People are fascinated by the sober and sober-ish. But the real question is – why aren’t there more of us?
Moya Lothian-McLean
Moderation or total abstinence? Adrian Chiles and John Robins talk honestly about their drinking
Tom Holland: ‘I felt enslaved to alcohol’
Can diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic break addictions too?
June 2023
The Audio Long Read
‘I knew the terror of lost time’: how my father’s dementia echoed my own alcoholism – podcast
I quit drinking with flying colours. Oh, the things I could see from my high horse
James Colley
I used to drink as an escape. To quit, I thought of sobriety as an adventure
Roland Bull
The long read
‘I knew the terror of lost time’: how my father’s dementia echoed my own alcoholism
May 2023
Tories’ failure to tackle alcohol harm is causing public health crisis, say MPs
‘My body felt like it was giving up’: Busted’s Matt Willis on the addictions that nearly destroyed him
April 2023
Melbourne’s new combined addiction and mental health treatment centre ‘a no-brainer’
The creation of a facility such as the Hamilton centre was a key finding of Victoria’s mental health royal commission
The Dry House review – a mother hits rock bottom in gloriously cast alcoholism drama
The capacity to arrest our own destruction is central in Eugene O’Hare’s stark look at a woman struggling to cope after the death of her teenage daughter
‘Mother’s smack spoon’: how one woman’s search for her addict parent reinvents film-making
Blue Bag Life, Lisa Selby’s intimate documentary about her mother’s death, inspired the film-makers to adopt a new, more collective way of working
March 2023
Beethoven’s bad liver may not have been solely down to alcohol, say experts
Cambridge study reveals the great composer experienced a hepatitis B infection and was at high risk for liver disease
Scotland’s minimum pricing linked to 13% drop in alcohol-related deaths, study finds
Experts say research provides clear evidence minimum unit pricing has reduced harm caused by alcohol
Many men have a problematic relationship with food – and I’m one of them
Adrian Chiles
People often tell me that they don’t have an ‘off switch’ when it comes to drinking. I don’t have that problem, but it’s a different story when it comes to eating, writes Adrian Chiles
February 2023
Does gene editing hold the key to improving mental health?
A new start after 60
A new start after 60: at 63 I finally paid off my debts – and ditched the credit card
A moment that changed me
A moment that changed me: a stranger told me of his alcohol problem – and I realised I had one too
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Indigenous Australian senators speak out about alcohol abuse in the Northern Territory – video
