When my son was born, I made a promise to myself and to him: the cycle of trauma and addiction stops now. I was 12 years sober at the time. The path that got me there had been filled with abuse, shame ...

In the nearly two-hour-long episode, Lembke warned that with technology comes a new wave of addiction. While natural rewards like eating and sleeping release dopamine, addictive drugs mimic that ...

Methamphetamine addiction has long been framed as a story of dopamine gone haywire, with the drug flooding the brain’s reward ...

Camp Mariposa may seem like a storybook summer camp, but campers say their stories are far from it. The national, year-long program teaches children the tools they need to deal with addiction in their ...

Some of us swear we could give up anything except the pastries calling from a bakery window. The attraction runs deeper than taste. Once sugar enters your system, it triggers dopamine, opioids, and ...

Excessive use of online porn can be thought of as a manifestation of both Internet addiction and sex addiction. In fact, porn addiction is one of the most commonly reported sex addiction problems, ...