When someone is in active addiction, we try to avoid all of the "normal things in life." Source: Priscilla Du Perez/Unsplash Throughout the course of my life, I have learned from the adage, “To Thine ...

Addiction is multidimensional. As a therapist, when someone greets me in the throws of active addiction, the first piece is to acknowledge their courage and then assess the risk. Unfortunately, ...

A center for opioid abatement, treatment and recovery is needed where those living in active addiction can go to find the resources they need. A place with no barriers because they have not taken on ...

"The disease is about brains, not drugs," former president of ASAM Dr. Michael Miller stated in a press release. "It's about underlying neurology, not outward actions." Miller oversaw a four-year ...