A new study has been released which shows that alcoholism can impair basic memory functioning.  This study focused on cognitive processes essential in daily living - remembering faces and names. This could have an impact on the success of a person's of rehab treatment for alcoholism due to an inability to learn new knowledge and self-awareness and to recognise potentially risky situations.

Drugs and alcohol are getting a lot of airtime these days – David Cameron recently launched his new Alcohol Strategy and Sir Richard Branson leads the charge against the so-called War on Drugs. There is more debate on these issues than there has been for years.

Gambling addiction has changed a lot over the past 10 years. The man you see in the betting shop may indeed have a gambling problem, but today he is less typical as a problem gambler than perhaps your next door neighbour, seated in front of his computer. And the online gambing addict is much more likely to be facing serious consequences from their addiction.

In this short video Tom Bruce, the deputy head therapist at Castle Craig Hospital, says that although out-patient treatment for drug addicts and alcoholics "can work" it often fails because "the disease is more powerful than the individual". Tom believes that in-patient, or residential treatment, as offered by Castle Craig, offers "an opportunity for the focus to change".