
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...

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...

Xanax addiction in America - a glimpse at Britain's future? Special Report Part Two.
By Open Door Correspondent “Bernie” Following on from my last article on Xanax, this time around I decided to look at its American...






