Andrew Griffiths spends his time helping others find the same support that he says saved his life.

I was addicted to alcohol for more than 15 years. What started as binge drinking in high school and college became a pattern of blackouts, emergency room visits, regret and shame. As peers grew up and ...

Navigating conversations with someone in your life who is living with addiction can be challenging. How can you offer the person your love and support while, at the same time, avoiding ...

Alcohol use disorder, also known as alcohol addiction, is a long-term medical condition that affects millions of people ...

It can be challenging to love someone who has an addiction—painful to observe their loss of control and accruing harm, painful to experience the “disappearance” of the person you care about, and ...

For people with an addiction, craving—the strong desire for a substance—can affect their decision-making, new research shows. And how craving affects a decision can depend on what's at stake. The ...

Struggling with substance abuse can feel overwhelming, affecting your physical health, mental wellbeing, and relationships. The post Getting help for substance abuse addiction: Understanding alcohol ...

When most people hear the word addiction, they picture someone whose life has visibly unravelled. Yet addiction is often ...

Recent studies continue to support a decades-old drug as an alternative means of reducing alcohol consumption. The prescription opioid antagonist, called naltrexone, was first approved by the FDA to ...