Understanding the Cycle of Addiction
Addiction arises as a result of a need to escape uncomfortable feelings. Alcoholics usually begin drinking as a remedy for overwhelming feelings of helplessness which they don’t know how to deal with and so use alcohol as a form of self-medication.
Breaking Your Alcohol Addiction Cycle
The journey from addict to recovery presents many challenges along the way, but perhaps one of the biggest challenges in the initial stages is breaking the addiction cycle that has its hold on you.
My Husband Drinks Too Much – What Should I Do?
If you failed to make it through October in your quest to give up drinking or smoking, do not beat yourself up about it. This does not make you a failure and in fact, you are in very good company.
My Parent Is An Alcoholic – 8 Ways To Help
If you are living with a parent who is an alcoholic, you may find yourself, at times, in a situation of role reversal, where you will have to become an adult and take care of them.
What is Alcoholic Nose?
If you have been abusing alcohol for a long time, you may have noticed that you have developed a bulbous nose – or ‘alcoholic nose’, as it’s known colloquially.
Famous Alcoholic Politicians
People often use alcohol to relieve stress and help them relax. It is no wonder therefore that some of the world’s politicians in high-profile jobs have ended up dependent on alcohol. Alcohol is officially banned from the Chambers of the Houses of Parliament, but tradition dictates that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is allowed to […]
Nothing Legal about getting high
This week has confirmed the blanket ban on legal highs across the whole of the UK. The concern now is; what extent will our teens go to to keep getting high?
