“I carry my past with me not as a burden, but as a bridge,” Sims says. “Everything I went through helps me connect deeply ...

DRUG overdose deaths in Ireland are the highest in the EU. The problem is not confined to opioid abuse on the streets of our ...

Understanding that people don’t have a choice in mental illness and addiction is the first step in reducing stigma and ...

Ann Breeding remembers the moment she was told her 29-year-old son, Daniel Bailey, had died of a drug overdose.Breeding ...

NICHOLAS Koutsandreou Macdonald was just a teenager the first time he tried a party drug which he now calls “evil”. What started as the odd ‘bump’ spiralled into an ...

People often joke that their favorite snack is "like crack" or call themselves "chocoholics" in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked on substances such ...

Iraqi war veteran Erie Hebert, 47, has overcome his own addictions and now helps other veterans with trauma as leader of a ...

This holds true for other medications. For example, many young women are opting out of the birth control pill, influenced by social media discussions of side effects and messaging about how the ...

Muse Treatment Alcohol & Drug Rehab has released a new educational resource that explores the vital role of intervention ...

An NIH-funded study found deep learning tools could forecast next-day relapse risk with high accuracy, giving clinicians time ...

Walter: On average, people go to rehab multiple times before they enter recovery. Someone who attends a 30-day program and ...

IT was just five weeks before Ben Welthy was meant to be marrying his fiancee Donna that she gave him a devastating ultimatum ...