Having a family member or a close friend with a gambling problem puts people at greater risk of developing one, too, a new study finds.

Alcohol does not simply relax the mind. It rewires it. With repeated use, drinking can splinter the brain’s carefully coordinated networks into scattered, competing circuits that chase the next drink ...

Health problems arising from alcohol and deaths that result from misuse of alcohol are rising in America, particularly among women. In fact, research has shown that a striking 20 percent of all deaths ...

Alcohol addiction tends to be most commonly associated with men, which comes as no surprise given that alcoholism is more than twice as common among men than women. What many people don’t realize is ...

Trump's Great American Recovery Initiative targets addiction crisis affecting 48.4 million Americans. Like AA, it recognizes the importance of community, health and faith ...

Ray Clements, pictured with his guide dog Garson, now represents Great Britain in blind baseball [Ray Clements] A man who ...

Key Takeaways Evidence-based therapies for alcohol addiction have scientific validation behind them, making them more ...

Never, never, never forget that we are different. We cannot live like others. Our difference is this: We cannot drink alcohol. One of my earliest memories of comedy involved an aging vaudevillian ...

The consumption of alcohol is something you can find throughout many parts of Black history and culture. Whether it be Snoop Dogg’s 1994 hit “Gin and Juice” or the infamous Billy Dee Williams ads, ...

New York lawmakers introduce bills to tax alcohol and redirect opioid tax revenue to fund substance use disorder treatment as ...