Drug addiction is a chronic, often relapsing disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. Despite successful treatment, many individuals struggle to maintain sobriety and may relapse.

If you're someone or know someone recovering from addiction, you've likely seen a relapse. The rug gets pulled out from under you, the other shoe drops, and old feelings of worry and fear come ...

NORFOLK, Va. — For some people, getting that extra money from your tax refund could burn a hole in your pocket. Whether it's gambling, drugs, or even shopping, experts say tax season could trigger a ...

Washington State University researchers have discovered how a neural circuit – or a connection between two brain regions – drives relapse after opioid use, a finding that could lead to more effective ...

Whenever a celebrity is arrested, overdoses, or dies from drugs or alcohol, there is usually renewed media interest in addiction. Most of the time, this means that experts on substance use disorders ...

Why do cocaine addicts relapse after months or years of abstinence? The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded a UB scientist a $2 million grant to conduct research that will provide some ...

I cried when I heard about Philip Seymour Hoffman. The news scared me: He got sober when he was 22 and didn't drink or use drugs for the next 23 years. During that time, he won an Academy Award and ...

Macklemore is opening up about his struggles with addiction and recent relapse. The rapper, 39, revealed on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" that he relapsed when the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Correction appended, March 26, 2014. After weeks spent offering up increasingly desperate excuses for the glitchy rollout of Obamacare’s insurance exchanges, Health and Human Services Secretary ...

I will never forget the first time I took cocaine. It was 2002 and I felt like I had been rocketed into a new dimension. I chased this same high for the next decade. I suffered many consequences along ...