Rethinking Workplace Substance Misuse
For many organisations, substance misuse policies are built around a simple principle: test employees, and if they fail, terminate their employment. It’s neat. It’s decisive.…
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Alcohol’s Dark Side: The Life-Changing Risks You Need to Know About
The Hidden Health Risks of Alcohol: From Accidents to Chronic Conditions Alcohol has long been a part of social life, celebrated in commercials and…
Finding Freedom: My Journey with Alcohol
The story of my relationship with alcohol starts long before I took my first drink. Growing up, alcohol was a constant presence in my life.…
The Alcohol-Stress Myth: Unpacking the Science Behind Your Evening Drink
In this blog post, I want to explore one of the most deeply ingrained beliefs in our culture: the idea that alcohol helps us unwind…
The Burden of Shame
The Burden of Shame Shame is a hugely toxic emotion, perhaps the most toxic and harmful of all. It involves self-loathing, where we hate ourselves…
Not drinking? That’s just not cricket!
Drinking cultures make people feel excluded in all walks of life, not just in cricket “A heavy drinking culture excludes a significant number of…
The joys of being alcohol free at a wedding
Weddings and champagne are inextricably linked in our culture My daughter got married last month. It was a wonderful, happy day. Actually, a wonderful, happy…
Enjoy alcohol responsibly (& other useless advice)
Have you ever noticed the advice on booze bottles to ‘enjoy alcohol in moderation’ or ‘enjoy responsibly’? Enjoy? Well, that is an unhelpful choice of…
Alcohol is seen as a way to relieve stress, anxiety and sadness. But is it the chicken or the egg?
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? It’s an age-old conundrum, a question to which there is no clear answer. But it is more…
Why inconsistency between actions and beliefs drives alcoholism – and how to stop it happening
I recently came across the most glorious typo. Glorious because it really made me think. The writer meant to type cognitive dissonance but…
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