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Scientists have pinpointed a hidden brain circuit that may explain why withdrawal drives people back to alcohol.

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Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of “Eat, Pray, Love,” delves into her struggle with an obsessive relationship in a new memoir.

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Look, sex is fun and drugs can be fun, so it’s understandable why so many gay men combine the two despite the dangers associated with “chemsex.” Most of us are chasing the high of mind-blowing sex, so ...

Hi. I’m Scott, and I’m an alcoholic. I have lived the truth behind every flawed assumption, policy misfire and well-intentioned myth about addiction. I have walked through the depths of hell with ...

Elizabeth Gilbert insists her new book, “All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation,” is a memoir. “I’m not a ...

More than 321,000 kids in the U.S. lost a parent to drug overdose between 2011 and 2021. There's a place they can come to ...

I never thought I'd be writing this, but I feel desperate and don't know where to turn. My husband is in his late 40s and, on ...

An expert explains why the developing brains of kids and teens need to be protected from engaging in daily copious smartphone ...

Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us,” by John J. Lennon, details what Robert Chambers — the “Preppy Killer” ...