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Recovery Impact Network · Home of the UNHOOKED Movement

Breaking Free. Restoring Lives.

Empowering individuals, families, workplaces and communities to prevent addiction, recover from gambling-related harm, and promote mental health and psychosocial wellbeing.
Who we are

Hope, recovery and positive change

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Recovery Impact Network (RIN) builds healthier individuals, families, workplaces and communities through recovery, mental health and psychosocial support.
Recovery Impact Network (RIN) is the organisation that provides the professional and organisational foundation for UNHOOKED Movement. UNHOOKED is RIN's specialised initiative focused on gambling-related harm, prevention, recovery, psychosocial support and advocacy.
What we do

Prevention, support and recovery

Our work follows the whole journey—from preventing harm to providing professional care and supporting lasting recovery.
A facilitator leading a mental health awareness workshop with young adults
Prevention and education
Build awareness early and give communities practical knowledge before harm takes hold.
School awareness programmes
Church programmes
Community outreach
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Professional support
Compassionate psychological support for individuals, families and organisations.
Individual counselling
Family counselling
Corporate wellness
Adults taking part in a welcoming peer support group
Recovery and capacity
Strengthen long-term recovery while equipping the people and institutions that support it.
Support groups
Professional training
Research
Knowledge and leadership

Meet the founder. Discover HOOKED.

Bothwell Matewe, founder of UNHOOKED Movement
Founder

Bothwell Matewe

Counselling psychologist, addiction specialist, researcher and mental-health advocate whose work combines professional expertise and lived experience.
HOOKED book
HOOKED

Understanding addiction and the journey to recovery

A recovery resource by Bothwell Matewe, bringing lived experience and professional insight into honest conversations about gambling addiction.
Stories of hope

Real journeys. Shared hope.

A glimpse of experiences shared by people in the UNHOOKED community.

Recovery is possible

Need help, want to partner with us, or want to support the movement? Take the next step today.