Brendan Carr was a member of a rogue Alcoholics Anonymous group some labeled a ‘cult’
Carr was a member of the group in his teens and 20s. There is no evidence Trump’s powerful FCC chair participated in any inappropriate conduct
August 2026
I was abused as a child – and thought I had healed. Then I began drinking in lockdown
Decades after being sexually abused, the author and doctor Frank Spinelli believed he had moved on emotionally. But alcohol destroyed his sense of security. He describes how he confronted his shame
‘I have an ego that needs to be put in check’: ex-Gawker editor AJ Daulerio on life after addiction
After his fall from grace, media’s former enfant terrible is now sober and helping others with his addiction recovery newsletter and podcast, The Small Bow
Audiobook of the week
Thirst by John Robins audiobook review – an ex-drinker’s darkly funny journey
Phil Collins details serious alcoholism: ‘People were coming to say goodbye’
The inability to deliver the changes Indigenous Australians need is no longer just a moral failure but a civilisational one
Noel Pearson
June 2026
‘Addiction is proof there is a devil. Recovery is proof there is a God’: Irish rockers Bleech 9:3 on struggle, sobriety and their stunning debut
After two friends sponsored each other in Alcoholics Anonymous, they started making music. As they gear up for a summer of 40 festivals, the band tell their harrowing yet uplifting story
May 2026
Garance review – Adèle Exarchopoulos gives it her all in ripe but flimsy portrait of alcohol addiction
Other lives
Lloyd Jones obituary
‘I was in a terrible state’: actor David Morrissey tells how social anxiety led him to alcoholism
Alcohol reduced my anxiety – but at a cost
April 2026
‘I picked up the bottle of Jacob’s Creek and drank straight out of it. I was seven’: John Robins on being an alcoholic
An exclusive extract from the comedian’s new memoir
‘I wanted alcohol to take me to a place where I was not’: comedian John Robins on the moment he realised he had a drinking problem
For most of his life, John Robins assumed he got more out of alcohol than it took from him. Now he knows it was the other way round
Surviving Earth review – bruising portrait of addiction and redemption
Thea Gajić’s debut is an assured, intelligent drama of a father’s endless quest for contentment outside his heroin dependency
January 2026
One in four adults in England do not drink alcohol, survey finds
‘There is a moment of clarity that life would be better without alcohol’: what we can learn from addiction memoirs
‘People will die’: Trump administration cancels up to $1.9bn for substance use and mental health
Molly Parkin obituary
December 2025
Offenders in England and Wales to have alcohol levels tracked over new year period
Why I spent a year sweeping a sidewalk in the desert
