The app, made available by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, provides 24/7 resources for people experiencing addiction.

Appointments with our recovery specialists are available through virtual care. Contact our office to set up a virtual visit. We offer high-quality treatment for adults struggling with alcohol and drug ...

People often take a myopic view when they begin seeking help for addiction. The consensus is that people in recovery want freedom from their drug or compulsion, whether that be drugs, alcohol, food, ...

Maia Szalavitz is the author, most recently, of "Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction." When I kicked cocaine and heroin in 1988, I was told that there was ...

It's time for America to end its black-and-white thinking about addiction and recovery, according to Johns Hopkins professor Hanna Pickard. Traditional approaches in the U.S.—framing addiction as ...

When substance abuse enters a family’s life, it rarely affects just one person. The ripple effects touch everyone in the household, altering relationships, routines, and the emotional atmosphere that ...

Dingle and colleagues explored the influence of addiction and addiction treatment on identity. They interviewed 21 people in a treatment community and found two distinct pathways, from pre-addiction ...

The U.S. faces an unprecedented surge of drug deaths, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting another grim milestone this week. In a single 12-month period, fatal overdoses ...

Inpatient rehab requires staying in a rehab facility, and outpatient rehab is done while living at home. Both are powerful tools to help you change your relationship with addictive behavior. Share on ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...