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Stop Forcing Me to Drink with My Co-Workers

There are lots of things that I expected when I first started working in an office. The endless tea runs (which I avoid like the plague). The pointless meetings. The daily battle not to go to town to buy lunch when you have a perfectly good sandwich sitting on your …

Does Britain Have a Drinking Problem?

“The world is spinning, but I’m standing still!” I giggle to my slightly bemused friends. I’m 14 and clutching a bottle of vodka to my chest, holding it close like a child with a comfort blanket. Around me, my friends dance like fireflies, sparkling in the light of the setting …

Social Media and My Mental Health

TW: Mentions of mental health, and self-harm/suicide. After MySpace was declared uncool back in the mid-00s I migrated to Facebook, because everyone migrated to Facebook. It was new, and different, and you could poke people. Ten or so years later, it has changed beyond recognition, as has social media as …