This excellent, uplifting article by Maggie Doherty in The Guardian raises some fascinating areas for debate, study and I would even venture – research. The two things that jumped out at me concerned “stigma”, and non-alcoholic drinks. I touched on some thoughts about the stigma surrounding alcoholism in previous posts, Continue Reading
Alcoholism
Curiouser and Curiouser – Down the rabbit hole of sobriety!
How important is the portrayal of addiction and recovery in popular culture? The change in the way addicts are represented (remember Norm in Cheers), through to the plethora of representations (too many to list but special mention to Mae Martin – Feel Good) of the past few years suggests a Continue Reading
DRINKING PROBLEM – THINKING PROBLEM
Here we are part way through January and it’s two growingly popular monthly challenges, Dry January and Veganuary. I’m just thinking about the drinking one for now. I was reminded of an old saying reading Sam Thomas’s piece in The Independent this week. “Giving up drinking for a month proves Continue Reading
Guilt or “Something is Wrong”
Recently we posted an article, Second Life, by our friend Charlie Harrow. Charlie, a writer, busy on a number of projects. knows his stuff. In between his writing projects he had started developing reflective pieces on his experience with alcohol, alcoholism, recovery and more. This is the second in what Continue Reading
SECOND LIFE
Recently we were talking with a friend, a writer, busy on a number of projects. Charlie Harrow knows his stuff, in between his writing projects he had started developing reflective pieces on his experience with alcohol, alcoholism, recovery and more. He kindly passed these on and so will contribute to Continue Reading