Alcohol related hospital admissions reach record level. [JM]
Alcohol-related hospital admissions reach record level I am amazed not at the numbers of people who are being treated for alcohol related admissions to hospitals in the U.K over the last few years, but at the treatment provided for them and the prognosis for their future. Identifying people who have a problem with alcohol and […]
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 […]
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 […]