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The opening of a Washington-based Internet detox center--the first of its kind in the United States--draws more attention to global online addiction problems.

The Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act became California law in 2001. Now the state treats drug addiction as a Public Health Problem.

Your family's togetherness does not have to take a back seat to your teens' video game addiction; just pull up a controller and play along.

Pregnant women who use drugs and alcohol don't want to hurt their babies, lose their families, or die. Many can and do recover.

Coping with your adult child's addiction isn't easy, but it is possible. Avoid "rescuing" and set aside any self-blame. Do what you can to educate and nurture yourself.

Speed use destroys lives and relationships. It costs money, jobs, homes, and society. There are ways to create hope and to end the nightmare of addiction.

Gambling addiction affects 0.6% of the population, but the problem gambler and family live a pained existence. Gamblers anonymous tries to help people to stop gambling.

Autobiography of one addict's struggle with drug and alcohol addiction, and how training for an Ironman distance triathlon helped him turn his life around.

Addictive disease affects all members of the family. Dysfunctional families take on specific roles in order to cope. The balance is easily shifted by crisis

Save money and help the environment by using fewer paper products. Implement these 14 ideas.

Physical abnormalities in the brains of substance abusers changes drug addiction treatment & alcoholic treatment. Impulse control is impaired even when they're sober.

People looking to stop smoking, eating too much or chewing their fingernails have help from Harvard thanks to a new study.

Psychologists who classify Internet addictions as extreme addictive disorders and compare them to alcohol addictions are taking Internet surfing to a whole new level.

How to tackle pornography addiction with a seven-step programme. Pornography is big business, but this business is ruining lives and undermining society.

September 2009 is the 20th Annual National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. This yearly observance highlights societal benefits of substance abuse treatment.

A physical dependency or emotional dependency on a substance or activity is categorically addiction. Addictions are compulsive and habitual and can be very harmful.

Recent research in drug abuse focuses on the causation of chemical dependency.