At 32, after a decade and a half of repeating the same mistakes and vicious cycles until my brain and body finally couldn't take it, I got sober through a 12-step program in 2022, which is where I ...

This is the third blog in the Parents in Recovery series.

A slip-up differs from a relapse. A relapse means giving up on sobriety entirely and reverting to old habits. In contrast, a ...

It can be hard to drink less, for many people, socializing seems to revolve around food and alcohol. Watching the game? Let’s get the beers out. End of the workday? Let’s go home via the bar ...

Humans are driven to deploy their cognitive and neural resources in optimal ways – to maintain a kind of cognitive homeostasis. This perspective outlines the case of boredom as a signal of ...