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# Alcoholism

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‘I was literally trying to get through the next hour without having a drink’
11 Jun 2022
78.4k
9
'Soldiers come home with addiction problems and PTSD, but there's no real support'
3 Apr 2021
29.3k
22
'You either get sober, end up in jail or in a brown box. I wasn't far away from any of them'
24 Dec 2020
72.1k
26
'Jekyll and Hyde character' who assaulted garda gets a suspended sentence
26 Jul 2019
23.8k
27
Simon Pegg has opened up about his battle with alcoholism and depression
9 Jul 2018
4.0k
1
A 'wonder drug' used to treat alcoholism may not be as effective as previously thought
4 Mar 2018
26.4k
37
Gabriel Byrne says #MeToo movement 'hasn't gone far enough'
17 Feb 2018
35.1k
77
'While the rest of us are looking forward at this time of year, they're feeling the dread and the anxiety'
21 Dec 2017
22.7k
61
Marian Keyes: 'Don't blame yourself if you can't find the cause of your depression'
9 Sep 2017
16.0k
14
Alcoholism: 'Dad, I don’t blame you. I never have'
Anonymous
16 Jul 2017
9.6k
55
'I want my kids to know there is no shame in getting help': Ben Affleck speaks out about his alcohol addiction
15 Mar 2017
23.5k
27
There are moments in our lives where the world changes and you go 'was I on the right road all the time?'
12 Mar 2017
15.3k
4
Beating homelessness: 'I look at photos of my grandchildren to keep me sober'
29 Nov 2016
14.3k
10
'Have they no conscience?' Frances Black lets rip at pubs selling pints for €1
25 Nov 2016
42.5k
128
"I used to have to call down to my mother's house when she wasn't in and rob food" - Battling gambling addiction
29 Aug 2016
35.3k
65
'I’m so happy not to be spending another Christmas in rehab'
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22 Dec 2015
2.8k
13
I love a drink but I don't want to end up like my dad: an alcoholic and alone
Anonymous
6 Dec 2015
2.3k
67
'He didn't value that we were actually human beings, it was like a nightmare.'
30 Jul 2015
25.6k
6
'My dad was a violent alcoholic. I vowed to make my daughter's childhood better than mine.'
Anonymous
13 Jun 2015
3.8k
30
When it comes to alcohol abuse, the Irish aren't the worst in the world
13 May 2015
25.9k
43
What’s the problem with an “Out-of-Control” drinking campaign?
Niall Ó Tuathail
3 Apr 2015
385
42
'I will never get my childhood back': Four people talk about life with an alcoholic parent
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
8 Mar 2015
46.5k
47
'It was always my job to check if Dad was breathing after he passed out'
Anonymous
7 Mar 2015
3.0k
44
Opinion: Soju think the Irish are all drunks?
Clare Hartwieg
7 Nov 2014
1.4k
43
Opinion: I had a great life, friends, business - and I was paralysed by depression
Niall Harbison
5 Jul 2014
1.1k
36
Opinion: How I woke up to my unhealthy attitude to alcohol
Kate Bellamy
30 Jun 2014
2.4k
40
Why do the Irish drink so much? Dr Drew explains*
6 May 2014
11.2k
6
How much does alcohol abuse affect others in Ireland? A lot, says a new report
24 Mar 2014
8.7k
24
How Amsterdam is paying alcoholics to work for beer
16 Jan 2014
19.6k
54
Column: Young people don’t need to be patronised by safe drinking campaigns
Nicky O'Donnell
4 May 2013
80
34
Average Irish adult drank equivalent of 411 pints last year
8 Mar 2013
12.7k
87
Troubled Gazza seeks treatment in US
4 Feb 2013
14.9k
28
Gazza's 'life in danger' reveals agent after shocking pictures are published
3 Feb 2013
32.5k
37
Second inquest rules Amy Winehouse killed by accidental alcohol poisoning
8 Jan 2013
6.2k
28
Column: Yes, booze causes problems – but why tar us all with the same brush?
Aaron McKenna
28 Jul 2012
118
46
Column: Youth drinking problem? Perhaps we should look at ourselves…
Fiona Ryan
12 Jul 2012
73
38
Column: We need to put the humanity back into sport performance
Tadhg MacIntyre
21 Jan 2012
174
6
Poll: Should Ireland set a minimum price on alcohol?
22 Nov 2011
6.2k
88
The 17 jobs where you're most likely to become an alcoholic
26 Oct 2011
9.6k
22
Give it a rest, Darren: why the Open champion needs to shut up about drink
20 Oct 2011
1.8k
5
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