With 137,749 adults having entered treatment for some form of drug or alcohol dependency in 2022 to 2023, there are very few families in the UK unaffected by addiction. The link between homelessness and addiction is also profound, with people all too often discharged from treatment with little or no follow on support.
Written by award-winning writer and film-maker Denise Harrison from the vital perspective of lived experience, Finding Rat Park is a practical survival manual for anyone navigating their way through detox, rehab and onwards through recovery.
Admission into detox was never a goal of mine. I didn’t ever aspire to become an alcoholic. They were the people on benches or sitting in doorways with their cheap cans of lager or extra strength cider. Not me. It was never, ever supposed to be me, only it turns out that what I thought was irrelevant, because I became one anyway…
Denise Harrison, author of Finding Rat Park
Written with warmth and candour, the book brings together personal insights, tips and powerful stories of recovery, along with step-by-step advice about how to make it out of addiction and homelessness, and ultimately find your own ‘Rat Park‘.
Crucially, Finding Rat Park also looks to bridge the gaps in understanding between those seeking recovery and those who work with them towards that goal, whether friends, family, carers of support workers.
Pathway is proud to have supported Denise in her vision.
This book helped me today, and it will help me tomorrow and for the rest of my life…thank you.
Mat Amp, Deputy Editor of The Pavement magazine
You can order your copy of Finding Rat Park below. Services wishing to bulk buy copies should contact info@pathway.org.uk