The Betrayal Brigade The first time I ever went into detox after spewing up bile for a week, as a welcome home present, my old friends treated me to a shandy down the local pub. “No more triple-brandies for you,” they tutted playfully, as the…
Whether you’re trying to overcome an addiction or manage a mental health condition, you might fall for some myths about your ability to achieve a better life that hamper your progress. It’s not your fault. These myths are due to beliefs about yourself that have…
Do you hate sobriety, resent recovery, and loathe the fact that you’re free from drink and drugs? Here are some common grumbles and stumbling blocks of people new to sobriety and recovery, and five ways to see it all a bit differently. 1. Thinking Your…
Back in the day, I used alcohol whenever I was stressed. Quite frankly, I used alcohol for everything, but if life was difficult, my drinking definitely went up. If things felt like too much to cope with, the bottle would always seem to sort things…
Addiction is a self-rewarding cycle, which is why it often continues even when you despise it. Drinking and drugging makes your brain release dopamine, which leads to you craving more and more of the same substance. The good news is that although addiction is a…
While some people are more prone to developing addictions than others, anyone can fall prey to internet addiction. Modern life means that YouTube binging, social media addiction, internet rabbit holes, and incessant scrolling can snare anyone. Internet algorithms are designed to get you addicted. These…
So you’ve found yourself drinking or using drugs again? Or perhaps you haven’t reached that stage yet, but all the red flags are waving, and it seems to be only a matter of time before you pick up a drink or drug. Or maybe you’re…
And Not a Drop to Drink. It’s everywhere, alcohol, isn’t it? But what do you do if you want to stop drinking, or you’ve committed to sobriety, and yet booze is all around you? Maybe your friends and family are still drinking, your partner drinks…
1. It’s All or Nothing In for a penny, in for a pound, right? Well, no. Extreme thinking and behaviour does no-one any favours. When we lean to the extremes, we never see what we are missing out on inbetween. I used to suffer from…
In recovery from alcoholism, it’s common to have thoughts about drinking again. When problems arise or when your mood is low, it can be tempting to dull the pain with alcohol. Even when you’re happy, your sobriety can be at risk. Seeing others drink ‘normally’,…
