Isolation is a tendency often observed by specialists in those suffering from and with addictions. The body’s opiate receptors are thought to be affected by social isolation, causing individuals to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amber Richmond, a San Francisco woman who struggled with addiction while living in city supportive housing and got sober last year ...

Early in the response to the coronavirus, Dr. Marvin Seppala, chief medical officer at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation warned that moving people in recovery from addiction to online meetings could ...

Clean Recovery Centers, a local Florida drug and alcohol rehab, has published a new blog focused on how social disconnection and substance use disorders often develop together and reinforce one ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke Thursday at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, opening up about his own struggles with substance abuse and how communities can be ...

When most people hear the word addiction, they picture someone whose life has visibly unravelled. Yet addiction is often hidden in plain sight – affecting people in workplaces, schools, sporting clubs ...

Standing in the doorway of her new San Francisco apartment, Amber Richmond felt like her luck had finally changed. It was the summer of 2020, just before her 28th birthday. After years cycling between ...