Drugs, alcohol and mental health

My husband has always been dependent on alcohol to overcome his shyness. We have been married for 13 years and in the early years it never seemed so much of a problem. There would be the odd embarrassment & yes, he would drink, but as we got older it became a bit of a gripe,…

Hi there, My fiance and I have been on a health kick following his diagnosis of gout, as a result of his drinking. I was so proud of him, he managed to ditch beer completely and moved to watering down his wine. After 20 years of drinking everything, every night. Back to the doctors for…

Hi all. I need to know if I am over reacting to a drug situation. A relative regularly smokes weed and occasionally does coke.His mum doesn’t worry about it, in fact when he gets home from work after a hard day has been heard to encourage him to have a joint to relax.She disputes he…

My son has been diagnosed with eupd and was taking cocaine earlier in the year to try and help. He saw a psychiatrist in may after a 5 month wait who diagnosed him and was told ‘see you in a few months’. After a lot of arguing, self harm and a drug driving charge i…

I am new to this website and forum. We have so many questions as we are in what is to us a totally alien and worrying situation, but it’s a situation that I can see is familiar to people posting with such sympathy and humanity on here. Briefly, our son has been on opioids from…

Hello, I desperately want to help my brother out of the cocaine hell he is in. He admited to using heavily, earlier this year, after a lot of money went missing. He now insists he is not using but other things have gone missing, and even though he works full-time he never has any money.…

Hi, my son is nearly 27 years old and I don’t know what to do or where to get help. For about the last year he has had depression and is on prozac. I have tried to support him emotionally and try to put strategies in place to help him. I couldn’t understand why he…

My son is 26years old who has been using since he was around 12 years old started with cannabis now I believe he is using heroin. He used to steal from the home and smash his room up when he was younger if he didn’t get his way. He has had a lot to deal…