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Retreat vs Rehab

Retreat vs Rehab

Addiction and mental health care: choosing the right place for treatment. September is recovery month. A time to celebrate the success stories of individuals in recovery, showing that recovery is possible and sustainable, and to reduce the stigma and misconceptions...
5 Common myths about addiction – debunked!

5 Common myths about addiction – debunked!

With any subject that is at times controversial, and often misunderstood, there are always rumours, myths and half-truths circling around the whole concept. Addiction is no different. Because many people really don’t understand the disease, they only see the...
Bullying and its effect on mental health

Bullying and its effect on mental health

One of the latest scandals to hit the headlines involves UK daytime TVs, This Morning, andis mirrored by similar accusations being levelled against The Kelly Clarkson Show, in the USA. In both cases, former employees have alleged that the makers of the programs...
Dealing with grief in addiction recovery

Dealing with grief in addiction recovery

Grief and addiction are interlinked, one often having an impact on the other. Grief and trauma are two of the most common root causes of addiction with many individuals turning to the use of alcohol, drugs, or compulsive behaviours as a method to cope with difficult...
Mental health and drug use in elite level sports

Mental health and drug use in elite level sports

With the Olympic Games Paris 2024 held in July and August and the Paris 2024 Paralympicscurrently happening, we look back at this blog from 2020…. Tokyo 2020 has dominated news cycles worldwide for the last two weeks. On display the amazing talent, fortitude, and...
Is sex addiction real?

Is sex addiction real?

In the second season of the Emmy award winning HBO series, “The White Lotus”; the former-Sopranos actor, Michael Imperioli plays Dominic Di Grasso, a successful Hollywood producer with a sex addiction who has destroyed his marriage by repeatedly cheating on his wife....
Three stars who share 100+ years of sobriety

Three stars who share 100+ years of sobriety

Alcoholism and addiction can happen to anyone. Being famous, or rich does not give you immunity to the deadly disease. Here are three well-known celebrities who, after wrestlingwith dependency problems when they were younger, have been successfully living their lives...
World Suicide Prevention Day

World Suicide Prevention Day

World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10th, 2024 – ‘Changing the Narrative on Suicide’ Since 2003 the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) and the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) have...