In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who has lost trust in their sponsor for their 12-step ...

“Thinking.” “Feeling.” “Actions.” The words are written on a white board in a classroom at J. Reuben Long Detention Center Wednesday morning. A small group of women are gathered there, laughing, and ...

Medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, can be an extremely beneficial form of care for adults who have developed opioid addictions. MAT, which combines prescription medication and counseling, has been ...

Though being fifteen years into rock-solid recovery from opioid addiction, I have intimately experienced a wide variety of treatment modalities, many mandated at the time by the medical board and the ...

“Smoking was my first love,” says Laura Marie, who lit her first cigarette at age 15. Despite seeing the effects of smoking up close — her grandmother died of emphysema, and her sister died of lung ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It’s the first Sunday of Lent, a time when many Christian believers choose to temporarily give something up for the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter. However, a ...

The Tucson community is invited to a 12-Step Eucharist at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church. A 12-Step Eucharist is both a celebration and a prayer for recovery. It is a ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and I share the experience of recovering from heroin addiction. Like me, he started the ...