Stanton Peele 
Almodóvar and Portman’s New Films Illuminate Love, Heroin and Addiction
Two current films wonder about the nature of addiction—one involving obsessive love, the other ...
The Optimism Gap: Class-Tailored Addiction Messaging Fuels Inequality
When people speak of inequality in America, they miss one of its powerful drivers: ...
Elton John and Bob Weir’s Recovery Routes Are Closer Than They Seem
Two superluminary rock stars, Elton John and the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, have in ...
Coercion Into Addiction Treatment Is Ubiquitous: Five Ways It Happens
The range and intensity of coercion in addiction treatment isn’t well recognized. Yet coercion ...
Yes, You Can Be Addicted to Cannabis—But There Are Sensible Ways to Avoid This
The seemingly inexorable nationwide movement to legalize marijuana has recently stalled in New Jersey ...
Intoxication Has Always Been the American Way—Let’s Work With That
Mood modification through drugs—intoxication—is a standard cultural reality in American history, but possibly even ...
“Russian Doll” Is a Case Study of Existential Recovery
Russian Doll, the acclaimed Netflix comedy-drama built around Natasha Lyonne, tackles loss, trauma, self-destruction ...
What a Breakthrough E-Cigarette Study Illustrates About Addiction
The first large, systematic study of whether e-cigarettes help people to quit smoking was ...
The Reassuringly Normal Recovery of Lindsay Lohan
Remember when Lohan was portrayed as the incorrigible bad-girl alcoholic who would never change—i.e., ...
How a Famous IQ Study Revealed a Key Truth About Avoiding Addiction
What makes you live longer? What makes life more satisfying? What enables people to ...
