Do you turn to drugs or alcohol to deal with uncomfortable feelings? Counselling can help you understand the reasons behind your addiction and learn healthy ways to cope.

Counsellor Ashley Bloxham shares strategies to help recovery from drug addiction.

A counsellor explores the nature of addiction and how to help a loved one overcome it.

A therapist explores addiction through the narrative of Alice in Wonderland.

When people get freedom from drug addiction the starting point is usually painful. A set of consequences instigate a motivation for change. That init…

In this article I want to reflect on some of the influences and experiences that can impact on young men, that may well trigger feelings of anxiety a…

Drugs and sex have been combined for centuries, helping people to feel uninhibited and to enhance the experience. There is a distinct difference, how…

I would like to speak about a subject very close to me, from both a professional and personal standpoint. I’ve worked in the field of substance misus…

Why is it so difficult to sit with how I feel? When did this happen? Why haven't I noticed this before? What am I afraid of? These are some of the qu…

As a drugs worker, I spent many years visiting people in prison who were addicted to heroin and crack cocaine, in order to help them get treatment. U…

As people, we seem to live by the habits we form, and often these help to form structure in our daily lives. Habits do sometimes become dangerous, ho…

When tackling addictive behaviour, in my experience, therapy alone is not enough. Addiction is often a way of filling a gap in our lives. So we need…