Debt firm worker stole £380,000 from his employers to feed gambling addiction after bookmakers offered him free bets and hospitality at Cheltenham races Glyn Rothwell, 36, stole money from debt management firm Harrington Brooks He used unwitting colleagues to ‘approve’ payments which went to his account Inquiries revealed 343 fraudulent transactions occurred between 2015 and … Read more
Bee Gee star Barry Gibb’s son Stephen details drug battle that led to eating out of bins and homelessness By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 02:11 BST, 25 July 2020 | Updated: 02:11 BST, 25 July 2020 Stephen Gibb, the son of Bee Gees star Barry Gibb, has revealed how he battled drug addiction which … Read more
Elon Musk is slowly releasing details about his secret brain chip startup Neuralink, but he recently shared the technology could help cure addiction and depression. The billionaire shared the news on Twitter following a user asking if the implant could ‘re-train part of the brain’ linked to the ailments. ‘For sure. This is both great … Read more
People using handheld devices at a cafe and driving cars equipped with television screens may sound like our reality, but these scenarios are sketches from a 1947 French film. ‘Télévision: Oeil de Demain,’ or ‘Television: Eye of Tomorrow,’ not only predicts a range of modern-day technologies, but also how human’s behave with the devices. The … Read more
Blue Peter’s Zoe Salmon reveals her unhealthy water addiction which saw her drink up to EIGHT LITRES A DAY By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline Published: 02:06 BST, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 02:06 BST, 9 June 2020 Former Blue Peter presenter Zoe Salmon has opened up about her unhealthy water addition which saw her drinking … Read more
The Duchess of Cambridge has urged people struggling with addiction to seek help, as new research revealed a quarter of UK adults are drinking more in lockdown. Last Thursday, Kate Middleton, 38, who donned a bold red shirt, made a virtual visit to Clouds House, a rehab centre in Wiltshire, to see how they have continued their … Read more
The tragic slide into opioid addiction that killed Melissa Etheridge’s son all started when he suffered horrendous head and foot injuries in a nightmare snowboard accident, DailyMail.com can reveal. But Beckett Cypheridge — who died aged 21 from an overdose on May 13 — never got the care he needed and instead ended up turning … Read more
James Argent has revealed his incredible five stone weight loss after kicking his cocaine habit. The recovering addict, 32, shared a before and after snap on Wednesday as he thanked fans for their support after admitting his drug problem. The former TOWIE star admitted he was proud of his progress after staying sober for five … Read more
A 23-year-old retail manager from Melbourne has revealed how she fell into the grips of a shopping addiction where she was spending ‘almost all’ of her salary in days and then had to live on less than $50 for a fortnight before she got paid again. Natasha Djuric said she has had an ‘itch’ for … Read more
A Louisiana prisoner has been implanted with an unapproved ‘pellet’ to treat addiction. The inmate is soon to be released from a Louisiana Department of Corrections (DOC) facility and is the first of 10 patients that California-based BioCorRx intends to place the implant in. DOC doctors are surgically implanting devices that release naltrexone – an … Read more