Key Takeaways Addiction-related financial damage includes debt, legal costs, and depleted savings.Financial safeguards such ...

Melissa Mikkonen is a program manager at Blue Cross and Blue Shield. She aims to provide easy and accessible addiction recovery care. “It's on us to not only have good, solid programs, but to make ...

For decades, the face of addiction was painted with a broad, mostly male brush. Rough around the edges. Down and out. That narrow image lets a lot of women slip through the cracks, especially ...

Limited treatment options have pushed educators to integrate addiction recovery directly into the school system.

Gen Z “ghosts” alcohol as sobriety rises; The White Chip shows addiction and recovery. Gen Z is increasingly “ghosting” alcohol, embracing sober curiosity and redefining social life. Yet nearly 28 ...

Alcohol addiction is a complex but treatable condition, and there are more treatment options available now than ever before. According to the national survey on drug use and health, in 2023, about ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction, spiritual awakening and recovery at a conference on drug addiction Thursday and emphasized that young ...

Four core aspects of recovery that are essential for addressing addiction. Many people see addiction . . . as a character flaw or a bad choice. They don’t recognize that addiction is in fact a chronic ...

I see the signs everywhere: On the sidewalk, a buprenorphine film still in its wrapper; an empty bottle of liquid kratom. These are the substances that mask the symptoms of our country’s mental health ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Five people celebrated a different kind of graduation Wednesday at the 61st District Court in Grand Rapids, marking their completion of an 18 to 24-month program designed to ...

It wasn’t until Heather Lococo’s daughter was born with cocaine in her system that she knew she had to receive treatment. Losing her kids to foster care was the turning point for her. She started 29 ...