The City of Gardner and the Gardner Community Action Team, in collaboration with Alyssa’s Place Peer Recovery and Support Center, Ripple Effect Peer Recovery Center and Restoration Recovery Center, ...

"Recovery City," a documentary produced by Natick High School media arts teacher Lisa Olivieri that offers a raw look at addiction and recovery, will get two screenings in Framingham in coming days, ...

BELLOWS FALLS — Come see a sneak peek of "Uprooting Addiction," a documentary film and discussion which explores the connection between childhood trauma and addiction through personal stories and ...

At the Newton Free Library on Wednesday evening, filmmaker Lisa Olivieri screened her award-winning documentary, Recovery City, alongside a panel of local healthcare experts who discussed the ...

Crazy Heart, Trainspotting, and 28 Days are among the best movies about addiction and alcoholism that wide general audiences should watch.

The Threshing Floor is more than a documentary—it’s a reckoning with pain, purpose, and the raw truth behind addiction and drug dependence. Directed by SoCal native Brad Alexander and produced by Reed ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

Kim Quidone’s videos on TikTok each start out the same way: with an update on how long it’s been since she's used crack. From there, the boisterous 48-year-old Bushwick resident updates her 200,000 ...

People addicted to drugs or alcohol are stigmatized in our society, which can impede their recovery. We cannot readily understand how they are thinking and why they are making the unhealthy choices ...

This article was co-authored with Dr. Justin Bell, Assistant Research Scientist at Chestnut Health Systems, first author on the underlying study, and a specialist in addiction recovery. Over 29.3 ...

Addiction science is increasingly looking beyond clinics to technologies we already wear on our wrists. A recent trial suggests that wearables, better known for counting steps or tracking sleep, may ...