Dane O'Leary

Addiction is a very complex disease. The factors that predispose for an addiction are varied and tend to overlap. The holistic consensus is that there are both physiological and socio-cultural determinants — nature and nurture — when trying to...

Addiction can take many forms: drugs, alcohol, gambling, pornography, even chocolate is considered a legitimate addiction. And just as an addict’s drug of choice varies, so do the causes of addiction, both physiological and environmental. Studies suggest that 60%...

Years of study have shown that addiction, once thought to be caused by degeneration of morals and self-control, is as much a disease as diabetes and depression. Current and ongoing research has even identified genetic markers that make certain...

What separates a social drinker from someone who becomes an alcoholic? According to a Dr. Sharif Taha, professor of neurobiology and anatomy at the University of Utah, the answer to this question likely lies within a particular region of...

On Sunday, March 16, Charlie Denihan was found dead in his Manhattan apartment from an apparent drug overdose. The heir to the Denihan Hospitality Group was just 28 years old. Officials found several illegal drugs at the scene that...

When you consider the cost of addiction, you probably think of all the money it takes to sustain such a habit. While it’s true that drug and alcohol addiction is incredibly expensive, there are many other costs in addition...

When I was in my second year of undergraduate school, I was a frequent substance abuser. I was experiencing increasingly severe insomnia, suffered from low self-esteem and self-worth, and had taken to self-medicating with alcohol and drugs to numb...