Health

If you have ever read the leaflet that accompanies almost every form of medication, the risk of side effects will be familiar and concerning. However, mixing alcohol and medications increases the likelihood of those risks occurring, creating an altogether more dangerous situation. Raising awareness of the harmful interactions between alcohol and medications can improve lives […]

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is an umbrella term for a collection of different conditions that may present in a child, as a result of alcohol exposure during the mother’s pregnancy. These diagnoses include: Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Partial Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (PFAS) Alcohol Related Neuro-developmental Disorder (ARND) Alcohol Related Birth Defects (ARBD) The reason it […]

It is one of life’s ironies that the best way to recover from an addiction is to make sure that everyone in your life knows about it, and is thus able to support you. However, at the same time, talking about addiction is such a taboo. Although, in the medical community, awareness and understanding of […]

As concerns regarding the connection between cancer and tobacco-based products have increased over the last decade, individuals have in time started to boycott traditional cigarettes by alternatively using battery powered, vaping devices. Yet without thorough background research, users have continued to unknowingly damage their health through vaping. Although little evidence is currently available, especially when […]

What is Go Sober? For many people, alcohol is a big part of their daily lives. Be it a glass of wine at the end of the day in front of the TV, or a night out drinking with friends, it is easy for drinking alcohol to become part of your routine. The Go Sober […]

A series of studies conducted by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) over the has few years has noted a very definite trend when it comes to women and drinking. The most shocking statistic notes that female alcohol use disorder in the United States increased by 83.7% between 2002 and 2013. The […]

It is well known that heroin is one of the most addictive drugs on the street, able to form a dependency quickly and cause devastation to the lives of users after just a couple of hits. However, this information does not seem to stop people trying it, and drug related deaths in the UK, particularly […]

Across the UK, alcohol problems are noted to be on the rise. With the additional increase of mental health episodes and habitual behaviours, alcohol misuse and abuse are affecting the lives of many, with a high focus on hospital patients. Although greater probability is linked to hospital patients rather than the public itself when regarding […]

Whilst the root causes of addiction cannot be clearly defined, with everything from genetics to mental illness or a history of trauma listed as possible triggers, recent research has also found a link with popularity at a young age. The study, conducted by Joseph P. Allen – a Professor of Psychology at the University of […]

For most people, the relationship between alcohol and sexual behaviour is a complicated one. On the one hand, drinking a moderate amount of alcohol does wonders for anxiety and inhibition, making it easier for the shyest among us to approach sex without fear. On the other hand, drinking too much can lead to bad decisions, […]

Leaving rehab can be tough for a number of reasons. It is likely that you entered rehab at your lowest point, and going back out into the world without the protective blanket of your addiction can feel terrifying. You are also likely to have a lot of people and situations outside of rehab that you […]

Advice varies with regards to what is a safe amount of alcohol to drink during pregnancy, to ensure that there are no complications. However, it is widely agreed that drinking in pregnancy, any more than the smallest amount of alcohol, has consequences for both mother and foetus. In the earliest stages of pregnancy, most advice […]

There are a variety of treatments used to help people to recover from an addiction. Whilst medication and detox is critical in the early days of recovery, therapy is essential to break the dependence that makes a social drinker into an alcoholic. One of the most commonly used type of therapies for alcoholics is Cognitive […]

In decades past, cocaine was something of an enigma to your average person, used only by the super-rich or the seriously addicted. However, over the past few years, it has become easier to find and afford, meaning that more and more people are struggling with its addictive nature. Cocaine has been around for thousands of […]

Addiction isn’t just detrimental to your own health, it is also deeply damaging to the people around you – none more so than your children. A 2016 survey by researchers from Harvard Medical School found that one in five children in the US is currently living with a parent with an addiction. This is a […]

Studies going back decades have shown a proven link between exercise and treating addiction. Animal studies have found that access to an exercise wheel reduces self-administration of cocaine in rats, whilst morphine-addicted rats have been seen to dramatically reduce their voluntary consumption of the drug when given the chance to swim instead. Numerous human studies […]