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Types of Prescription Drug Addiction

Types of Prescription Drug Addiction

There is a huge variety of prescription drugs that people can become addicted to. Each one of them can make people feel different symptoms and can affect their lives in many different ways.  Any type of legal prescription drug has the potential to be addictive or be...
How Addiction Affects the Family

How Addiction Affects the Family

In most addiction cases, the friends and family around the patient suffer a great deal. The disease doesn’t solely affect the person with the addiction, but a lot of people around them are also impacted as a result.  If you have a loved one who has an addiction, you...
The Relationship Between Alcohol & Mental Health

The Relationship Between Alcohol & Mental Health

The relationship between alcohol consumption and mental health is both very close and complex. But why are these two things so interconnected? We explore how alcohol can affect your mental health in both the short term and long term, and how mental health issues may...
Advice If You Have Broken Dry January

Advice If You Have Broken Dry January

So the Christmas season has passed and we’ve entered 2021. Each New Year, millions of people in the UK take part in ‘Dry January’, a challenge to stay away from alcohol for the month. This is not just for people who are struggling with addiction but for everyone...
Christmas at Parkland Place

Christmas at Parkland Place

There is no doubt that 2020 has been a challenging year for us all. December has come around once again and the daunting prospect of facing another Christmas in addiction is unsettling. You know you need help but there’s a slight doubt in your mind. Do you get the...
Living with a Functioning Alcoholic

Living with a Functioning Alcoholic

A high-functioning alcoholic is someone who doesn’t seem like they have an alcohol addiction, but secretly are reliant on it. They don’t have the signs and symptoms which people would expect to see from an alcoholic – so lots of people in their life don’t...