In a quiet moment, do you ever worry about your drinking? For professionals, there is a world of difference between social drinking and controlled d…

Having spent so many years working with problem drinking, my perspective on alcohol has gone through much change and introspection. I sometimes wonde…

Alcohol. Drugs. Food. Gambling. Nicotine. Sex. What do these six things have in common? They are all prevalent addictions. Addictions cause us to rep…

Alcohol or drug addiction, in the majority of cases, is used as medication to numb the feelings and memories of past or present issues. At first, you…

Drinking is at the heart of social life for many people, but those few drinks with friends can sometimes escalate into regular weekends of binging. S…

Anxiety and alcohol use often go hand in hand. From an early age many of us are conditioned by peers and the prevailing culture to use drink as a 'so…

Coping with grief after a loved one dies from alcohol-related causes is complex. Your grief is valid and deserves to be heard.

There are growing numbers of professional women who, according to Lucy Rocca in the media this week (founder of soberistas.com), are drinking a bottl…

Someone once said to me: “The worst part about growing up with an alcoholic parent was not knowing who would walk through the door: the nice sober da…

It’s your first sober Christmas, and your therapist’s away for two weeks. What do you do? You’ve stopped drinking: maybe you went to 12-step meeting…

The unhappy side of happy hour This year’s Alcohol Awareness Week runs from 17th to 23rd November. Alcohol is the most socially acceptable drug tha…

Under new NICE guidelines women who drink five units of alcohol each day and males who drink seven units daily may be putting their health in danger.…