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October 21, 2022

Parental Problem Alcohol Use

by Paddy Creedon in Addiction, Mental Health

A new study from UCC and Alcohol Action Ireland has found that the majority of mental health professionals receive no training on problem alcohol use in the home. This is despite an estimated 200,000 children and 400,000 adults who live with the serious phycological impact of PPAU in Ireland today. Toolkit The study also found […]

September 28, 2022

End the Silence

by Paddy Creedon in Addiction

One of my passion projects is being on the board of directors for Alcohol Action Ireland where we help increase awareness and reduce the negative impact that harmful alcohol consumption has on this country. For one week in October Alcohol Action Ireland’s initiative, Silent Voices, are highlighting family traumas that come with parental problem alcohol […]

June 2, 2022

Access To Alcohol Treatment – Webinar

by Paddy Creedon in Addiction, Latest News

Almost 15% of the population in Ireland (578,000 people) have an alcohol use disorder. However, according to the Health Research Board’s data on alcohol treatment in 2020, there were only 3319 new presentations gaining access to alcohol treatment services. This issue has been covered by The Irish Examiner and our hope is to raise awareness […]

January 6, 2022

Minimum Unit Pricing

by Paddy Creedon in Addiction

The recent change in Irish law to introduce a Minimum Unit Pricing on alcohol has now come into effect. I am of the opinion that this is a clear step in the right direction, and here’s why… There are three types of alcohol consumers in Ireland: Normal drinkers (50% of population); harmful and hazardous drinkers […]

November 9, 2021

I Have Made My Choice

by Paddy Creedon in Addiction

I have made my choice, And leave with little weeping, I have come with meagre voice, To court the language of my people. Michael Hartnett (1941-1999) I don’t think that the poet Michael Hartnett would be too put out if I borrowed his delightful lines to describe my journey from active and chronic alcoholism to […]

September 27, 2021

International Recovery Month

by Paddy Creedon in Addiction

When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid. The new dawn balloons as we free it. For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. (Amanda Gorman – the Hill we Climb) During the next few days, I […]

April 13, 2021

Covid and Addiction

by Paddy Creedon in Addiction

‘For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong’ (Journalist HL Mencken 1880- 1956) Every Wednesday at 3pm, during my time as the interim Clinic Manager at the residential addiction facility Smarmore Castle Private Clinic, I spoke with the patients and always introduced my talk with the same few words […]

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