At the height of her addiction to heroin, Tracey Helton Mitchell lived in an alley and sold her body. Now she works as an addiction specialist... An Addict, Now Clean, Discusses Needle Exchanges And ...

One woman is using her battle with addiction to save the lives of others. A battle Bethany Clark never thought she would survive herself. “It was the most devastating feeling to wake up knowing death ...

One recovering drug addict is using his past struggles as inspiration for his music to inspire others to believe they, too, ...

A recovering fentanyl addict comes clean after multiple close-calls with death. Loyal 'Ricky' Archuletta has been to hell and back and considers himself lucky to be alive. He is sharing his story as a ...

Kevin Alters created "The Addict's Diary" so that people would have a place online to share their failures, successes, and ...

CASPER - Thomas Willson used homemade needles, passed from prisoner to prisoner, to shoot up drugs at Arizona State Penitentiary. The drugs he could find were methamphetamine and heroin. And he could ...

A journey that began with addiction has progressed into brothers helping others. The men were able to get clean with the help of a nonprofit in Southwest Florida. Gabe and Zach Miller had lots of ...

In his new book "Clean," author David Sheff poses a massive health epidemic in America -- the widespread disease of drug use and addiction. Sheff argues that drug addiction should be treated as a ...

Readers react to a guest essay critical of the concept of codependency and tough love. To the Editor: Re “No, Love Doesn’t Make You an Enabler,” by Maia Szalavitz (Opinion guest essay, July 10): Tough ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — He lost his younger brother to an overdose. But through the pain, a former Brevard cop, whose job was to combat drugs, is sharing his brother’s story. Greg Richter's brother Tim ...

Once upon a time, some people in society fell prey to addiction. This ranged from soaking themselves in alcohol to getting ...