With the festive season arriving, there is likely to be Christmas parties that you are invited to, and perhaps expected to attend. This time of year…

Sadly, addiction is not an illusion. A key driver of addictive behaviour is the illusion of emotional stabilisation and feeling better for it. How co…

Those of us who have contributed to the literature about models of drug dependence have indulged in irrelevancies. We have pushed an abstract scienti…

Drug properties, individual psychology and the context of the drug use are all important factors which influence drug effects.  Psychoactive drugs (…

Many approaches to working with people whose alcohol use is excessive are based on the 12 step model of Alcoholics Anonymous.  This works on the beli…

When does drinking stop becoming fun and develop into a problem.  You are not drinking on a park bench or having cider from a carrier bag.  So you’re…