Across Missouri, many individuals and families continue to struggle with the effects of alcohol and substance use disorders.

After nearly two years of addiction, Victoria Thierens said her life changed Nov. 30, 2019. In a cry for help, she called police and was taken to a behavioral unit to have a psych evaluation. There, ...

As the United States continues to confront the opioid crisis, a comprehensive strategy that includes robust support for addiction treatment and recovery services is critical. The opioid epidemic has ...

For decades, prevailing wisdom held that to overcome addiction, the most important thing to do was to flush or “clean” the drugs out of one’s system, to get a fresh start. But more and more, research ...

A team of University of Wisconsin researchers have developed a mobile smartphone app proven to help individuals overcome drug and alcohol addictions. Andrew Quanbeck, assistant professor of family ...

The peer-recovery support system known as the Vermont Recovery Network (VRN), acknowledged as the nation’s preeminent statewide addiction peer recovery system, is conducting a national search to fill ...