My best friend alcohol

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My best friend alcohol

Barbara Docherty

Barbara Docherty

glass of wine, spilt wine
A large number of nurses are admitting to reliance on alcohol and illegal drugs

Following a popular blog I wrote last year about nurses and depression (Nurses’ best-kept secret) emails have continued to dribble through to me about secret number two, writes Barbara Docherty

“I am an oncology nurse and have five to six glasses of red every evening. That probably means more like ten. I still believe it is protecting my hear