I was heading for disaster, but would I ever break free?

How going dry for January – and beyond – could help you be healthier and happier

We’ve never been more clear-headed about the benefits of ridding alcohol from our routines. But without a hangover to justify Sunday sofa rot, the weekend chill is becoming a lost art. In a world that downgrades rest, does going dry put you at risk of pouring from an empty cup?

When he was just 13, Jordan, now 30, lost his dad to alcohol addiction. A few years later his own battles with substance abuse began

Your monthly dose of expert advice and feel-good finds from across the county

My five-year-old son Jack* had only been at primary school for a few weeks when we were invited to a birthday party for one of his classmates. Though I barely knew the birthday boy’s mum – a glamorous