Addiction can be all-consuming for the person dealing with it, and those effects radiate out to the people around them. "Family members and loved ones are often forgotten collateral damage in this ...

Many people feel that if they aren't addicted to those, they aren't an addict. But addiction is a mental health issue and there are a lot of things people can become addicted to that can cause ...

"We work with teens and adults living with substance use issues and/or process addictions (sex, pornography, spending, internet, gambling). Our goal is to support clients, and their loved ones, to ...

A team from Scripps Research says it has discovered a molecular process in brain cells that may be a major driver of drug addiction, and thus may become a target for future addiction treatments.

Sometimes addiction has more to do with the ability to tolerate day-to-day life without the substance: self-regulation.

HUNTINGTON — Huntington Junior College is implementing a new version of its addiction counseling program that will expand the course beyond substance use disorders. On Monday, Huntington Junior ...

We discuss Process Addiction. Shopping, gambling, gaming, social media use, etc. We discuss process addiction, a compulsive behavior that involves engaging in activities that negatively impact life ...

I will never forget the first time I took cocaine. It was 2002 and I felt like I had been rocketed into a new dimension. I chased this same high for the next decade. I suffered many consequences along ...