Mark Lundholm and Kurt Matthews, aka The Addicts, have built comedy careers by making their respective recovery processes not only relatable, but funny. No, it wasn’t funny when Matthews got in a ...

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1."Gambling. It’s everywhere. Every other commercial is about sports betting, and there’s a little disclaimer they throw at the end that’s barely audible. It's rampant, and casinos are being built ...

The Princess of Wales reflected on her visit to a prison last month and how her campaign for early childhood connects to addiction Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE.

Early on in medical training, one of us cared for Cara, a young woman with opioid addiction who was unhoused and wanted to stop using fentanyl. We started her on methadone—one of the most effective ...

It was hard enough for Stephanie to get methadone treatment when she moved from Indiana to Florida last year. The nearest clinic, north of Tampa, was almost an hour away, and she needed help with ...

Recently, I came upon a post on the popular Ask Reddit page from user Remarkable_Put_9005 asking people, "What addiction is being seriously underestimated these days?" There were so many great answers ...