Here is the latest video from Addictions UK. Question 1… Do you believe that you have an addiction? Question 2… Has your life become unmanageable? If you answered “yes” to both questions… Visit www.addictionsuk.com to learn more.
I am someone who, after years of active alcoholism, can now see myself recovering, and, after a struggle, enjoying the process. Having first found that I can survive without alcohol, I am now starting to engage with life – work, social, and the world in general – without suffering the debilitating stresses for which I [...]
I began a twelve step programme with Addictions UK. I have daily sessions with my worker and have a 24 hour helpline I can use when I need. I have spent many years using drugs and alcohol and had come to the point of losing everything. My life was in a mess and all the [...]
Here is the latest video from Addictions UK. Some addicts fail to seek help out of fear of exposure. That’s why confidentiality is the founding principal of Addictions UK. Visit www.addictionsuk.com to learn more.
My life coach was always there or would ring me back. I have lived a violent life and the coach understood this. My coach understood where I was coming from and helped me to make sense of it all. I am clean now. For ten months I had been clean nearly all the time but [...]
Home Treatment afforded me an opportunity to address my problems. I cannot safely use alcohol at present. I learnt that from the four drinking sessions (during the treatment period) very well. I could continue with my business and programme. I can see the advantages of working with recovering addicts and alcoholics though I would also [...]
I have had an alcohol problem for sixteen years total; for seven years it was a very big problem. I started taking drugs at fifteen. I liked doing it very much – I got in with the wrong crowd. My family life was happy. My drug of choice was heroin but I used excessive amounts [...]
Learning how addiction really works was a revelation that became a fascination. It never previously occurred to me that an alcoholic’s experience could have anything in common with my experience as a pornography addict. It turns out that all varieties of addiction carry certain symptoms that are experienced by virtually all addicts. Emotional hypersensitivity. Simple [...]
“Adult Children of Alcoholics” – Real or Myth? Dr. James West, a retired medical director of the Betty Ford Center writes about the concept of a syndrome specifically affecting the children of alcoholics. Although it is not yet widely accepted, “More and more data is accumulating… that such a cluster of symptoms does indeed exist [...]
I am a housebound and I have had a major alcohol problem for years. I do not think that Treatment Centres work – well not for me. I have been in several. They are too structured and regimented and “control” was a big issue in those types of centres for me. My background makes me [...]
