Recovering is one of the bravest things a person can do. Whether it's overcoming addiction, healing from a physical injury or finding strength after heartbreak, recovery is a path that requires ...

Dingle and colleagues explored the influence of addiction and addiction treatment on identity. They interviewed 21 people in a treatment community and found two distinct pathways, from pre-addiction ...

Every September, National Recovery Month is observed to increase awareness and understanding of mental health and substance use disorders and to celebrate the people who recover. Organized by the ...

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 ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The disease of addiction, also known as substance use disorder, is a crisis that touches families in every community and neighborhood in our Nation. 48.4 million ...