Love is in the air.. or is it love addiction?
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, there are hearts everywhere. Cards, chocolates, flowers (red roses of course), and teddy bears proclaiming, “I love you”, filling the shelves of every shop you enter. You could easily believe the whole world …
Mood disorders: depression and bipolar
Everyone feels a little low at times; maybe we don’t feel like socialising, find it difficult to get motivated, and just want to stay at home and duvet dive. Particularly if we’ve experienced an emotional or physical upset; and especially …
13 Things to look for in a good rehab
Addiction and mental health care: choosing the right place for treatment. Accepting that you may have, or that someone you love, has; a substance use disorder or a mental health condition, is never easy. It can be incredibly difficult to …
The spiritual side of Ibiza
The Balearic Island of Ibiza is synonymous with partying and is a mecca for anyone involved in the music scene. In the 1970s, it was American rock and roll that took the island by storm. Legends such as Eric Clapton, …
What is prescription medicine dependency?
As we start the new year, many of us are reviewing our lifestyles, and thinking about what we can do to be a bit healthier in 2023. Following the festive period, where we traditionally consume an excess of food and …
New beginnings – Is it time for you to make a change?
Yes, it’s that time of year again. The lull period between the Christmas and the Hogmanay festivities gives us a chance to reflect on the 12 months just gone. Were they good? Did we achieve what we set out to …
Protecting your sobriety during the Holidays
The Holidays are here, and with it they bring a whole new level of stress. It doesn’t matter whether you are new in recovery, (though the first Christmas is a little overwhelming for many), or you have been sober a …
Are you dreading the Holidays?
The holiday season has arrived in all its festive glory. What is generally thought of as a joyful period, parties, celebrations, and time spent with loved ones; can, for some people, be a much gloomier prospect. Many will find Christmas …
Is sex addiction real?
In the second season of the Emmy award-winning HBO series, “The White Lotus”; Michael Imperioli plays Dominic Di Grasso, a successful Hollywood producer with a sex addiction who has destroyed his marriage by repeatedly cheating on his wife. It is …
Is alcohol a drug?
Alcohol is the intoxicating component in wine, beer, and spirits like vodka and whiskey. Yes, it is a drug. It is a psychoactive substance which means it affects the way the brain works, triggering changes in mood, perception, thoughts, feelings, …
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