Addiction is a condition that has long baffled physicians and philosophers, to say nothing of those struggling with it and those around them. People have long debated whether addiction is a habit or a ...

For many addicts, guilt and shame are two emotions that keep them from seeking help. Their problem, they mistakenly believe, is a moral failing, a result of a lack of willpower that they don’t see ...

I have an advantage, or maybe a disadvantage, compared with some scientists and psychologists who work on addiction. I was addicted to booze and benzos for 20 years on and off, from the late 1970s ...

The author overcame his dependence on pills and alcohol. Now he wants to beat back misconceptions about the science of addiction. “How should we think about addicts’ aims and agency?” This is the ...

October 10th is World Mental Health Day, and this year’s theme is “Access to Services – Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies.” We are told to think of wars, floods, pandemics, and earthquakes ...

It does not care who you are, what you look like, where you live or how much money you have in your back account. It does not let go easily, sometimes lying dormant for years before resurfacing with a ...

I am very sad to read Sarah Rahal’s article (“Homeless nonprofit to cut staff and services,” Metro, Sept. 21) concerning cuts to what I feel is the best program in Boston. We need to do more to help ...

New recovery school in Loudoun County, Virginia, provides academic and treatment support for students with substance abuse ...

The global drug use disorder deaths have more than doubled since 1990, even as new addiction cases declined, highlighting a widening gap in harm reduction and treatment access, especially in wealthy ...