On this week's Spreading the Love, Wakisha Bailey introduces us to a man who turned his pain into purpose and is now using his voice to lift others.

Struthers recounts the circumstances that led him to rock bottom, describing the weight of unresolved trauma and how ...

I am a licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC); Master Certified Addiction Professional (MCAP) with state of Florida and SAP. My additional degree accomplishments are: doctoral ministry, master's ...

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 ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Motivational speaker and author Rob Ekno knows what it's like to struggle with the mental impact of addiction, he spent years struggling with addiction to alcohol and drugs.

Addiction treatment is not the same for everyone. What works for one person may not work for another. That’s where genetic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Atlas Behavioral Health provides structured addiction treatment and recovery support programs for individuals and ...

Addiction often creates more than emotional strain—it can devastate finances. Experts share how to spot financial red flags ...

(The Conversation) – A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He ...