Sometimes people turn to substance abuse, and other unhealthy behaviors which then become a problem rather then a solution. I have spent the last 23 years working with folks who seek healing from ...

Kathy O'Keefe's son, Brett, died in their Flower Mound home from an overdose in 2010. The photo she’s holding is of her son shortly before his death. (Mona Reeder - DMN file photo ) WTF provides drug ...

Sexual addictions usually are revealed in stages: Preoccupation: continual fantasies about sexual prospects or situations, which can trigger episodes of sexual "acting-out": Ritualization: a preferred ...

Gary Mendell’s son took his own life in October 2011 because he could no longer cope with the stigma of opioid addiction. Brian is not alone. Today, Americans are more likely to die from an opioid ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alcohol addiction is a complicated disease, and there’s no substitute for treatment. But finding strength, support, and positivity in an app — which is there whenever and wherever you need it — can ...