On 21st August, 2011, a local drunk punched a father of four so hard that he fell back, hitting his head on a pole befor...

An addiction support service in Helensburgh, which is facing closure, has told of how people from Argyll and Bute will d...

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Since 2009, the amount of alcohol consumed in Scotland has fallen. The reduction equates to approximately 38 million pin...

Relatives of individuals suffering with addiction to a substance such as alcohol or drugs may be considering an interven...

Just short of three years since the tragic death of superstar Whitney Houston, Lifetime are about to release a biopic sh...

A recent study conducted by the Royal College of Physicians has concluded that the cost of alcohol abuse to the UK could...

For a long time many experts have been of the opinion that alcoholism is part genetics. Others have scoffed at this noti...

A drug addiction can cause heartache to not only the addict, but his or her family as well. Family’s often despair whe...

For the better part of the last several months, Libertines guitarist Pete Doherty has been spending his time in a rehab ...