Cocaine, a middle-class mother and the daughter who saved her from destruction
By JENNY STOCKS, taken from The Daily Mail The bedroom door swung open to reveal a female figure huddled over a wooden chest of drawers. Try as she might to hide the evidence, the tell-tale trail of white powder and tightly rolled £20 note had already been spotted. ‘I’ve only done it a couple of […]
SEX ADDICTION REAL?
By Sadie Nicholas | Daily Express See article here Is Sex Addiction real? Or despite its new status as a medical condition perhaps it’s just a convenient excuse used by people to explain infidelity…. Surrounded by colleagues at a conference, all high-flying engineer Andrew Brookes could think about was having sex with the beautiful brunette […]
Launch of new drug treatment in Bedford
A REVOLUTIONARY new service which aims to help addicts before they hit rock bottom will use Bedfordshire as its UK centre. The Sober Services programme has been running for two years but will use Bedford as a hub to coordinate its new team of interventionists as part of a new service, which is the first […]
Beyond Addiction – A New Beginning
Dear Ian, 16th March was such a wonderful evening! All of us including Samadarshiniji felt it was one of the best events in the whole tour. You spoke wonderfully and the questions some of your friends asked were also very good! Thank you for making it so special; we really enjoyed it! Have a wonderful […]
You booze, you lose; can the child of an alcoholic ever full recover?
NHS ONLINE Joanna Lowy comments: As Children of Alcoholic’s Week draws to a close, we ask whether it’s ever possible to heal completely. “I grew up with a mother who was and still is an alcoholic and a father who was away at sea for 9 months out of every 12. We were perceived as […]
The Big Society – what’s the Big Deal?
The Big Society – what’s the Big Deal? Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been hearing the phrase “The Big Society” and not really understood what it’s a reference to or what was being described. But I came to understand it a little clearer when it was pointed out via various media channels (most […]
When is the right time for change? The time is now!
I’m acutely aware that many people around the world make new years’ resolutions at the end of one year into the next. Many of these will be “I’m going to drink less”, or “I’m going to eat less chocolate”, or “I’m going to quit smoking” or “I’m going to get fit and healthy back at […]
Psychedelia: is it really a cure for Alcoholism?
Psychedelia: is it really a cure for Alcoholism? I loved this piece of writing in the Guardian newspaper from earlier this week http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/01/nudge-alcoholism-drug-abuse The article considers how LSD, Peyote and other psychedelic drugs could help cure alcoholism and be a drug addiction treatment! The author considers the Native Indians’ answer to the alcoholism that ravaged […]
I eat healthy and nutritious foods
I eat healthy and nutritous foods: For those of you who have been following my bogs, you may remember that on 22nd August 2010 I pledged to change my unhealthy eating choices http://www.ianyoung.co/i-pledge-to-change-my-unhealthy-eating-choices/ Well, I’m really pleased to say that I’ve made a major shift in my attitudes and therefore my shape (my weight change […]
Professor Nutt’s report – King Alcohol. That old chestnut.
Alcohol – that old chestnut: So all over the radio and TV press today is the news that Professor David Nutt has condemned alcohol as worse for the public health than heroin http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660210 Now those of you that have been following my thoughts and musings will know that I don’t care for prohibition or […]
