13 h. ago Netflix viewers captivated by 'addictive' and 'twisty' thriller series that is 'worthy of a binge'

Packed full of suspense, The Madness is an eight-part limited series available to watch on the streaming platform.

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35 h. ago Teen left bedbound and needing nappies for rest of her life after £30k ketamine addiction

The 19-year-old's addiction stopped her heart and resulted in her weighing just three-and-a-half stone

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40 h. ago Mum's secret scratchcard addiction that set her back nearly £100,000

Whenever she won she always immediately used the money to get more cards

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56 h. ago Teen's £30k ketamine addiction stopped her heart and left her weighing 3.5 stone

Isabella warned that it's easy for children as young as 12 to get hold of the Class B drug.

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57 h. ago I was bingeing on cocaine four days a week. My hair fell out, I crashed my car and my brother broke down after finding me passed out in my childhood bedroom. This is how I recovered

The UK has Europe's worst coke problem, getting through 117 tons of the drug a year. HANNAH VINEY was addicted - until she got clean and turned to help others

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58 h. ago My family life looked perfect and my career was flying. But I was hiding a dark addiction that is just as destructive as drugs and alcohol...

As far as her colleagues were concerned, Mary Durso was a successful career woman, a wife and mother, who juggled a demanding six-figure-salary job with raising her adorable daughter.

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3 d. ago I was bingeing on cocaine four days a week. My hair fell out, I crashed my car and my brother broke down after finding me passed out in my childhood bedroom. There are millions like me: HANNAH VINEY

The UK has Europe's worst coke problem, getting through 117 tons of the drug a year. HANNAH VINEY was addicted - until she got clean and turned to help others

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4 d. ago Cocaine addiction wrecked my life, reveals TikTok agony aunt HANNAH VINEY in unsparing detail. Now she's clean

The UK has Europe's worst coke problem, getting through 117 tons of the drug a year. HANNAH VINEY was addicted - until she got clean and turned to help others

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4 d. ago Mum of 6 addicted to scratch cards spent £150 a day and couldn't go out alone for months

Marie Ellefsen, 45, said she was hooked when she won £20 on her first-ever scratch card but then felt guilty as she funded her gambling with universal credit

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4 d. ago London leaver: 'Moving to the Herts countryside has had a massive impact on my mental health'

A calm environment outside London has been a vital part of this Walthamstow native’s recovery from addiction

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8 d. ago What ketamine addiction does to your body as popular party drug is 'heroin of a generation'

Scientists have issued a warning over the "growing challenge" of ketamine abuse and the painful realities of becoming addicted to the party drug

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8 d. ago 'I was addicted to Pepsi Max – one thing stopped me drinking 14 cans a day'

Dean Gavin, 52, was diagnosed with diabetes four years ago and, after becoming hooked on the sugar-free fizzy drink, he turned to a specialist to help him kick the habit

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1 week ago Heartbreaking truth about former child star Sophie Nyweide's drug addiction battle prior to shock death at 24

Former child star Sophie Nyweide struggled with drug addiction but 'had hope' prior to her shock death at 24.

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1 week ago Dad stole my dinner money and sold our toys to fund his addiction. He ruined my childhood... but that's not all he destroyed

Hiding behind the sofa, I clamped my hands over my ears as a couple of burly bailiffs banged on our front door. I was just seven, but had become used to the anxiety these visits would cause.

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2 w. ago Hugh Grant blasts 'pathetic' schools for feeding children's screen addictions as he demands laptops and tablets are removed from classrooms

The Hollywood star and father-of-five, 64, made the call at a campaigning event at a school in west London.

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2 w. ago Children could face a social media curfew under new plans after concerns over 'addictive' platforms

Digital Secretary Peter Kyle is weighing up proposals to introduce a new social media curfew that would be the online equivalent of a TV watershed for under-16s.

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2 w. ago Addict stabbed to death while trying to 'tax' drug dealers, murder trial told

Michael McCann died in June last year

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2 w. ago Secret shame drove me to drink until God intervened. JEROME FAGAN tells how he downed three bottles of wine a day and considered suicide. Then a miracle occurred

I'd only ever been a social drinker, but living alone for the first time, I discovered wine both switched off my low self-esteem and helped me unwind.

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2 w. ago Priest JEROME FAGAN reveals the secret shame that drove him to drink, how he downed three bottles of wine a day and even considered suicide

As a priest I gave everything to my community but very little to myself. I was an alcoholic hiding my homosexuality and contemplating suicide. Luckily I was saved by my colleagues - and God.

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2 w. ago Signs of ketamine addiction as The Vivienne's family want to tackle 'stigma'

UK Addiction Treatment Centres has emphasised that it is never too late to seek help for dependence

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