MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Horry-Georgetown Technical College started its 17th annual addiction and recovery lectures with a familiar face. Actor and comedian Tom Arnold spoke at Thursday night’s ...

Despite what people may tell you, changing behavior is easy. It’s maintaining change that’s hard—creating new and sustained ways of thinking and behaving. As Mark Twain quipped, “Quitting [smoking] is ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

Addiction is a devastating and heartbreaking condition. For those struggling with substance abuse, or the loved ones who witness their descent, it can be an endless battle with the darker sides of our ...

Professionals in the field of healthcare are putting emphasis on sophisticated dialogues related to substance use disorder and alcohol addiction. Some of the recent developments in the therapy ...

Katelyn Fullbright on the day she graduated from Women in Recovery.Credit...Barrett Emke for The New York Times Supported by By Nicholas Kristof Photographs by Barrett Emke Mr. Kristof is an Opinion ...

Just last month, Jennifer Capannelli would wake up to a war raging inside her head. There was a part of her that wanted to give in and use cocaine, but there was another part of her that knew she ...

Drug addiction, also known as substance use disorder, is defined by experts as a disease that affects a person’s brain and behaviour, leading to an inability to control the use of legal or illegal ...