Looking back on the darkest moments of your life isn’t something most people enjoy doing. For the folks behind recovery meme accounts, though, it’s the source of some of their funniest jokes — and the ...

Demi Lovato, who has been open about drug addiction, recently was reportedly rushed to a hospital for an apparent drug overdose. Demi's story isn't unique and calls into question the social stigma of ...

Demi Lovato’s drug overdose last week was shocking — but not surprising. All the warning signs were there. Splitting earlier this year from her longtime manager Phil McIntyre. Doing likewise with her ...

A new study highlights how the brain learns to keep alcohol addiction going, not for pleasure but to escape withdrawal stress ...

Macklemore is opening up about his struggles with addiction and recent relapse. The rapper, 39, revealed on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" that he relapsed when the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Addiction is a long-term condition, like asthma, diabetes, or high blood pressure. Of course, the goal is to stop using drugs or alcohol completely and not relapse. But when you see your addiction as ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — For weeks now, we have looked at myriad effects of addiction – from the body to the mind to the people those suffering care about the most. An estimated 30% to 50% of those ...

If someone you love is dealing with addiction, you’ve probably experienced a range of emotions from fear to anger to deep sadness and hope. Millions of people are right there with you. In 2017, 19.7 ...

Opioid addiction is a long-term, manageable disease. Like other ongoing conditions – such as high blood pressure and diabetes – setbacks, including relapse, can happen. About half the people who have ...

EEEEexposure to heroin sharply reduces levels of the protein necessary for developing and maintaining the brain’s synapses, a preclinical study by UB researchers has found. The development of ...

With any addiction in which a user has successfully resisted a chemical, activity or substance, relapse is vexing. And with opioids, it's often deadly. Fatal overdoses following relapse from an opioid ...