Discover seven science-based insights into addiction and lasting change
Grey area drinking describes the space between low-risk alcohol use and the severe consequences commonly associated with alcoholism. This article explores how drinking can gradually become habitual or problematic while remaining easy to rationalize as “normal.”...
Prescription medications can relieve pain, calm anxiety, improve concentration, and restore normal functioning. But what happens when the relief itself becomes something we begin to crave? Using Johnny Cash’s experience with prescription stimulants and sedatives as a...
Why do the things we crave so often fail to satisfy us? Drawing on the image of a cracked vessel—an ancient metaphor for our attempts to fill an inner emptiness—this article explores the surprising connection between craving, addiction, and the human search for...