Drug and Alcohol Star
For drug and alcohol recovery
Who is the Drug and Alcohol Star for?
Drug and Alcohol Star has been developed for use with adults who are accessing drug and alcohol recovery services. Recovery from problem drinking or drug misuse is a process and the Drug and Alcohol Star aims to support people to understand their triggers and effects of drug and alcohol misuse on themselves and others so they can make the changes they want to.
The Star helps them to identify progress towards key outcomes like drug use, alcohol use, physical health and family and relationships, and give clarity on where to focus next.
- Can young people use the Drug and Alcohol Star?
Because adults and young people have different needs and challenges when managing substance misuse issues, we have developed the Teen Star for services working with young people. If your service works with both adults and young people your Outcomes Star licence will give you access to both the Drug and Alcohol Star and the Teen Star, as well as full training and support in implementing them both.
Using the Outcomes Star approach
The Star is designed to be used as part of the Outcomes Star approach. That’s why we provide essential training and ongoing support to all licenced practitioners, so you can embed the Outcomes Star approach in your practice.
How does the Drug and Alcohol Star work?
The Drug and Alcohol Star covers ten outcome areas that support people in substance or alcohol misuse services to make changes, and assesses their progress towards each following a five-stage Journey of Change.
You and the people you support will fill out the Star together, and use it to better identify where their strengths lie and where they might need more help, and to make plans for moving forward along the journey.
Outcome areas
Drug use
Alcohol use
Physical health
Meaningful use of time
Community
Emotional health
Accommodation
Money
Offending
Family and relationships
The Journey of Change
01
Stuck
02
Accepting help
03
Believing
04
Learning
05
Self-reliance
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Always rooted in expertise and experience
The Drug and Alcohol Star was developed in collaboration with NORCAS (Norfolk Community Alcohol and Drug Services) with additional input from Aquarius.
