Still, few people are open about their “non-abstinent” recovery. Many of us fear that if we disclose the occasional weed ...

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday said that fresh data in its nearly 15-year-old ongoing PATH ...

Loss can both contribute to and result from addiction. Many people in active addiction use alcohol and other drugs to lessen, numb, or avoid distressing feelings of grief, sadness, depression, or ...

Recovering from drug addiction is a complex and challenging journey that involves more than just medical treatment. While detoxification and therapy are crucial components of recovery, long-term ...

If you are starting or considering recovery, you'll need to understand why you got addicted to drugs and how they changed your behavior. You'll also want to know what you can expect from drug ...

Doctor offers thoughtful and nuanced answers to difficult questions about how the most popular street drugs affect those ...

"It's similar to grief and loss," says Sexton, 35. "The drug was their best friend for a long time." Interacting with them, he says, helps him in his own ongoing recovery.

In a recent study published in the journal “Drug and Alcohol Dependence” by researchers from the Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Recovery Research Institute and Center for Addiction Medicine ...

It's time for America to end its black-and-white thinking about addiction and recovery, according to Johns Hopkins professor Hanna Pickard. Traditional approaches in the U.S.—framing addiction as ...

Address drug addiction symptoms Let a loved one know you've noticed warning signs of drug addiction in their physical appearance or behavior, and that you want to support them in their recovery ...

San Francisco, Philadelphia and others are retreating from “harm reduction” strategies that have helped reduce deaths but ...

As rates of fentanyl overdoses increase across the country, local addiction recovery providers find ways to start and succeed in substance recovery. Opioid-involved drug overdoses increased by 3% in ...