your energy levels, mood and...
With the August bank holiday coming up, we want to make sure everyone knows what their prescription pick up dates will look like and where to get support if you need urgent help while Wirral Ways is closed. Please check your script dates carefully and plan ahead so...
Heading to a festival this summer? Ruby, Health and Wellbeing Support Worker at Wirral Ways, shares three common mistakes to avoid. Mixing substances without knowing how they interact Mixing a substance with alcohol, or one substance with another, can feel very...
We’re pleased to share that Wirral Ways now has four new portable induction loops, helping us make our services even more accessible to people who wear hearing devices. What is an induction loop? An induction loop is a piece of equipment that improves sound...
Watch Lindsay, Paul and Kieran talk about what Recovery Works means to them, then read Lindsay’s story in full below. For a lot of people, work is one of the first things to go when substance misuse takes hold. Getting it back can be one of the biggest...
For Alcohol Awareness Week, Jason, who works with the Health and Wellbeing team at Wirral Ways, shares three simple ways to reduce your drinking, and what happened when he didn’t do any of them. Have alcohol-free days “Try and have alcohol-free days, which...
For Alcohol Awareness Week, Jason, a volunteer on the alcohol team at Wirral Ways, shares three signs from his own experience that alcohol had become a problem. Drinking at any time, for any reason “Alcohol became a problem for me. I would drink at any time. It...
For Alcohol Awareness Week 2026, Heather Geggie, Recovery Coordinator on the alcohol team at Wirral Ways, shares three signs it may be time to seek help. You drink more than you planned You go out after work meaning to have one or two drinks and end up drinking a lot...
