The world is populated by a wide variety of people, one species of which seems to have evolved solely to push our buttons and rub us up the wrong way.

It is easy to feel stressed out and irritated by the members of Difficultus Humanus; but dealing with difficult people...

With the weather warming up, people are busting out the barbecues, cracking open the cans, and filling the beer gardens, but what do you do if you don't want to drink?

Whether for health reasons, because you have a problem with alcohol, because you don't want the excess calories on...

Love him or hate him, Russell Brand's article on addiction in the Guardian last week is a powerful insight into the addict's world, and could be a big step forward to getting addicts the help they need.

The media has picked up on the fact that Brand still...

As a fellow addict, I have been struggling to read the ongoing coverage about the resurgence of Paul Gascoigne's alcoholism; perhaps the most difficult thing of all is to see well-meaning people staging what might be an entirely pointless intervention.

As an alcoholic myself, I know the pain of relapse....

Decking the halls with boughs of holly. Shepherds watching their flocks by night. Fat old men dressed in red. Bah, humbug! You can keep it.

I hate Christmas. There, I've said it. If I hear Slade, Wham or Cliff blinkin' Richard again, I think I'm going to be sick.

I...

It's one of those illnesses that you never get over, addiction. But far worse than the looming fear of relapse, is the fact that addicts are not 'allowed' to do anything other than recover.

Addiction is an insidious illness. It creeps up on you, it deludes you; it makes you...

While for most people, the summer is a time of sun, fun and frolics, for others the warm summer months can lead to sadness, introspection and tears.

Anyone whose life is not exactly where they want it to be right now could be at risk of Summer Blubbin', as...

The happiest person in the UK is a married Indian lady, who own her own home on a remote Scottish island. But if you're not her, there really is no need to worry.

According to a recent Office for National Statistics survey, people's well-being levels are influenced by...