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

In an exclusive interview airing on The Dr. Suzette Glasner Podcast on September 4th, JD Vance’s mother, Bev Aikins— an opioid overdose survivor who was once addicted to heroin, now a nurse helping ...

In 12-step groups, addicts must acknowledge the powerlessness, unmanageability, and denial that have impacted them. This is known as the “first step” in the 12 steps. It’s vital for addicts to reach ...

An Indiana University undergraduate, a psychiatric researcher and a digital arts alumnus are working to bring a powerful, virtual-reality-based addiction therapy to a broader audience with support ...

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, ...

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 ...