Understanding Addiction

Evidence-based articles, practical guidance, and real stories of transformation

Why Connection Is the Opposite of Addiction

Johann Hari popularised the phrase, but the idea has deeper roots: addiction thrives in isolation, and recovery lives in connection.

Part 3: Young People and New Substances

Generation Z faces a substance landscape that is almost unrecognisable from even ten years ago. Novel psychoactive substances appear faster

Why Smart People Struggle More in Recovery

Intelligence should be an advantage in recovery. After all, understanding the problem is the first step to solving it, and

“I’m Not Like Them”: Breaking Through Terminal Uniqueness

Terminal uniqueness might be the most dangerous idea in addiction. It sounds like this: “I am not like those people.

Ketamine: The Hidden Epidemic

Walk into most recovery meetings in Britain and mention ketamine, and you will likely be met with blank stares. The

The Science Behind the Six-Lens Framework

Most recovery programmes ask you to understand your addiction through a single lens: disease, or moral failing, or chemical dependency,

Why Recovery Literature Needs Updating

When Bill Wilson wrote the Big Book in 1939, cocaine was a local anaesthetic, ketamine did not exist, and the

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