A recent article in the “Addiction Today” magazine highlights alcohol as one of the leading risk factors in death among men aged 15-59. It goes on to discuss the role of organisations such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in helping to treat people suffering from an alcohol problem. Addiction Today – Empirical Awakening Although AA is [...]
TV Company seeks person with a shoplifting addiction: Can you help? Do you shoplift for no financial gain? Have you a problem resisting the temptation to shoplift? Might you have an addiction to shoplifting? Would you welcome three months free treatment with Addictions UK? Would you like the opportunity to explain your illness on a [...]
Simon Stephens from Addictions UK speaks on the subject of addiction and shoplifting, on BBC Three Counties.
Can shoplifting be an addiction, like drugs and alcohol?
Can someone have a pathological dependency towards shoplifting?
* We are grateful to Addiction Today for kind permission to reproduce this article. * Watchdog Launches to Save Vital Rehabs Rehabs Prepare to Name and Shame Local Health and Council Chiefs The Concordat Watchdog is officially launching on 14 September in the House of Commons. The event is being hosted by Amber Rudd MP. [...]
Addiction Focus welcomes the launch of the Concordat Graduates website. The site, which like the Addiction Focus website, has all the facilities of wordpress, can be located at www.concordatgraduates.org The Concordat Graduates are a group of people in recovery that have benefitted from various rehab projects both here in the UK and abroad. Graduates of [...]
“The Independent” newspaper claims “Rehab Needs a Fix” and reports on the poor take-up of the Public Sector of Rehab Projects in the UK. According to “The Independent” newspaper, “Mitch Winehouse’s plan to open a rehab centre in memory of his daughter has shone a spotlight on the scandalous state of treatment for young addicts [...]
Addictions UK have decided to post all their charges for their treatment options on their website. Treatment Charges – Check them out – Get the best deal for yourself. We urge people who are seeking treatment from Local, Regional or National providers of residential or home-based addictions treatment to check their charges. Find out the [...]
A former minister with responsibility for drugs policy has called for the decriminalisation of all drugs. This is a u-turn on the previous Labour Position. Mr. Ainsworth an ex Defence Minister, is known as a heavyweight bruiser in this Party. He said the approach of successive administrations had failed. The Member of Parliament for Coventry [...]
Erin Fitzpatrick, Office Intern Across a war-torn Afghanistan civilians find themselves frantically searching for subsistence and the fortitude to make it through the long days. Unfortunately, the lack of food and money has, throughout the years, contributed to the desperate lifestyle that many Afghanis currently live. The most prominent and troublesome solution to malnutrition and [...]
The Green Paper on sentencing and rehabilitation, released by the Ministry of Justice, sets out precise proposals to address drug and alcohol use of offenders. The paper, entitled ‘Rehabilitating Offenders to Reduce Crime,’ was released on 7 December 2010. The necessity to ensure that drug misusing offenders fully recover from their addiction and avoid relapse [...]
