Lu Skerratt: Am I Addicted to My Phone?

My phone broke a few days ago. It breathed its last techno breath and gave up, ready to be recycled into a bunch of probably not that useful parts, sent off to charity, or, knowing me, stuck in an odds-and-ends draw – the phone graveyard. I’ve been worrying about my phone usage for a while … Continued

Ryan Oxley: Sobriety and Mindful Meditation

I’ve waited about six months to write this down. It comes at a time of national emergency and enforced lockdown, and with the onus being on both individual and public health. I hope that this story can resonate and has kudos, and gives hope that there is always light at the end of the tunnel. … Continued

On the Edge

Having a drink problem can happen to anybody. You might think ‘I am not that kind of person, I wasn’t brought up that way, I know how to control myself’. But in the right circumstances it could very easily be you. Life happens to all of us and everybody deals with things differently. But one … Continued

Lucy Paige Hamilton: food and ‘failure’

My name is Lucy, I am ‘in recovery’ from anorexia. My BMI is too low, not disastrously so – I ‘don’t look ill anymore’, people keep telling me, but part of me still wishes it was lower. Maybe if it were lower, I might being to wish for the opposite again. Black and white are … Continued

John Adamson: A – Alcohol

He liked a drink, my Dad. I never thought of him as an alcoholic but he was certainly a drinker. He drank every day, though rarely before about 7pm, and nearly always beer or lager. An occasional glass of wine with a meal and the odd glass of port around Christmas, but he was never … Continued