One of the most compelling books I read this summer, The Recovering, by Leslie Jamison, delves deeply into stories of the author's personal recovery from alcoholism as well as those of beloved artists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WABASH VALLEY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — A local woman's inspirational story of overcoming addiction is just one of the many voices in ...

Matt Rowland Hill’s exquisite and unflinching debut memoir, Original Sins, recounts his harrowing spiral into drug addiction. Raised in Swansea, Wales, in the 1980s, Hill and his three siblings ...

“Friends” star Matthew Perry startled many of his fans by announcing that he had been to drug rehab 15 times and spent some $9 million on getting into recovery. He also may have scared some people ...

The most stolen books from San Francisco public libraries’ shelves are not the hottest new novels or juicy memoirs; they are books about recovering from addiction. Now, city officials want to provide ...

How to relapse and die part one - The Intrepid Odyssey of a Salford Alcoholic is the debut memoir by York-based writer Tom Wilson.

Katelyn Fullbright on the day she graduated from Women in Recovery.Credit...Barrett Emke for The New York Times Supported by By Nicholas Kristof Photographs by Barrett Emke Mr. Kristof is an Opinion ...

"God brought me out of the smoke, out of the situation that I was in, so that I can help others," said Chekesha Kay Ellis. WILLINGBORO, New Jersey (WPVI) -- When she was 27 years old, a sudden ...

After determining the books most frequently stolen from San Francisco public libraries' shelves focus on recovering from addiction, city officials want to provide universal access to free drug ...

The Camden County Board of Commissioners and the Addiction Awareness Task Force (AATF) launched the Break the Stigma campaign to change the conversation around addiction and recovery. This initiative ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The disease of addiction, also known as substance use disorder, is a crisis that touches families in every community and neighborhood in our Nation. 48.4 million ...