"^Where you lose a sense of control over your life there's very little incentive to stop smoking or to stop drinking or whatever. The answer is to rediscover a sense of purpose and self-esteem.^"
I think that can play such an important part of it all.
I don't know what living conditions are like in Glasgow but if it is over-crowded, that can also have a seriously negative impact on people:
www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/25/city-stress-mental-health-rural-kind
My dad still cooks better than me and he's 71
Relatively new here so an introduction.
