Counselling and Addiction Recovery in the UK:

Statistics, Strategies, and the Environment That Heals Introduction Addiction is a word that carries weight—heavy with stigma, pain, but also hope. In the UK, the journey through addiction and into recovery is shaped by more than statistics and strategies; it is defined by the stories of real people, the policies that guide services, and the […]

My Addiction – Personal Account

Everyone has different reasons and stories about who, what, where and why they have taken drugs. I often look back at my time using through rose tinted glasses. You see, no one can tell me, the feeling, the rush, the effects, were not great. Because truth is, they were. It felt amazing, I felt invincible. […]

An Injured Soul

Addiction, Self Worth, ISPC

Addiction Everyone has different reasons and stories about who, what, where and why they have taken drugs. I often look back at my time using through rose tinted glasses. You see, no one can tell me, the feeling, the rush, the effects, were not great. Because truth is, they were. It felt amazing, I felt […]

The Darker Side of Exercise

Darker Side to Exercise, IPSC News

Exercise… What does that word mean to you? Health? Fitness? Sport? Well for me, and sadly many others too, it means fear, exhaustion, and addiction. Exercise “addiction” is something that is used in jest by some, we see posts, articles and blogs on how people have “found fitness” and apparently changed their lives for the […]