Drug addiction is a chronic, often relapsing disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. Despite successful treatment, many individuals struggle to maintain sobriety and may relapse.

Humans—and our ancestors—have been drinking alcohol for thousands of years, and likely becoming addicted to it for just as long. Yet, even as our understanding of the biological underpinnings of ...

A young man in recovery from addiction once gave me his perspective on the painful consequences of relapse: “It’s not the relapse that troubles me,” he said. “It’s the self-beating that comes ...

Nearly everyone with multiple myeloma relapses. That doesn’t make it easy. A cancer diagnosis is traumatic, especially when the cancer is treatable, but not curable. In multiple myeloma, the disease ...

Matt Willis has opened up about the "shame" he experienced, after a drugs relapse on the Busted reunion tour five years ago. The musician has candidly spoken about his history of substance abuse for a ...