People addicted to drugs or alcohol are stigmatized in our society, which can impede their recovery. We cannot readily understand how they are thinking and why they are making the unhealthy choices ...

Kathryn Burgum is co-chair of the Great American Recovery Initiative and White House senior advisor for addiction recovery.

A desire to help others and break the chain of addiction have helped nurse Lori Jean Shinkle work with people at their lowest point. “As a kid I was very sickly, and the nurses always ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Maggie Spellman and her daughter Selena Lewis know what it's like to go through addiction. Now both in recovery, they're leaders of the House of Inspiration, which supports women on ...

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein was in Charlotte Monday afternoon, highlighting investments made to prevent opioid deaths ...

Recovery advocates have changed American hearts and minds on addiction for decades. A new survey proves it worked.

Strode is the founder and executive director of The Phoenix, a peer-led nonprofit network (unrelated to The Phoenix Recovery ...

GROVE CITY, Pa. (WYTV) – Two women who know what it is like to come out of the other side of active addiction are reaching their one-year anniversary of helping other women recover. Cortney Norris and ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The holidays can be an especially challenging time for people in recovery from addiction. Community Matters Cafe in Charlotte is helping give recovering addicts a ...

Dingle and colleagues explored the influence of addiction and addiction treatment on identity. They interviewed 21 people in a treatment community and found two distinct pathways, from pre-addiction ...

Jennifer Smith knew the thin, sallow man who would smoke outside a Medford supermarket was addicted to drugs and living in a tent in the woods. Smith, who worked as a clerk at the supermarket, felt ...

Plans are revealed for St Robert and St Alice Chapel to be used to help recovering addicts.