Addiction involves loss of control over use of a substance, often in the presence of physiological and psychological dependence on a substance and compulsion to continue seeking and using the ...

These alterations make it harder for people to stop using substances even when they want to, which can lead to drug addiction. It is possible to overcome drug addiction, but it takes commitment and ...

[Editor's note: In this article, Dr. Cline describes strategies that he has found useful in treating sexual addicts, particularly those addicted to pornography, and that might be helpful to other ...

A drug addict who savagely bashed a female police officer with a brick and left her for dead in Sydney will walk free on parole. Sergeant Samantha Barlow was on her way to work in the night-life ...

Ultimately, though, they preserved, creating a collection of songs that traverse love, addiction, and resilience. “On this album, we made sure they’re all hits, no misses,” Cave adds.

Perry had been candid over the years about his health, including his struggles with addiction and related health concerns. Here’s what we know about Perry’s health history prior to his ...

These and other indicators demonstrate how porn can become not only problematic, but also habit forming - though calling it an "addiction" is "an area of substantial, protracted controversy and ...

Terry Wyatt/Getty Jamey Johnson is getting candid about his experience with addiction. The country singer, 49, opened up to Billboard in a new interview about the inspiration behind his new song ...

Sergeant Samantha Barlow was on her way to work in Sydney’s busy Kings Cross in 2009 when she was attacked by Roderick Holohan, who fractured her skull, broke her nose, and injured her neck.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.—Joe Hilton was inside an MRI machine, wearing a $1 million helmet and goggles showing him pictures of heroin being cooked in a spoon and injected into an arm. Doctors behind ...

"Hi, my name is Matthew… My friends call me Matty. And I should be dead." An overdose of illegally-supplied ketamine was the official cause. Forty years of fighting an addiction that had cost Perry ...

Preliminary results of a study on work addiction show about 24 per cent of Australians fall into this category. Women are more likely to be work addicted, according to the global research led by ...