According to recent estimates, over two million people are currently in recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) worldwide. This includes about 1.5 million people in the U.S. and over 500,000 people ...

You're reading Part 5 of The War on Recovery, a yearlong investigation into how the U.S. denies lifesaving medications to people with opioid addiction. Catch up on ...

Lev’s reporting has explored Americans’ deadly hostility to addiction medications, subpar treatment offered in jails and prisons, shifts in the illicit drug supply and consumption behavior, ...

Adolescents’ bodies and brains are still developing, so when young people struggle with addictions, they can be negatively impacted in unique ways. Adolescents who have substance use disorders can ...

“Smoking was my first love,” says Laura Marie, who lit her first cigarette at age 15. Despite seeing the effects of smoking up close — her grandmother died of emphysema, and her sister died of lung ...

As Canada and the U.S. celebrate freedom, SMART Recovery BC helps keep free, science-based addiction recovery accessible to everyone. Recovery should never depend on someone’s ability to pay. Every ...

Editor -- With regard to "Sobering look at 12-step addiction programs," (Dec. 29): The modern secular community has become tremendously complex and fluid. Easy solutions to the problem of identity are ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Plays about addiction are filling Manhattan stages this month, depicting very different places on the recovery spectrum, from harrowing to serene. By ...