Discover seven science-based insights into addiction and lasting change
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...
Why do we sometimes react in ways we barely understand? Why do the qualities we condemn in others often provoke our strongest emotions? Carl Jung believed the answers lie within the shadow—the hidden aspects of ourselves that shape our thoughts, relationships, and...