May 1—WAGNER, S.D. — On Friday nights at The Lighthouse Church in Wagner, three friends with similar life journeys are sharing their stories of addiction as they try to help pull others out of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the Nixon Library on June 12. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) Is America ...

HEMPFIELD, Pa. — Local lawmakers heard emotional testimony Wednesday from recovering drug addicts hoping they won’t be the next to become part of an alarming number of people who have died of heroin ...

Four decades into his recovery, self-described former street hustler and gang member Benny Lee still attends weekly meetings to help maintain his sobriety. “I’ve sat where you sit,” he told more than ...

Is America ready to elect a recovering addict as president? How about one who wants to hold 12-step recovery meetings in the White House? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hopes to be that president, the onetime ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The holidays can be an especially challenging time for people in recovery from addiction. Community Matters Cafe in Charlotte is helping give recovering addicts a ...

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — Wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with the word “PEER,” Joy Bogese approaches people struggling with drug addiction the way a teacher might approach a reluctant student — ...

After dating one dud after another, you finally find someone who seems to have it all—thoughtful, witty, responsible, and good-looking to boot. Then they drop a bomb: “I used to be a drug addict.” To ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Chelsea Donnor said she struggled with drug and alcohol addiction for the better part of 20 years. It wasn’t until last year she was ready to get clean. “I just hit a spiritual ...

Chesterfield Patrol Officer Travis Adams, left, and peer recovery specialist Joy Bogese, right, talk with Adam Hall as part of Project Recover, in Chesterfield County, Va., Monday, Aug., 29, 2022.