Addiction is a real problem. It affects not just the addict but also the people around them. Addiction can lead to numerous consequences and has after-effects on the different aspects of the addict’s ...

TAMPA, Fla. (BLOOM) – Addiction reshapes family dynamics, often causing role reversals, increased conflicts, and strained relationships. Krystyl Wright, a Clinical Psychotherapist with Diamond ...

When substance abuse enters a family’s life, it rarely affects just one person. The ripple effects touch everyone in the household, altering relationships, routines, and the emotional atmosphere that ...

Melissa Mikkonen is a program manager at Blue Cross and Blue Shield. She aims to provide easy and accessible addiction recovery care. “It's on us to not only have good, solid programs, but to make ...

Resurgence Alcohol & Drug Rehab Riverside has published a new educational resource focused on explaining “dual diagnosis treatment and the connection between co-occurring mental health disorders and ...

A well-known unattributed quote notes that you don’t get over an addiction by stopping using but rather by creating a new life where it is easier to not use. And if you don’t create that new life, ...

Over the course of my career as a psychotherapist, I have facilitated the growth of many clients struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. As the clinical supervisor of several drug and alcohol ...

KENNESAW, Ga. — For the past 15 years, Kennesaw State’s Center for Young Adult Addiction and Recovery (CYAAR) has been providing students who have a history of substance use disorders with a ...

Addiction therapists commonly encounter the quixotic efforts of patients to continue drinking or using other drugs without negative consequences. Talking to patients with substance use disorders often ...

An examination of substance abuse & the journeys of several who overcame their addiction. Addiction impacts people across all ages and groups, and does not discriminate. And mental health and ...

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 ...