Summer is frequently thought of as the happiest season of the year. Warmer days, longer nights and social diaries filled with festivals, BBQs, holidays and celebrations. In the UK, drinking alcohol is often considered the norm when it comes to making memories in the sun but when someone is battling addiction, summer can be tremendously difficult. Why is summer hard for people facing addiction? It can feel like alcohol is everywhere, particularly over the summer months when high spirits are...

The Freemason's charity writes a guest blog post this Alcohol Awareness Week about the impact of their funding on families.

Addiction can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation yet, research shows that members of the LGBTQ+ community experience higher rates of addiction compared to the general population. Around one in six LGBTQ+ people said they drank alcohol almost every day 9% of the LGBTQ+ community in Britain took drugs at least once a month for a year compared to 2.6% of non-LGBTQ+ people 29% of lesbian and bisexual women binge drink at least once a week compared to 15% of...