What really causes you to drink to excess? Elias Dakwar, MD says the answer is more complex than many think.…
It can be daunting to try to hold down a job while struggling with mental illness or drug addiction, as…
Our cognitive biases, per Nobel-winner Daniel Kahneman and colleague Amos Tversky, cause us to value short-term benefits over staving off…
Research published in Nature Communications on November 26 suggests that a single dose of ketamine may help mitigate problematic drinking.…
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden confirmed on November 16 that he doesn’t support federal legalization of…
Cannabis works as a treatment for opioid use disorder, according to many patients and some limited research. But experts suggest…
I first realized I had a problem with drinking when I was a year out of college. I was 21…
Let’s play a game. I’m going to describe a scene, and you guess which movie it’s from. A thin, Black…
Liquid Handcuffs: A Documentary to Free Methadone is a feature documentary, created by Filter Senior Editor Helen Redmond and Marilena Marchetti,…
My heart drummed in time to my racing thoughts, which repeated an increasingly urgent command. Just. Fucking. Pee. But instead…