On Sunday night, BBC 2 showed a documentary by Louis Theroux called Drinking to Oblivion. In this documentary Louis spends time at Kings College Hospital in London in the specialist liver centre, where he immerses himself in the lives of patients in the grips of alcohol addiction and the medical staff trying to help them.

In this documentary Louis  explores the effects alcohol addiction is having on the patients’ lives and the consequences for their loved ones when drinking loses the social aspect and becomes a potentially fatal compulsion.

To watch this documentary, please click the following link http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07952b1/louis-theroux-drinking-to-oblivion

If you are worried about how much your drinking and would like some help, please click on any of the below links for support:

 

The Recovery Partnership

Compass Young People’s Substance Misuse Service

ESH Works