Is your partner's weekend drinking a sign of secret alcohol addiction? Expert reveals why 'perfectly normal' middle class drinkers often have a problem without realising

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Phil Macleod, a hypnotherapist, psychologist and founder of Thought Reader, explained that alcohol dependency is more common than most think.


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