Articles about Drug addiction

When people get freedom from drug addiction the starting point is usually painful. A set of consequences instigate...

In this article I want to reflect on some of the influences and experiences that can impact on young men, that may...

Drugs and sex have been combined for centuries, helping people to feel uninhibited and to enhance the experience...

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...

As a drugs worker, I spent many years visiting people in prison who were addicted to heroin and crack cocaine, in...

As people, we seem to live by the habits we form, and often these help to form structure in our daily lives...

When tackling addictive behaviour, in my experience, therapy alone is not enough. Addiction is often a way of...

For people who have struggled with addictions, going to a twelve step fellowship is a brave and potentially life...

It is perhaps never an easy time to stop drinking or taking drugs, but the lead up to the Christmas holiday season...

We only exist in our parents’ gaze until we learn how to view ourselves objectively. Beginning from the...

We might see psychotherapy as the process whereby we are supported in coming to terms with the opposites of many...

By the time most individuals turn to therapy, they have tried to give up their addiction many times with willpower...