Bee Sober Support Group
UK · Facebook / communityA UK sober community with a free private Facebook support group. Bee Sober also runs private member chats and events.
Visit Bee SoberHELP, SUPPORT & COMMUNITIES
The counter is one tool. Support can be another.
AND COUNTING keeps time from a date visible. It does not provide treatment, counselling or crisis care. If you want help with drinking, drugs, stopping smoking, stopping vaping — or somebody else's use — these UK services and communities are places to start.
Links and contact details checked 28 September 2026. Services can change; the provider's own page is the current authority.
WHAT THE APP DOES
Keep the time visible.
Choose a date. See the count. Keep the meaning private if you want.
For advice, treatment, medication, meetings, community or urgent help, use the organisations below. AND COUNTING is designed to sit alongside support — not replace it.
PEER & COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Sometimes it helps to talk to people who get it.
These are independent communities, not AND COUNTING services. Read each community's rules before joining or posting.
Sober Girl Society
UK · events / WhatsApp communityFor women who are sober, sober-curious, cutting down or taking a break. Event participation can include access to its WhatsApp community.
Visit Sober Girl Societyr/stopdrinkinguk
UK · RedditA UK-focused peer space for people who have stopped drinking, are trying to stop, or want to cut down.
Open RedditNHS Smokefree Facebook Group
England · FacebookAn NHS-signposted peer space where people quitting smoking can share progress, ask questions and hear from others trying to quit.
Open the groupr/stopsmoking
Global · RedditA large peer community focused on stopping smoking, including milestones, cravings, slips, restarts and practical encouragement.
Open RedditALCOHOL SUPPORT
If you want more than a counter.
Confidential advice, mutual-aid meetings and local treatment services are available across the UK.
Drinkline
National alcohol helplineFree, confidential support if you are worried about your own drinking or somebody else's.
0300 123 1110Weekdays 9am–8pm · weekends 11am–4pmNHS alcohol support ↗
Alcoholics Anonymous Great Britain
Peer fellowship · meetingsFree mutual-aid support with in-person and online meetings across Great Britain.
UK SMART Recovery
Free meetings · online & in personEvidence-based mutual-aid meetings using practical tools drawn from approaches including CBT and Motivational Interviewing.
Find a SMART meetingChange Grow Live
Local treatment & supportFree and confidential local services for alcohol, drugs and related challenges.
Find local supportDRUG SUPPORT
Information, advice and peer support.
You do not need to know exactly what kind of help you want before making contact.
FRANK
Confidential drugs information & adviceFriendly, confidential information and advice about drugs for people who use them, friends and families.
0300 123 660024 hours a day, 7 days a week · text 82111Contact FRANK ↗
Narcotics Anonymous UK
Peer fellowship · meetingsPeer support for people seeking freedom from drug addiction, with meetings and a UK helpline.
0300 999 12127 days a week · 10am–midnightVisit UKNA ↗
Change Grow Live
Local treatment & supportSearch for free and confidential local services for drugs, alcohol and related needs.
Find a serviceSTOPPING SMOKING
Free NHS support is available.
Support differs across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The NHS UK directory routes you to the right national service.
UK quit-smoking services
NHS / national servicesFind the correct free stop-smoking support for England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
Choose your UK serviceNational Smokefree Helpline
EnglandTalk to a trained adviser for stop-smoking advice and support.
0300 123 1044Mon–Fri 9am–8pm · Sat–Sun 11am–4pmExplore support options ↗
Local Stop Smoking Service
England · free local supportFind local advisers offering one-to-one or group support, which may be available face-to-face, by phone or online.
Find a local serviceSTOPPING VAPING
NHS guidance is available when you want to stop vaping.
The NHS Better Health guide covers stopping nicotine vaping, withdrawal, cutting down and where to ask for additional support.
How to quit vaping
NHS Better HealthPractical NHS guidance for people who want to stop nicotine vaping, including advice about withdrawal and support options.
Read the NHS guideFAMILY & FRIENDS
It may be somebody else's drinking or drug use affecting you.
There are services specifically for family members, partners, friends and people affected by a parent's drinking.
Al-Anon Family Groups
Families & friends affected by drinkingPeer support for people whose lives are affected by somebody else's drinking.
Visit Al-Anon UKNacoa
Affected by a parent's drinkingFree, confidential support for people affected by a parent's drinking, including adults.
Adfam
Families affected by alcohol, drugs or gamblingSupport, information and peer resources for family members and friends affected by somebody else's substance use or gambling.
Find supportIF THINGS FEEL URGENT
You can talk to someone now.
Free to call, day or night. If you need someone to talk to, Samaritans listens without judgement.
Contact Samaritans ↗A UK-wide directory of mental-health support services, including local and national options.
Open Hub of Hope ↗Immediate danger or urgent medical help: call 999 or go to A&E.
A SIMPLE BOUNDARY
Your number can matter without the app pretending it did the work.
AND COUNTING records the calendar time from the date you choose. It does not know whether you drank, smoked or used drugs after that date, and it does not assess recovery, dependence or relapse. If professional, clinical or peer support is part of your journey, keep using it.