Talk it through with the AI guide

You are speaking with an AI guide, not James replying live. It can help you work out where you actually are tonight, who to tell and when, and what needs to happen before morning. It is not a doctor, addiction clinician, counsellor, therapist, sponsor or emergency service. It cannot diagnose you, grade what happened, arrange treatment, contact anybody on your behalf, or sit with you.

It does not diagnose and it does not treat. It will not tell you whether you are an alcoholic, whether last night was bad enough to count, how to come off alcohol, what to take, or whether to go back into treatment. Stopping suddenly after heavy drinking can be dangerous, and a dry stretch beforehand does not make it safer — that is a doctor today, not a chat window. If anything has become an emergency, stop and use your local emergency services; the safety page describes the routes. Do not name your clinic, your employer or anyone else here: nothing written in a chat window is confidential or privileged.

This chat is currently complimentary, with up to ten turns in a rolling 24-hour period on this guide, across all your conversations here. Safety-related responses are never limited by this allowance.