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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...

Lakila Akindola’s recovery from substance abuse has been both a test and testimony of her faith. It’s a journey she started on seven years ago. She talked about it with The Royal Gazette as part of National Recovery Month, which is observed around th...

Ever since Lance Tucker’s first solo show went up at the Bermuda Society of Arts at City Hall, people have asked ‘excuse me, are you the artist?’ “It happened last week in the grocery store,” Mr Tucker said. “I felt someone looking at me. I turned a...

In February of 2020 Amber Fillary swam 70 metres, under 34 centimetres of ice, while in a bikini. It set a new Guinness World Record for the longest swim in sub-zero temperatures without breathing apparatus or a wetsuit. For Ms Fillary, an alcoholic ...

Treasure Tannock loved Bootsie’s popular song, Bermudians Love to Drink. It wasn’t until she got older that she gave any real thought to the deeper implications of its lyrics. “As a young kid you are dancing to it but as you grow up, you realise how ...

Coco Chanel’s famous quote, “I only drink champagne on two occasions; when I am in love and when I am not”, is pretty reflective of how we use alcohol in western society. We drink to celebrate and commiserate, when we are happy or sad, and when we a...

A sad day for Mark Raynor is when he sees his “little brother” begging on the streets of Hamilton. Ian was a champion swimmer who proudly represented Bermuda until he started using drugs in his early twenties. Since then he has been in and out of pri...

If you have a loved one who is battling an addiction, Margaret Thompson is offering help. For more than two decades she worked as a drug and alcohol counsellor with the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, serving people with chemical dependencies and the...

A survey on drug use to “monitor the nature and magnitude of the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs” is to be carried out. The Department for National Drug Control will run the telephone survey of 1,200 homes from next Monday. Questio...

A major funding boost is needed to help “invisible” residents affected by substance abuse, a charity leader said yesterday. Leslie Grant, the executive director of Focus Counselling Services, added that it was important to remove the stigma that pre...

Stress brought on by the pandemic has led more residents to seek help for drug and alcohol use. Focus Counselling has seen a rise in “people that wouldn’t normally participate in our services” as a result of Covid-19. Leslie Grant, the executive dire...