Facing another Christmas living with an alcoholic or an addict can present different challenges.
Anxiety is a common emotion and we all experience it at times. It is an instinctive response to danger.
The reality is addiction affects normal people with sometimes live stressful lives
Co-dependency is generally when your mood, happiness and identity is defined by how another person is feeling. Co-dependency is a very painful condition which is stressful.
What will cause an addiction? Addiction. What is the cause? Why do some people become alcoholics, gamblers and drug addicts and others do not? We
Happy New Year! Happy New Year. Let’s all hope it will be a good one – happy, healthy and fulfilling. Failing that, let us trust
Around this time we often hear about the 12 Days of Christmas. This period starts on the 26th December (Boxing Day) and ends on the
This week is National Grief Awareness Week – which aims to make people aware of the effect of grief and loss throughout the UK, and
Are you in an unhealthy relationship? Are you worried that your relationship is making you unhappy? Do you feel unable to break free from a
The Wednesday of the first week in November sees us marking National Stress Awareness Day. We often hear about the stress of modern living and
In the depths of addiction, we find a vicious cycle of not understanding the affects of addiction on the mind and body. A painful place
Addictive personality traits make themselves apparent in a multitude of ways and affect many and varying people. People can have an addictive personality that make
Parents who have children with addiction often understand that the addiction has taken over their children’s life. To the point where they are unrecognisable. These
Being in active addiction, we have many common problems in our lives. Not all of these apply to every person in active addiction, but the
Living With An Addict My name is Polly and I grew up living with an addict. A woman who today is in recovery from her
Alcoholism and drug addiction are diseases that affect every member of the family. When there is alcohol/substance abuse in the family home it affects everyone,
An addiction is something that people often find difficult to define, but can generally be thought of as a dependence upon a substance or behaviour.
Even the most fearsome warriors in battle often must concede defeat and call for help. Without it they might not be the success that they
The hardest truth for an addict to grasp is that they are in fact an addict. Just as someone cannot be made to drink or
Many people who find themselves in a position where a loved one does not believe that they have a problem with drugs or alcohol. It
You know who I am, you’ve called me your friend, Wishes of misery and heartache I send, I want only to see that you’re brought
