uk-alcoholism
That it took so long for pubs to be closed speaks to government fear of a powerful public backlash, writes Jodie Hare.
“It got so bad at one point the owner of the local pub used to let me in when he was still in his dressing gown," the MasterChef star said.
The What Not To Wear star gave up drinking seven years ago, after realising she was an addict.
I suffered a severe traumatic brain injury that affected nearly every aspect of my body.
People are stressed out in quarantine and turning to alcohol to cope with Covid-19. How much is too much?
"Separated from my traditional social support structures, I feel alone, isolated, and anxious ... And I can’t stop thinking about my leftover bottle of Jack Daniels."
The rapper made a dig about the former England and Tottenham midfielder online.
Ex-cabinet minister Liam Byrne says the 2016 murder of Jo Cox triggered “a very deep and dark slide into what I felt was quite a dangerous place”.
Many people I work with, just like my dad, are simply self-medicating trauma – but the support networks that should catch them as they fall are no longer there, Labour MP Liam Byrne writes.
They could inadvertently be putting consumers at greater risk, experts say.