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A Bermudian drug and alcohol counsellor has returned with copies of a book that help children to understand addiction in their families

Its helps addicts regain their lives - but a key service is making do on slim resources and needs almost $500,000 just to provide basic services

Dignity House, a residential rehabilitation programme in Pembroke, has seen great success since opening its doors to people with

Two years ago Shilo Payne found himself sent to a health treatment court – he had developed a cannabis dependency and neglected to treat his mental illness. Yesterday, he was celebrating graduating from the court’s programme, being clear of his addic...

For a very long time, Hyman Bartley kept his drug habit a secret. Then married with four children, he went off to work at a hotel desalination plant each day. No one suspected a thing until he got to the point where he was unable to do his job withou...

A former drug addict who has been sober for 25 years yesterday challenged young men struggling with addiction to look into a mirror and imagine what they looked like – physically, emotionally and spiritually, before drugs had taken over their lives. ...

Rampant drug and alcohol abuse are “strong contributors” to many of the island’s social ills, the head of a leading addiction service has warned. But the agencies that tackle addiction are “understaffed, under-resourced, underfunded”, warned Leslie G...

Golfers will tee off at an event this weekend to help people affected by substance use disorder. Michaele Parfitt-Smith is staging the Smith-Hendrickson tournament at Belmont Hills on Saturday to mark the start of Recovery Month — observed in Septemb...

An addiction treatment charity has moved its entire operation east, where it hopes to fulfil the ambition of one of the organisation’s founders. Focus Counselling Services relocated from its Union Street base to “Jerry’s House” on Barry Road in St Ge...

Bermudians suffering from drug and alcohol addiction are being encouraged to attend a recovery programme in the UK that caters to Black and ethnic minority patients. Bermudian Llewelyn Gomes, a recovery coach for Nottingham-based BAC-IN — Black and A...

Robert Sheen wasn’t nominated as one of Bermuda's most handsome males of 2022. The 90-year-old was likely too busy to be offended by the slight. In January, as he retired from Island Glass, he anticipated constantly being active. “Even at home I don’...

After battling drug addiction for 15 years the isolation of the pandemic really got to Kelli Miller. “A lot of people have died from addiction during the pandemic,” the 51 year old said. So when the Bermuda Government allowed people under 65 to tak...