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 ...

It can be challenging to love someone who has an addiction—painful to observe their loss of control and accruing harm, painful to experience the “disappearance” of the person you care about, and ...

New data from health policy research firm KFF found that 3 in 10 U.S. adults say someone in their family has been addicted to opioids. The survey also found that those living in rural areas were much ...

Whatever the reason for turning to drugs or alcohol was in the first place, the most important thing is that they found the courage and strength to turn their lives around.

Poll: 1 in 3 millennials know someone addicted to opioids More than one in four Americans — including more than a third of millennials — know someone who is or has been been addicted to opioids or ...

In a world that glorifies hustle culture and endless productivity, it's easy to blur the line between being hardworking and being addicted to over-functioning. Over-functioning is when people take on ...

My last two posts dealt with sex addiction and love addiction, respectively. Though I touched on codependence in the latter, this post will further delve into a “romantic” addiction to an individual, ...

Digital addiction affects 25-30% of teenagers who exhibit problematic smartphone or internet use. There are mild, moderate, ...