SPRINGFIELD — After years of working in addiction treatment, Teressa “Terry” Williams and Leslie Harmon reached the same conclusion: Too many people seeking recovery were getting lost in a system that ...

Weight Loss and Substance Use. In addition to being a key feature of many eating disorders, body image disturbance and a ...

PROVO, Utah (KSTU) — Kyndal Ray, a man who battled addiction and mental illness in his life, has embarked on a journey to spread the message that “your past does not define you.” Ray’s mission brought ...

State Sen. Patrick Joyce said he grew to believe in the vision of a live-in addiction recovery center at a 68-acre horse ...

Every weekday at 5280 High School in Denver starts the same way. Students in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction gather on the steps of the school's indoor auditorium to discuss a topic chosen by ...

On the trek to Annapurna base camp near Landruk, Nepal Source: Dan Mager The blessing lies close to the wound. —African Proverb It was the third day of my medically managed detox when one of the ...

Addiction is a widespread health issue that will affect about one in five Canadians over their lifetimes. For example, addiction to opioids has led to opioid and overdose crises in many cities, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The disease of addiction, also known as substance use disorder, is a crisis that touches families in every community and neighborhood in our Nation. 48.4 million ...

Recovery from alcohol addiction generally follows the stages of abstinence, withdrawal, repair, and growth. If you think you may have a drinking problem, you’re definitely not alone. In 2021, ...

Every day, drug and alcohol addiction shatters families, destabilizes neighborhoods, derails careers, and steals the lives of countless Americans. This National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery ...