THE BLOG
What We've Learned from a Year of Running the 'Unstuck!' Programme
By Tabbin Almond and Anna Donaghey, co-founders of Unstuck!
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A year ago, we opened the doors to Unstuck â a live, confidential co...
The Real Cost Of Workplace Drinking Culture
When a British Airways flight was cancelled because crew members had been too drunk on a stopover the night before, it made headlines. One stewardess repor...
Rethinking Workplace Substance Misuse
For many organisations, substance misuse policies are built around a simple principle: test employees, and if they fail, terminate their employment.
Itâs neat...
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The Hidden Health Risks of Alcohol: From Accidents to Chronic Conditions
Alcohol has long been a part of social life, celebrated in commercials and portrayed as a harmless way to unwind. But for m...
The story of my relationship with alcohol starts long before I took my first drink. Growing up, alcohol was a constant presence in my life. I grew up on a very small farm, the oldest of three children...
In this blog post, I want to explore one of the most deeply ingrained beliefs in our culture: the idea that alcohol helps us unwind and de-stress. While this notion is widespread, the reality of how a...
The Burden of Shame
Shame is a hugely toxic emotion, perhaps the most toxic and harmful of all. It involves self-loathing, where we hate ourselves for who we are, rather than for something we have do...
Drinking cultures make people feel excluded in all walks of life, not just in cricket
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âA heavy drinking culture excludes a significant number of peopleâ
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This is how the ECB starts its section ...
Weddings and champagne are inextricably linked in our culture
My daughter got married last month. It was a wonderful, happy day. Actually, a wonderful, happy weekend, as we kicked it off on the Frida...
Have you ever noticed the advice on booze bottles to âenjoy alcohol in moderationâ or âenjoy responsiblyâ? Enjoy? Well, that is an unhelpful choice of verb! In what universe is it helpful to remind th...
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Itâs an age-old conundrum, a question to which there is no clear answer. But it is more clear cut when it comes to anxiety / depression and drinking alcohol. ...
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I recently came across the most glorious typo. Glorious because it really made me think. The writer meant to type cognitive dissonance but what appeared on the page was cognitive dissidents. And...
