Can You Get Over an Addiction?
By MAIA SZALAVITZ JUNE 25, 2016 I SHOT heroin and cocaine while attending Columbia in the 1980s, sometimes injecting many times a day and […]
Al-Anon Is a Support Group for the Families of Alcoholics
Al-Anon Family Groups What Is Al-Anon? The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, […]
The Deadly Triangle: Dentists, Drugs and Dependence
Like about five million people each year, 27-year-old Brittany Ringersen had her wisdom teeth removed when she was a teenager. But what Brittany’s dentist […]
Redefining Mental Illness – NYTimes.com
TWO months ago, the British Psychological Society released a remarkable document entitled “Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia.” Its authors say that hearing voices and feeling […]
Legalizing marijuana is a hazy question once you’ve seen addiction up close – LA Times
Ive spilt more than you’ve smoked,” my brother-in-law, let’s call him Marty, bragged to my husband in the throes of his addiction. A measure […]