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What is a comedown?
What goes up must come down.

The term ‘comedown’ is usually reserved for stimulant o …

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Alcohol poisoning is an extremely critical and potentially life-threatening condition caused by consuming ex …

Addiction has a shattering effect on the lives of the people it touches. Cinema can depict this sensitively …

Chemsex refers to the practice of combining sex with certain drugs, primarily among men who have sex with me …

A recent consumer report by Kantar shows that 38% of UK adults are trying to lose weight. However, if yo …

Anyone who has ever drank to excess (or even just had a few drinks as we get older) will have experience …

The decision to quit drinking is a profoundly personal one. You may have decided that alcohol no longer ha …

In her book Dopamine Nation, psychiatrist and author Anna Lembke describes how addiction alters the bala …