The American Society of Addiction Medicine defines addiction as a chronic disease affecting brain reward, motivation, and memory systems, creating compulsive cravings for substances or behaviors that ...

There's a specific issue that keeps coming up with nearly every addiction client I work with who is in early recovery. Regardless of whether they're trying to stop unhealthy alcohol or drug use, sex ...

Addiction is a chronic medical condition. Like diabetes or high blood pressure, it can be controlled, but not cured. This does not mean that we ought to take a fatalistic view of alcohol and other ...