Despite what people may tell you, changing behavior is easy. It’s maintaining change that’s hard—creating new and sustained ways of thinking and behaving. As Mark Twain quipped, “Quitting [smoking] is ...

Find today’s readings here. When I was a child in Catholic school, I remember the Transfiguration left me baffled. Jesus’ other miracles had a clear purpose. People were hungry so he multiplied bread ...

Behind a locked gate on E Street in rural North Highlands, about a dozen young men pray to God to deliver them from addiction. They come from Russian immigrant communities in Sacramento and around the ...

Psychologist and neuroscientist Marc Lewis has had run ins with addiction many times in his life. As a scientist, he studies the effects of drugs and alcohol on our brains in the lab. When he ...

Professionals in the field of healthcare are putting emphasis on sophisticated dialogues related to substance use disorder and alcohol addiction. Some of the recent developments in the therapy ...