“Smoking was my first love,” says Laura Marie, who lit her first cigarette at age 15. Despite seeing the effects of smoking up close — her grandmother died of emphysema, and her sister died of lung ...
As of late 2025, The Phoenix reported it had served one million people. That number speaks not only to the impact of the ...
Years ago, I faced a personal battle with substance abuse. Life had thrown its share of hardships my way: PTSD from military service, divorce and the loss of loved ones. I did my best to manage the ...
Spiritual awakening is an explicit goal of 12-step recovery programs, which ask people seeking help with addiction to accept ...
TORONTO — Detroit Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows keeps inching his way back to health, adding more baseball activities. He is scheduled to throw to bases from the outfield May 17, which is more ...
Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. BETHESDA, Md. — Nora Volkow, the federal government’s top drug addiction researcher, laughed when asked how a spate of recent policy changes ...