The Latest Breaking News from Addiction

Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that states could legalize betting on sports, California — with 40 million people and numerous professional teams — has been the great white whale, eluding gambling companies and casino-hosting tribal communities. At stake is $3.1 billion in annual revenue, according to one…

The duchess admitted to being 'addicted' to food and stuck to a ketogenic diet.

Danny Cheetham racked up £50k worth of debt

The media pack is starting to bay as one over the suppurating wound that is Australia’s electronic gaming-machine addiction.

Cravings can often trap people into a cycle that mimics an addiction.

Rian Hood was jailed at Glasgow High Court today following 10 years of horrific abuse against four different women, who eventually plucked up the courage to speak out.

"My pay used to go into my bank account at around three in the morning and, by five or six, I’d be asking people for money because I’d spent everything."

Andover man James Nixon, 30, lost his home, relationship and children

Our cultural hypocrisy toward mental illness and addiction, not to mention fame and fortune, is never more evident than when some poor famous soul dies by suicide. "Why?" we ask. "Why would a person who seemed to have it all end their own life?" And then someone writes a book…

The ways we intervene in curbing addiction to substances has shifted from the medical era, focusing on acute care, to a comprehensive chronic care model. People need long-term support to stay off substances, as well as immediate help to stop using them.

Joe Olner's alcohol addiction had caused him to develop several health problems including seizures, memory problems and deep vein thrombosis.