Numerous research studies confirm the link between traumatic experiences in childhood and addictive behaviors in adulthood. One of the most notable is the original study of Adverse Childhood ...

People with addiction are addicted to changing the way that they feel. Both drugs of abuse and addictive behaviors reliably and predictably change the way a person feels by stimulating the reward ...

Childhood trauma has long been known to raise a child’s odds of developing depression and addiction later on. Now, a small but intriguing new study links these risks to specific changes in the brain, ...

Trauma bonding explains how unresolved emotional wounds, brain chemistry and fear-based attachment can trap people in harmful ...

After coming out as gay, my parents rejected me and I turned to drugs. I went to rehab several times for my meth addiction, but it never worked. When I finally decided to work on my relationship with ...