Lisa Marie Presley Was Taking 80 Pills a Day at Height of Her Opioid Addiction: 'It Was Too Painful to Be Sober' Rob Lowe Says Getting Sober 34 Years Ago Was an 'Incremental Decision' Culminating ...

Addiction is a disease that affects your brain and behavior. With drug addiction, you can’t resist the urge to use them. If you’re worried that you or a loved one may have an addiction ...

Addiction involves loss of control over use of a substance, often in the presence of physiological and psychological dependence on a substance and compulsion to continue seeking and using the ...

“Enabling is an act in which one’s behavior, though generally well-intended, further contributes to their addiction to alcohol or drugs,” Glowiak says. Often the family member or friend ...

We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit. Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways. Scientists are ...

Sex addiction divides expert opinion, but for some people it is a very real condition that can be shameful and even "life-destroying". As relationship charity Relate calls for help to be made ...

Sugar addiction seems to be dependence to the natural endogenous opioids that get released upon sugar intake. In both animals and humans, the evidence in the literature shows substantial parallels and ...

However, it is important to note that there is much disagreement about whether CSBDs, including PPU, can be a type of porn addiction. Some medical professionals do not recognize porn addiction as ...

Gambling addiction has a "terrifying" impact on some Blackpool residents, a new report warns. Former addicts say they have found healing by being involved in a choir and orchestra. The University ...

“Particularly women who don’t want to be pregnant but have to be pregnant — they are struggling to avoid psychological suffering,” says Nora Volkow, who leads addiction research at the ...

Jane's Addiction has canceled all remaining dates on its North American tour after an onstage confrontation last week between frontman Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro led to a fight ...