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 ...

A church in Alabama's Bible Belt. The state is home to more than 13,000 religious institutions. Leaders from them are being certified as recovery specialists, to better aid those with substance ...

Prescription weight loss drugs have been lauded as the miracle drug for treating diabetes and obesity, but new research suggests that these drugs, known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) ...

After her father racked up $91,000 in gambling debt, a GOP lawmaker is pushing federal action to combat addiction as sports betting expands nationwide.

BON AQUA, Tenn. (WTVF) — It can be amazing to see what two moms can do. Difficult stories brought these moms together. Saturday in Bon Aqua, they're hosting an event they hope will change lives. "I ...

A Virginia Tech research team is working to develop a vaccine that could help stop opioid addiction.

When the Trump administration cut more than $11 billion in COVID-era funds to states in late March, addiction recovery programs suffered swift losses. An Indiana organization that employs people in ...

Michelle Cicconi Strom is the therapist at Nevada Stronger and with more than two decades in the industry, she is well-versed ...

What happens next? This is the question the philosopher Hanna Pickard asks in her exquisitely titled book What Would You Do Alone in a Cage With Nothing but Cocaine? Pickard thinks our usual stories ...

People in addiction recovery can be liable to disown their addiction, which makes sense, but it also leaves them from ...

The deaths of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his producer wife, Michele, set off waves of tributes and memorials, but for some families, it stopped them cold. Nick Reiner, the couple’s 32-year-old ...