“The program itself saved my life,” he says. “Without a doubt (if not for the program) I’m sure I would be dead … The day-to-day life of an addict is a million times crueller than getting handcuffed.” ...

A lot of the habits we brush off as totally normal are secret addictions you might not even realize you have. Here are the ...

Nick Padlo’s addiction to alcohol and drugs didn’t happen overnight. “I was using them as a tool to cope with depression and anxiety,” says the recovered addict and founder of Sophros Recovery in ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Drug addiction continues to plague Memphis and the Mid-South. For years, the monster of drug addiction consumed Ben Owen. “I finally hit rock bottom in 2019. My wife and I were ...

Since the 1970s, countless experts and the US government have sold the public a simple explanation for drug addiction, now clinically called substance abuse disorder: the myth of the gateway drug.

I was 31 days in a coma and 52 days in hospital in total." Now in recovery but still fighting his addiction, he says 30 years of sustained drug use have wrecked his health. Jamie, who spent some years ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...