"The opposite of addiction is not sobriety," said Hari. "The opposite of addiction is connection." That was the thread throughout the two-hour presentation by members of the Consortium at the Latchis ...

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For those who have become dependent on alcohol, knowing when - and how - to stop can be difficult. Kimberly Kearns had to ask herself these questions, and they led her to start “Sober in the Suburbs.” ...

In what must be example 5,745,347 (estimated) of “things that would have been a weekslong scandal in the before times but now barely register in our post-truth Trumpian reality,” the U.S. government, ...

A study reveals genetic variants linking higher addiction risk to lower education levels, suggesting shared genetic factors influence both.

A new study published in Addiction has identified genetic factors that influence both a person's risk of developing an addiction and their educational attainment. Researchers found that some genetic ...

A study has found gene variants that impact both addiction and education attainment in opposite directions -- a higher genetic risk for addiction was related with an increased chance of a lower ...

In an increasingly widely disseminated TED Talk titled “Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong,” British journalist Johann Hari discusses the available research into the underlying ...

What Causes Addiction? In an increasingly widely disseminated TED Talk titled “ Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong,” British journalist Johann Hari discusses the available research ...