John F. Kelly, PhD, of the Recovery Research Institute and Department of Psychiatry at Mass General Brigham, is the lead ...

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is one of the leading causes of preventable death in the United States and worldwide, and leads to substantial disease and medical complications. While treatments are ...

Key Takeaways Evidence-based therapies for alcohol addiction have scientific validation behind them, making them more ...

Life in alcohol recovery will throw up a lot of firsts. You’re entering a new sober lifestyle, and as part of that,t you’ll need to find a way to replace the feelings you were getting when consuming ...

Alcohol does not simply relax the mind. It rewires it. With repeated use, drinking can splinter the brain’s carefully coordinated networks into scattered, competing circuits that chase the next drink ...

“Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.” —Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw Alcohol abuse is among the leading causes of preventable death in the United States—not ...

Participating in peer-support recovery groups is associated with ongoing abstinence among Japanese men following treatment for alcohol dependence (AD). But smoking and consuming non-alcoholic beer are ...

A study, published in August in the journal Alcohol, focused on how long-term abstinence can undo the effects of cortical thinning in the brain among those with alcohol use disorder. “Several ...

Academics and well-meaning elites do alcoholics and addicts no favors in their effort to make them feel better about their situations (“Destigmatizing Drug Abuse Is a Dopey Idea” by Naomi Schaefer ...

According to the treatment philosophy at Bright Futures Treatment Center, recovery works best when care is layered rather ...

Blair Drug and Alcohol Partnerships has received $22,500 from the state to help pay for recovery housing for young adults. The supplemental funding from the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs ...

In support communities, a recurring theme is that alcohol and infidelity can feed off each other. Drinking lowers inhibitions ...