People can be addicted to food just like drugs and alcohol. A battle with compulsive over eating, food addiction, can last for years, so how do we begin to win the battle of the bulge?

Drinking alcohol to excess like any other addiction is lethal. If you are trying to forget your misery, you have to learn how to be happy sober, to ever be a happy drunk. The irony once you're happy sober, drinking or fake spirit as i like to call it becomes redundant.

These Rules may not be easy to stick to but guarantee happy life results if you do.

The more we have the more we want. It's a fact. Curb your appetite for over indulgence and heighten your appetite for life success.

If you are struggling to lose weight in middle age you are not alone. Sometimes cutting something out altogether for a short time and replacing it with something different is easier than trying to cut down.

Did you notice once you got to a certain age your stomach has a mind of it's own and I am not talking tyres or belly fat you just cannot shift but painful and Homer Simpson style bloat.

You may not be addicted but excessive boozing and natural beauty are not a harmonious pairing and never live side by side. It's one or the other so make a choice.

In Hollywood baseball caps are the norm factor 50 sunblock and if anyone does smoke they are certainly not admitting to it.

About as serious as a heart attack. Learn to love your heart. It's on your side, don't hurt it.

If you want to lose weight and look great up your water intake.

So, as you may have gathered by now I am not a big believer in spending an expensive three month build up, in temptation paradise, to one day that is pretty much over in a flash once you finally stop, sit down to relax and actually enjoy it. Why, why, why do people do it? When I had all the money in the world and could buy whatever I wanted whenever I liked, my Christmas shopping experience was a breeze and the recipients of my extravagant gifts I thought...

Scotland is worryingly close to the top of the international league table for alcohol consumption with the rest of the UK not far behind. When you are surrounded by people that drink excessively it is more likely we will copy the behaviour and follow suit, believing having a good time is directly linked to alcohol.

How do I stay looking young in Hollywood, is the most frequently asked question I get from women and not just women my own age but younger women as well. Why not create the perfect lifestyle for health, vitality and defying the aging process all on a budget for yourself?

Ask yourself what are the things that make someone look more attractive to you? It is less likely to be their age and more likely to be their energy.

I decided to set up my social enterprise after spending some years working with really damaged, difficult and often homeless alcoholics. I was never addicted to alcohol in the sense I could go for days without one but on the days I did drink, I could drink for England. Getting drunk in the fast world of stocks and shares, champagne and cocaine, money and often debauchery, I trained with the best drunks...