Drug addiction is a chronic, often relapsing disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. Despite successful treatment, many individuals struggle to maintain sobriety and may relapse.

Have you ever found yourself doing so well in an area of recovery only to turn around and find yourself in complete failure? How does that happen? Most of the time, you feel blindsided, not expecting ...

Cocaine is so powerfully addictive that quitting it can be incredibly difficult, especially since there are no approved medications to ease the process. To prevent relapse, people turn to exercise or ...

I never get over the weirdness of introducing myself to a group of people at a 12-step meeting. “Hi, I’m T and I’m an addict,” is how I have started a lot of conversations. Other people in recovery ...

A young man in recovery from addiction once gave me his perspective on the painful consequences of relapse: “It’s not the relapse that troubles me,” he said. “It’s the self-beating that comes ...

Editor’s Note: Adam C. Brooks is a research scientist at the Treatment Research Institute, a nonprofit research and development organization that specializes in substance use. Previously, he was at ...

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The latest episode of BBC Scotland’s Inside Barlinnie follows inmates battling addiction while serving time in the country’s ...

Matt Willis has opened up about the "shame" he experienced, after a drugs relapse on the Busted reunion tour five years ago. The musician has candidly spoken about his history of substance abuse for a ...