Addiction Are Creative People More Prone to Addiction? What do F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Eric Clapton, Carrie Fisher, and Robin Williams all have in common? All of these people ma…
Addiction Hobby vs. Habit: When Exercise turns into an Addiction The gym- it’s become a common part of American culture. While Americans are often stigmatized as being lazy and overweight by other count…
Addiction Society and Smoking: a Deadly Combination It’s likely that in today’s media you’ve seen some shocking anti-smoking ads. Many commercials feature former smokers offering advice on …
Addiction PTSD and Addiction: A Duel Diagnosis At some point, whether in real life or Hollywood movies, you’ve probably heard someone say, “I need a drink” after dealing with a stressf…
Addiction Social Media: Can you get Addicted? Since the rise of personal computers and smartphones, the amount of time people spend on social media has become a popular topic of conve…
Addiction An Issue with Mainstream Culture If you were to flip through the radio searching for a familiar tune, it wouldn’t take long to find a song that references alcohol. From u…
Addiction Caffeinated: Society’s Everyday Addiction A professor of mine once said “Addiction must feel similar to how I feel trying to get a cup of coffee in the morning.” The students in t…
Addiction The Prison Problem: Harsh Sentences for Drug Users This past February, Brandon Stanton, owner of the famous blog, Humans of New York, wrote on stories of inmates around the Northeastern Un…
Addiction The Opioid Epidemic: Who is Fighting for Change? While at lunch with a coworker, she excitedly updated me on the gossip about the Bachelorette—a popular American reality show. I’ll admi…
Addiction Addicted: Society’s Stigma Surrounding Addiction Over 21 million Americans suffered from a substance use disorder in 2014—a number that is greater than the entire population of New York …