They're not slumped over in alleyways with used needles by their sides. Their dignity, at least from outside appearances, remains intact. They haven't lost everything while chasing an insatiable high.

A hospice nurse has told how she wasn't aware of her spiralling drinking problem until she slashed alcohol from her diet. Julie McFadden, from Los Angeles in California, made the decision to stop ...

"The story of the high-functioning alcoholic is not one of obvious tragedy by that of silent suffering." I have often said that a movie or a TV show featuring a high-functioning alcoholic (HFA) would ...

Rebekah Christofi has always been a good student- obtaining a Bachelors Degree in English literature and a Masters Degree in education. She was involved in dance for many years and always appears well ...

Whoopi Goldberg has lived hundreds of lives. Since the Hollywood veteran's entry into acting in the 1980s, the actress is one of 19 people to receive the EGOT and the first Black woman to win all four ...

But she claimed, that after cutting out alcohol completely 'my life got worse' and it was only then that she realised she was a 'high functioning alcoholic'. Far from the stereotypical image, ...