Five years ago, Michael Harkin's life was consumed by a cocaine and alcohol addiction - a far cry from the settled family life he now shares with his wife Claire and their children. At the height of ...

As many as 50 million people in the United States are thought to struggle with an addiction to drugs or alcohol. The majority don’t get treatment for it, and of those who do seek treatment, about half ...

In 2013, when the concept of Dry January was introduced as a public health initiative by Alcohol Change UK, I had been sober for three years in Alcoholics Anonymous. I was just 29 years old and an ...

Athletes, actors, politicians, and others often develop substance abuse disorders and some die from drug-related deaths. At the same time, their life history, drug use, and risk-taking shows the rest ...