Nick Padlo's addiction to alcohol and drugs didn't happen overnight. "I was using them as a tool to cope with depression and anxiety," says the recovered addict and founder of Sophros Recovery ...

San Patrignano stands out among the "therapeutic communities" that treat drug addiction. The 700-acre campus is nestled in ...

Most people think addiction means a person has severe withdrawal when not taking alcohol or drugs. But withdrawal symptoms ...

Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his producer wife, Michele, set off waves of tributes and memorials, but for some families, it stopped them cold.

Last April, neuroscientist Sue Grigson received an e-mail from a man detailing his years-long struggle to kick addiction — first to opioids, and then to the very medication meant to help him quit. The ...