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NI man shares dark reality of a life under the shadow of alcohol addiction

Johnny fought demons from a very young age, having lost his mother to alcoholism at the age of 10

Belfast Live

Delayed response to drug use report due to ‘competing views’, NSW premier says

Dominic Perrottet insists government will respond shortly to the ‘complicated issues’ raised by 2018 inquiry into ice addiction

The Guardian - AU

Local fears growing that 'innocent person may be hurt' in Finglas drug feud

"There is always the potential that an innocent person or an innocent family can be embroiled in this"

Dublin Live

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Clare Shine: ‘I want people to look at my mistakes and not make the same ones’

The Glasgow City and Republic of Ireland forward opens up on her drug and alcohol addiction, and how she found a way back

The Guardian - UK

‘Complete lack of political courage’: as NSW drugs war rages, expert renews decriminalisation push

Exclusive: More than two years after his landmark report into NSW drug use, Prof Dan Howard says lack of response ‘really disheartening’

The Guardian - AU

Inaction on gambling addiction will bring more grief, says bereaved mother

Exclusive: government proposals to stop gambling deaths are ‘more of same system that killed Jack’, say parents of man who killed himself

The Guardian - UK

Scanning the brain for food addiction

Topics: Food for thought and piano removal.

Newcastle Herald

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Nonfiction by Julie Myerson review – fact into incandescent fiction

The experience of her own son’s drug addiction inspires the novelist’s overwhelming dive into grief, regret and love

The Guardian - UK

Novelist Julie Myerson on sharing her children’s secrets: ‘I’ve got in so much trouble’

She was accused of ‘betraying motherhood’ after she was revealed as the anonymous author of the Guardian’s Living with Teenagers column. So is her novel about a child with addiction issues reopening old wounds?

The Guardian - UK

Female offenders suffering with addiction and trauma to be treated at new Swansea residential centre

It will be an alternative to prison for many and will aim to tackle the factors behind their offending

Wales Online

Editorial: A stronger federal medical privacy law could help protect abortion rights

Not long ago, Republicans in the Missouri Legislature were citing the need to protect patient privacy as the justification for blocking a statewide prescription drug database to address opioid addiction. Pro-privacy Republicans are suddenly in short supply now that patients’ rights are under direct attack in the abortion debate.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Burglar stole £12,000 from mother and sister and defecated on their belongings

Mark Vincent, 60, stole from his mother and sister's home in North Cornelly, Bridgend, in order to feed his amphetamine addiction

Wales Online

Danniella Westbrook says her cocaine addiction made her 'hate' herself

Danniella's facial features began to crumble after years of drug abuse, and she is currently undergoing a series of surgeries to rebuild her nose, jaw and cheekbones.

Daily Record

Danniella Westbrook says cocaine addiction left her 'hating' herself and 'wasting' life

Former EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook has had a long battle with drug addiction, as she claimed she snorted her first line of cocaine when she was 14

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Irish Mirror

'At least' 11,000 Irish women are suffering from both drug addiction and domestic violence

The figure is said to be a 'highly conservative estimate'

Belfast Live

Derry mum who lost her son to drugs on mission to save others from heartache

"I screamed, begged and pleaded with the paramedics to fix him."

Chronicle Live

Waterloo Road star overwhelmed by fans' response to secret heroin problem

He said the decades-long addiction started early in his career and keeping it secret damaged his mental health

Leeds Live

Homeless Leeds man, 23, went from 'seeing friends die on the streets' to training for firefighter dream

Lauris Voitehovics, 23, has now been clean for months and hopes to join the army or the fire brigade

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Irish Mirror

Who is Joe Wicks' dad and their relationship now after heroin addiction agony

In Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood on BBC Two tonight, the nation's PE teacher goes on an emotional journey to discover how his parents' mental health issues affected him as a child

Mic

Getting sober hits different for queer people

Addiction recovery can foster a fuller awareness of our identities.

Wales Online

Who's Richard Mylan, what TV shows has he been in and who's he married to?

Richard Mylan recently admitted to a 20-year heroin addiction

Wales Online

Joe Wicks reveals childhood pain as parents struggled with heroin and OCD addiction

Joe said on This Morning: "I was just anxious all the time, and scared and nervous."

The Guardian - UK

‘We have to fight – and I’ll do my part’: John Legend on Roe v Wade, Kanye West and his mother’s addiction

What does a man want when he’s already got 12 Grammys, two Emmys, an Oscar and a Tony? An America where fewer people go to jail and abortion rights are not under attack

Belfast Live

Ballymena man clean from drugs for 20 months after addiction to pure cocaine and Diazepam

"I took hundreds and hundreds of pounds worth of cocaine every day"

Manchester Evening News

Waterloo Road star opens up on secret 20-year heroin addiction and admits 'it was the biggest mistake'

Richard Mylan, who played deputy headteacher Simon Lowsley in the hit BBC drama, wants to help 'challenge the stigma' of addiction

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