You’ve probably felt it before: that euphoric feeling after biting into one of your favorite foods. Your eyes roll back, you ...

Sobriety didn’t restore the old version of me; it allowed me to build a new one from the driftwood of the past,” ...

We deal with a lot of inherently traumatic things in medicine every day. We see people die or get terrible injuries. We see people who have lost control of their lives. We convince ourselves that it ...

Addiction is a condition that has long baffled physicians and philosophers, to say nothing of those struggling with it and those around them. People have long debated whether addiction is a habit or a ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...

“A common indicator of a developing porn addiction includes feeling unable to reduce or stop consumption, despite wanting to, ...

A new study claims that “ultra-processed food addiction” affects one in eight older adults. But how solid is the science behind that headline? Beneath the striking numbers lies a web of assumptions ...

We all like to believe that we can distinguish between love, attachment, and addiction. After all, love is something everyone craves, attachment is how we form meaningful bonds, and addiction... well, ...

Seeing addiction as a disease can make individuals feel hopeless about change and helpless, with no possibility of control over their own behavior. That doesn’t mean it is easy to gain control of the ...