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Nan has nation's biggest drinking issue: survey

More alcohol was consumed in the northern province of Nan last year than in any other province, according to a survey aired at a seminar organised by the Centre for Addiction Studies.

Bangkok Post

Holidays can be tough for children when parents battle addiction — but there’s hope

An estimated eight million children live with at least one adult with a substance use disorder. I was one of them.

Chicago Sun-Times

James Argent says he had to hit 'rock bottom' with drugs before turning life around

James 'Arg' Argent has admitted he isn't sure he would have changed his life if he didn't hit 'rock bottom' with his drug addiction

Daily Mirror

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Man died after setting fire to armchair following long mental health and addiction battle

Mark Bramall had been suffering with paranoid schizophrenia for more than 30 years

Manchester Evening News

As fentanyl use spikes, feds urge states to ease methadone rules

Ever since the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl began showing up in the illicit drug supply in 2014, the number of U.S. overdose deaths has skyrocketed — exceeding all other accidental deaths, including car crashes and gun violence.

Tribune News Service

Robbie Williams' wife Ayda jokes couple have 'threesomes' with his laptop

Ayda Field opened up on her husband Robbie Williams' 'addiction' to technology and revealed he takes his laptop to bed every night as he 'can't take sleeping pills'

Daily Mirror

Man 'beyond furious' after learning wife secretly spent £140k from their savings account

A man claims he was left 'beyond furious' after learning that his wife had taken £140,000 out of a savings account they had set up for his stepdaughter's university education

Daily Mirror

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Khloe Kardashian's ex Lamar on verge of tears as he says addictions cost him his marriage

The basketball star opened up about his marriage to Khloe Kardashian and his past drug addictions in his new documentary, Lamar Odom: Sex, Drugs & Kardashians

Daily Mirror

The Special frontman's Terry Hall's difficult life: child abuse, suicide, and addiction

The Specials frontman Terry Hall went through a lot in his 63 years, including booze and drug addiction, child abuse, divorce and a suicide attempt

Daily Mirror

Even England’s police want to decriminalise hard drugs. Why won’t our posturing politicians listen

Police chiefs’ plan to recommend addiction services would be far more effective than this ‘war on drugs’, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

'I started using heroin when I was 14' — How this strongwilled Dublin dad beat addiction

Finglas man Barry Cullen struggled with drug addiction for 20 years after first getting addicted at the age of 14

Dublin Live

People addicted to opioids rarely get life-saving medications. That may change.

The Biden administration is moving to make it easier for Americans with opioid addiction to gain access to medical treatments proven to save lives.

WEKU

Calls for zero-alcohol products to be subjected to same regulations as alcohol

Alcohol addiction support group founder Shanna Whan says a "blanket assumption" that zero-alcohol products are good for everyone is wrong.

ABC News

Russell Brand reflects on his incredible transformation as he marks 20 years sober

Comedian Russell Brand thanked his family and fans as he celebrated 20 years of being 'clean and sober' following his addiction to crack, heroin and alcohol

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Wales Online

Number of people addicted to porn has trebled since lockdown

One man confessed he watches for 15 hours a day and has spent £100,000 on his addictions

Belfast Live

Stormont inquiry launched amid high levels of problem gambling

"This approach has been used for other addictions, including food addiction, smoking and alcoholism"

WEKU

A major drugmaker plans to sell overdose-reversal nasal spray Narcan over the counter

Emergent BioSolutions has applied to the Food and Drug Administration to sell the opioid overdose-reversal drug over the counter. Addiction experts say it may be a key step to lower fentanyl deaths.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow push to tackle drug deaths crisis gets cross-party support

Councillors from all parties have agreed there must be more work done on helping people into recovery to cut the number of drug-related deaths.

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Daily Mirror

Snooker star Mark King “a firework that went off” as he opens up on gambling battles

The 48-year-old has been a professional snooker star since 1991 but during his playing career, he has also battled a gambling addiction which almost ended his marriage

Bangkok Post

Govt to set up local drug rehab centres

The Interior Ministry plans a drug rehabilitation project that would be modelled on the programme at the well-known addiction treatment centre at Wat Tham Krabok in Saraburi.

Manchester Evening News

'I lost £200,000 by the age of 30. It made me a better person'

“I'm so much more aware now what it takes to have relationships with people because before I was just so selfish"

ABC News

Online-gambling addiction inquiry reveals disturbing stories

Three years ago, Mark Kempster was in the grip of a mobile-phone betting addiction that cost him $100,000 and almost destroyed his life. Now he's telling a government inquiry about the predatory tactics being used to try to lure him back.

Daily Mirror

Robbie Williams says wife Ayda keeps painkillers 'behind lock and key' over relapse fears

Robbie Williams is known for being candid about his struggles with addiction in the past, and has opened up about how it's still part of his life, with wife Ayda Field keeping painkillers locked away in their house

The Conversation

Is screen addiction real and if so, how widespread is it?

From smartphones to tablets, computers to TVs and even smart watches, screens and digital technology are part and parcel of our daily lives. While they provide us with significant benefits, this “cohabitation” has also given rise to difficulties, and excessive use can lead to sleep problems, poor school performance, relationship…

Los Angeles Times

'Friends' used to be too painful to watch for Matthew Perry. Now he's changed his mind

Former "Friends" star Matthew Perry says he can't bear to watch himself in the hit comedy — and it has nothing to do with the show.

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