A WOLLONGONG drug and alcohol worker fears the Illawarra's only residential alcohol detox facility has been closed permanently.

Sure, we know that the only road to true purity is the full detox, but who has the time? By KRISTIE LAU.

You Are What You Eat: New Year's Detox Lifestyle, 8.30pm

After more than two years battling the bottle, the former Models frontman is still on track, Steve Dow writes. EIGHTIES rock star James Freud looks a little careworn, but in great shape considering his five suicide attempts and the drinking that finally led to his friends staging an intervention and slinging..read more

Addicted gamers are flocking to a detox clinic that helps them regain control of their lives, writes Charles Purcell.