Resentment Against The Machine and The Nature of Craving

Words by Joel Lewin, Art by Rhys James. In the last days of my addiction I accumulated two socks full…

What’s the difference between an alcoholic and an addict?

Image courtesy of Pete Linforth at Pixabay. When I first found myself in rehab I became aware of a distinction:…

I once heard someone compare addicts to a bunch of bananas: on your own you get skinned alive. Isolation, loneliness,…

I had a chat with Paul Garrigan about a few mindfulness-related tools and strategies to help cope with anxiety and…

A few interesting charts about addiction. They touch on various aspects from drug laws to neuroscience to the US opioid…

Paul Garrigan is an author and manager of the mindfulness programme at Hope Rehab Thailand. This interview is divided into…

When I first got clean the drug dreams came thick and fast. I would wake up just before I pushed…

The other day I was running round a lake. As I ran I felt a sense of well-being build. It…

I was in a meeting. It was a brief, informal meeting, a get-to-know-you meeting with an editor at a job…

Making a resolution to “stay clean” isn’t much help. It’s too big, too hard and too important. Good intentions and…