Wendy eats up to two pounds of raw meat a day, causing concern with her fiancé's family in a new season of "My Strange ...

Author Joey McCollum shares how five simple words helped him break free from addiction and reclaim identity, purpose, ...

Now, with TLC reviving My Strange Addiction for an all-new season that premieres Wednesday, January 7, the network is ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

Addiction is not just about substances — it’s about the ache inside that we can’t seem to quiet. It’s the restless reaching for something — anything — that will hush the pain we’re too afraid to name.

The first time I saw Maya (not her real name) huddled under blankets in a hospital bed in 2013, she had been to dozens of inpatient detox programs and residential treatment centers since she had begun ...

For decades, the face of addiction was painted with a broad, mostly male brush. Rough around the edges. Down and out. That narrow image lets a lot of women slip through the cracks, especially ...

The American Society of Addiction Medicine defines addiction as a chronic disease affecting brain reward, motivation, and memory systems, creating compulsive cravings for substances or behaviors that ...

One of the problems that I see frequently is patients with cross addiction, specifically those who are also being given “legitimate” prescription medications such as stimulants, benzodiazepines, ...