Isolation is a tendency often observed by specialists in those suffering from and with addictions. The body’s opiate receptors are thought to be affected by social isolation, causing individuals to ...

Clean Recovery Centers, a local Florida drug and alcohol rehab, has published a new blog focused on how social disconnection and substance use disorders often develop together and reinforce one ...

This article discusses addiction and suicidal thoughts. Reader discretion is advised. Cara Delevingne is opening up about a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke Thursday at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, opening up about his own struggles with substance abuse and how communities can be ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. For 50 years, Toby Nigh had what he describes as the perfect life. He had a good job, a happy family, and if you had asked ...

Standing in the doorway of her new San Francisco apartment, Amber Richmond felt like her luck had finally changed. It was the summer of 2020, just before her 28th birthday. After years cycling between ...

Early in the response to the coronavirus, Dr. Marvin Seppala, chief medical officer at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation warned that moving people in recovery from addiction to online meetings could ...

Madison Moilanen came to St. Cloud from Duluth last year — in the middle of the pandemic — for a clean start. She didn't know anyone here. Moilanen had tried to get sober while in Duluth. But it ...

Tammy Lofink answers commonly-asked questions about addiction and recovery within the community. Lofink is president of Rising Above Addiction, in Westminster, and runs two sober homes for women, ...