“Smoking was my first love,” says Laura Marie, who lit her first cigarette at age 15. Despite seeing the effects of smoking up close — her grandmother died of emphysema, and her sister died of lung ...

Spiritual awakening is an explicit goal of 12-step recovery programs, which ask people seeking help with addiction to accept that a higher power exists. For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

Nick Padlo’s addiction to alcohol and drugs didn’t happen overnight. “I was using them as a tool to cope with depression and anxiety,” says the recovered addict and founder of Sophros Recovery in ...