A daughter’s addiction: ‘It’s a tornado that comes into the home’

Sitting in the office of addiction family support service, the Whitechurch Addiction Support Programme (WASP), based in the ...

A Want in Her review: Daring and provocative search for a missing mother

In her fascinating hybrid documentary feature, the Irish film-maker and visual artist Myrid Carten returns to Ireland from ...
Irish Examiner

Myrid Carten: Turning the lens on her mother's struggles with addiction and illness

The Co Donegal filmmaker has made an impressive documentary about a very personal family story, writes Esther McCarthy ...
Huffington Post UK

Matt Willis: It Will Be Really Hard For My Daughter To Learn About My Addiction

Matt Willis says it is going to be “really hard” to see his eldest daughter learn about his past struggles with addiction. The 40-year-old, who rose to fame in noughties pop punk band Busted, said the ...

Finding my Sikh faith against the odds

Harj Gahley is a Sikh who began gambling when he was just 23. What started as a ‘fun’ night out with friends at a casino spiralled out of control, nearly costing him his life. For over a decade, Harj ...
Irish Examiner

As Matt Willis opens up in new documentary, here's how to navigate addiction as a family

Busted star Matt Willis has opened up about his addiction, and the “huge ripple effect” it can have on family members. The musician — who is married to TV presenter Emma Willis, with whom he shares ...
Laweekly

The Threshing Floor – A confronting new documentary feature addressing the addiction crisis head on.

The Threshing Floor is more than a documentary—it’s a reckoning with pain, purpose, and the raw truth behind addiction and drug dependence. Directed by SoCal native Brad Alexander and produced by Reed ...