Maybe you read that study that showed constantly checking your phone is slowly strangling your relationships (or the follow-up research that confirmed this). Maybe you were horrified by the finding ...

Thank you for your question. The issue of sex addiction is serious so I appreciate that you brought it up. My first question would be, “what makes you say you are addicted to sex?” While you are ...

Are you a big spender? Do you like to treat yourself to the finer things in life, or simply enjoy the buzz that comes with ...

Dr. Dodes' recent article, titled "The Myth of Addictiveness" reminded me of his other posts to a large extent, but also of a recent article on All About Addiction claiming that the notion of "loss of ...

In 1976, Steve Jobs dreamed of a “computer for the rest of us”. Forty years later, his dream has been realised, and more than a third of the world’s population now uses a smartphone. But the success ...

Robert never has taken an illegal substance, but he’s frequently overindulged in what—for him, at least—is the virtual equivalent of crack. There are acute moments when the 29-year-old lifelong gamer ...

It’s hard to talk about addiction. The American war on drugs has dedicated over half a century to treating addiction like a crime rather than a disease—portraying drug abuse as a moral failing instead ...

A Rutgers-led study found that genes related to impulse control and reward processing are major factors in addiction risk. Researchers analyzed genetic data from over 2.2 million people to understand ...

Submit a chapter to an upcoming edited book about Sociology of Addiction. Sociological approaches have become increasingly prominent and topical in the multidisciplinary field of addiction research.