
Addiction, Recovery, and Bereavement
By Living Room correspondent Bernie The recent loss of a close friend has made me focus on how we deal with bereavement, in addiction and...

University Students Shunning Alcohol In Ever-Increasing Numbers
By Living Room Correspondent Bernie Not so long ago, the period of a young adult's life between the ages of about 18 and 21 were seen as...

Gambling With More Than Money
By Living Room Correspondent Bernie The growth of the internet has seen gambling companies embrace the new technology with a zest...

The childhood thieves
Time seems to pass ever so slowly before the age of about sixteen. Childhood seems to last an eternity. A defining feature of adulthood...
Our invitation to Ray Winstone to meet with gambling addicts and hear their stories.
The actor Ray Winstone has appeared in one of the most controversial but effective gambling adverts in recent years. In the letter below,...

Excessive Gambling Wales 2018 - Conference Report
By Open Door Correspondent "Bernie" At teatime on the 23rd of June, just a couple of days ago, a frantic week of activity at the Living...

Seven unreasonable suggestions to the government over gambling
Industries can be loosely grouped into two categories, value adding and value extracting. A business that solves problems by...

Today has been an epic victory against the bookies, but don't be fooled, they'll be back.
In 1942, following the allied victory at the Battle of El Alamein, Winston Churchill famously and sagely said: '...this is not the end....

Are Democracy and the Gambling Industry Incompatible?
Democracies are not simply societies where elections periodically happen. Nor are they just societies where newspapers are free to...

Discussing alcoholism at the Sherman Theatre
Last night (Feb 13th), I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff to participate in a discussion following...








