Addiction can affect anyone, regardless of background, education, or income. It often starts subtly—using alcohol to unw ...

We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that for some, addiction is a form of deliberate self-harm.

This blog is based on a portion of a talk I gave on a conference held at James Madison University on the Opioid Epidemic. In the interest of length, I focus here only on how to understand addiction ...