The terms 'alcoholic' and 'addict' are riddled with stigma and shame. No one wants to carry labels like these, and who can blame them...

Never lose hope. No matter how far you’ve gone in your addiction, there is always a way back. I believe in miracles. I am one.

If you're sick of trying to chase someone else's demons, help your loved one get the help they need with people who have walked the walk.

You can be strong, be kind and offer to organise them the treatment in rehab they need, when they're ready.

There were a lot of good times – I’ll be honest about that – but there were also a lot of bad times, sloppy times and dangerous times.

Every week, our Ocean Hills community of guests who have completed the live-in programme meet online to support each other.

Generally, if you think you've got a problem with alcohol, it's worth checking out further.

As one addict helps another through the raw and challenging days of early recovery, a bond forms, leading to a lifetime connection.

Once people have admitted that they're powerless over their addiction and are willing to ask for help, a new life in sobriety can begin.

Freedom is sobriety and today, I'm going to love it like nothing else.

My daily self-care as a drinking alcoholic looked like this: 1. Gulp litres of water in the morning (I was dehydrated from a hangover)...

We understand the struggle of addiction and live in the solution of recovery.

When we're sober, the lights are on and the filters are off.

It’s time for my mind to unfold and my body to wake up as my feet tread the grass and I breathe deeply in the fresh, sweet morning air.

Without doubt, this was the best decision I have ever made.

Most privately-run rehabs – like Ocean Hills Detox and Rehabilitation – are run ‘inhouse’, which means you live at the facility for a while.

Anna was nowhere ready to give up drinking but the damage to her liver after years of alcohol abuse forced her to get sober.

In a culture that’s saturated with alcohol and where drug-taking is often seen as normal, socialising without substances can be a challenge.

Relapse doesn’t have to be inevitable. As long as you aware of the risks, you can plan to avoid the triggers.

As using addicts, we’re never just ‘in the middle’. In fact, most of us aspired never to be in that place as it was not exciting at all. Liv