Despite what people may tell you, changing behavior is easy. It’s maintaining change that’s hard—creating new and sustained ways of thinking and behaving. As Mark Twain quipped, “Quitting [smoking] is ...

TAUNTON – “We haven’t really had a treatment center like this around here. It fills a need in the community,” said Beth Burnham, a recovering addict for the last 15 years, and member of the Taunton ...

In my corner of the world—addiction treatment and recovery—we have a big problem. I’m not talking about fentanyl or the opioid epidemic. Or alcohol, cocaine, or methamphetamines. Yes, these are big ...

You're reading Part 5 of The War on Recovery, a yearlong investigation into how the U.S. denies lifesaving medications to people with opioid addiction. Catch up on ...

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Meeting face-to-face every Wednesday at Scott Community College's Urban Campus in downtown Davenport, the science-based SMART Recovery program seeks to offer a unique, different path to overcoming ...

Launched in 2017, Fortis is one of a handful of public recovery high schools in the country. Every semester, it enrolls between 20 to 35 Houston-area students who are recovering from addiction to any ...

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For Jane Turner, it started when she was 10 years old. "I began using food to calm myself and push my emotions away," the 62-year-old author told Mamamia. "I'd steal money and nick down to the shops ...