Betty Ford, President’s wife and addict
On this day in 2011 Betty Ford, First Lady to US President Gerald Ford,died. During her husband’s terms of office, she was a well-liked and... Read More
The Rapid Growth of Addiction
When did addiction start and is it a problem that is still increasing? To answer that fully, we need to look back four hundred years... Read More
Addicted Accountants – An Overview
Accountants in trouble with addiction can wreak havoc upon a business, on themselves and on their families, but recovery is certainly possible. Members of the... Read More
Poetry Therapy – A Case in Point
Poetry has been in the news due to its usefulness in therapy; helping the traumatised, the bereaved, and those who just have difficulty expressing themselves... Read More
Award Winning (1997) poem by Dr Mark Griffiths Professor of Behavioural Addiction
An Alliteration of Life Mixed-up, emotional, mind in a mess Lazy and loungeful, loving life less Charting the changes, achieving the chance Restless and roving,... Read More
Poesegraphilia – Addiction To The Act Of Writing Poetry
And it was at that age … Poetry arrived… ….and I, infinitesimal being, drunk with the great starry void, ….I wheeled with the stars. (Pablo... Read More