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What Ails Us

By Tracy Frisch, Gabor Mate — 2012

Most genetic studies completely ignore the science of epigenetics, which is how the environment actually turns certain genes on or off.

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Can Psychedelic Experiences Cure Alcohol Addiction?

A new study hints at a novel and promising treatment for alcohol use disorder.

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Alcoholics Anonymous Is Most Effective Treatment for Addiction, Researchers Say

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), the worldwide fellowship of sobriety seekers, is the most effective path to abstinence.

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Do-It-Yourself Addiction Cures?

In 1982 Stanley Schachter, an eminent social psychologist then at Columbia University, unleashed a storm of controversy in the addictions field by publishing an article showing that most former smokers and overweight people he interviewed had changed successfully without treatment.

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This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused?

Steven Kelty had been addicted to crack cocaine for 32 years when he tried a different kind of treatment last year, one so basic in concept that he was skeptical.

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AA, Other 12-Step Programs More Effective Than Talk Therapies

Alcoholics Anonymous and similar 12-step programs can lead to higher rates of continuous abstinence than other addiction treatment approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy, a large new study suggests.

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Unable to Meet in Person, Some A.A. Members ‘Thank Zoom for Their Very Survival.’

Their meetings used to take place discreetly in the basements of churches, a spare room at the Y.M.C.A., the back of a cafe. But when the pandemic hit last spring, members of Alcoholics Anonymous and other groups of recovering substance abusers found those doors quickly shut.

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Effective Addiction Treatment (Part 1)

People typically do more research when shopping for a new car than when seeking treatment for addiction.

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Long-Term Strategies for Overcoming Addiction

Long-term recovery is not a final destination, but an ongoing process of facing and coping with life without retreating into addictive behaviors.

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In Addiction Recovery, a Matter of the Mind

Mindfulness holds promise as a treatment for those struggling to curb their substance misuse, researchers say.

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Addiction

All addictions have the capacity to induce a sense of hopelessness and feelings of failure, as well as shame and guilt, but research documents that recovery is the rule rather than the exception.

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Emotional and Mental Health