AATA!!!

For a free online support forum and information on benzodiazepine addiction, toxicity and withdrawal please visit www.thetrap.org.uk or click on the forum image above. The site has lots of information and a free online support forum community.

Welcome to AATA (action against tranquilliser addiction)! We are a registered voluntary organisation set up to reduce the harm caused by benzodiazepines and related drugs.

AATA was formed from the members of TRAP forums.

Our long term aim is to reduce the number of people who become dependent, to their detriment both physically and socially, on benzos prescribed by their physicians or who misuse them illicitly.
We have therefore formed this organisation to seek to influence both the medical community and drug and alcohol services and to provide a service for those who are suffering adverse consequences from benzodiazepine use/misuse.
We have many people who support our aims including distinguished members of the medical profession and local and national politicians.
The links to other sites can provide further detailed information and we would encourage you to visit them.

The aims of AATA are as follows:

(1) Raise awareness and establish dedicated services for benzodiazepine addiction at the local level.

(2) Advocate for equality in services regardless of background.

(3) Raise awareness of the increased mental health problems associated with chronic benzodiazepine usage.

(4) To establish increased awareness of the protracted benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome.

(5) Highlight the significant increased rate of criminal offending associated with the non medical use of benzodiazepines.

(6) Highlight the significant and rapidly escalating problem of benzodiazepine misuse throughout the UK.

(7) To raise awareness of the increased risks of benzodiazepines in the elderly.

(8) To raise awareness of the harm benzodiazepines have in young children and on the unborn child during pregnancy.

(9) To raise awareness that although benzo’s are harmful, stopping benzo’s too quickly without specialist management is much more harmful.

(10) To raise awareness of benzodiazepines and drug related deaths.

(11) Work in partnership with healthcare providers to provide best practice guidelines and healthcare for managing benzodiazepine dependency and withdrawal.

(12) To establish regional helplines for benzodiazepine addicts.

Action Against Tranquilliser Addiction