If you're someone who can't picture a day without your mobile phone, here's how you can get rid of your phone addiction. Phone addiction alludes to the obsessive use of a mobile phone. Mobile phones ...

Prescription drug addiction might be far more widespread than originally thought. UK Addiction and Treatment Centres (UKAT) tells HuffPost UK that in the past two years alone it has witnessed a 17% ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

Over my 50-year career as an addiction researcher, these are the most common misconceptions I've heard about people with alcohol and drug addictions. Myth 1: Addiction is a bad choice. Many people ...

On September 22, 2009, I posted a blog in response to an interview that Oprah had conducted with Whitney Houston in which she identified herself as being "sober" but still occassionally drank alcohol.

It was 5am, and she was heading for the station. "I was numb at that point," she says. "I was just so done with trying to survive and just existing… feeling extremely lonely and isolated and didn't ...

The Princess of Wales has given her personal support to people struggling with addictions, telling them shame should not stop them getting help. "No one chooses to become an addict," said Catherine, ...

For more than a half century, Project Turnabout has helped those struggling with drug and alcohol addiction in southwest Minnesota. In recent years, the Granite Falls-based provider has been on the ...

As a recovering alcoholic, I want to thank the show for its raw, honest look at the impact of shame and stigma on those already struggling and too ashamed to seek help. By Beth Collard Manager at ...

Punjabi Sikh women with drinking problems are less likely to come forward for help because of the fear of stigma and shame, a West Midlands alcohol support group says. Drinking alcohol is often ...