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Researchers have discovered irregular eating of foods rich in fat and sugar can cause changes in the brain comparable to those observed in drug depend...
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
Denial is a dangerous thing, it can leave families shattered and broken, make perfectly good lives sail off track and in the case of Dianne Schuler, it can be the direct cause of eight deaths.
The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books
Andre Agassi's new memoir, Open, out today, has been causing a stir because of major revelations in the book -- that Agassi used crystal meth regular...
The Observer | Jamie Doward | Posted 11.07.2009 | Living
Drug addiction clinics say they are becoming increasingly concerned by the health risks associated with the chemical -- the only known example of the ...
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living
A series of investigations could spell the beginning of the end for the billion dollar, taxpayer funded troubled teen industry.
Carole Bennett | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living
An enormous part of your loved one's recovery process and progress is built around them starting to pull themselves up by their own boot straps.
Grist | Posted 10.31.2009 | Green
With the rumors swirling that Michelle Obama is a big fan of former FDA Commissioner David Kessler's new book The End of Overeating, it seems reasonab...
technologyreview.com | Posted 10.30.2009 | Technology
Smokers who regularly play a computer game that involves crushing virtual cigarettes could have a better chance of kicking the habit. At least, that's...
Psychology Today | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living
Current conditions are making Twitter grow all by itself, from nothing to something like six million users in a very short time. Here are my thoughts ...
BJ Gallagher | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media
Fame is like alcohol. Some people can handle it and others can't.
nytimes.com | ERIK ECKHOLM | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
The new emphasis in treatment on wide-ranging, long-term support tailored to individual needs appears to be a promising advance in a field of limited ...
Deni Carise | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
In today's society, so many of us work like dogs. When it comes to winding down, we want instant gratification. So, I wasn't surprised that more and more career women end the day with a few hits of pot.
Ester Amy Fischer | Posted 10.22.2009 | Style
What happened to me is that I both fell in love and had my heart broken on Facebook. On Facebook. With someone I'd never met.
Daily Mail | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
The world's heaviest man has been warned that he has just months to live unless he loses weight, it was revealed today. Paul Mason, 48, who weighs 70 ...
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York
97% of seniors who are enrolled in "recovery high schools" graduate. And they graduate sober.
Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics
On October 14, 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared war on drugs ... again. There have been one or two conflicts in human history that lasted longer -- though we'd better win this before 2012, or we'll find ourselves alone in a league with the Hundred Years' War.
Carole Bennett | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living
Relapse is common when the alcoholic/addict has not had enough recovery under their belt through 12-step meetings, sponsorship, counseling or their own personal determination to rely on an arsenal of "tools" to ward off the relapse demon.
Reuters | Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ivan Karakashian | Posted 10.14.2009 | World
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinians struggling to cope with the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the trauma of war are turning to painkillers and tran...
Dr. Belisa Vranich | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media
Part memoir, part how-to book, peppered with behind-the-scenes of TV journalism, Velez courageously chronicles her quest from "insanity to clarity, from egocentricity to altruism, from alcoholism to activism."
The Huffington Post | Irene Vilar | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books
At what point when trying to get a book published and failing at it does one say let's shelve the damned thing? The evening I got a status report summ...
Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 10.03.2009 | Living
Winning is, of course, not bad thing -- quite the opposite. But the desire to win can become a problem, especially when the topic is meaningless or trivial.
Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 10.01.2009 | Living
Dealing with the sorts of challenges that living with addiction inevitably poses can challenge kids, to say nothing of leaders of the free world, to develop unusual talents and strengths.
Mother Jones | Tom Jacobs | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living
In June, President Obama signed a law requiring tobacco companies to post large, graphic warnings on cigarette packs. However, new research suggests t...
Jim Selman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living
The epidemic of designer stores is symptomatic of the buying binge we've been on for the last half-century.
Marnia Robinson | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living
To my surprise, men from all over the world showed up on my website's forum complaining of addiction to pornography and masturbation.
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Psych Central News | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living