Nick_Charles_(author)
Nick Charles (author)
Author and alcohol consultant
Nick Charles MBE (born 1944), is the first person to be honoured by the Queen for 'Services to people with alcohol problems'.[1] He is the author of several books, including his autobiography Through A Glass Brightly, published by Robson Books, and founder of the Chaucer Clinic, the UK's largest alcohol project[2] until it closed in 2005. He was director of the Gainsborough Foundation, which provides treatment for alcoholism through GP surgeries across Cambridgeshire from 2008 to 2017.