Sometimes placing a label on a behavior only makes the matter worse. Social media addiction is a very real phenomenon, but noteworthy research now reports simply believing you’re addicted to Instagram ...

One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often leads to a dismissal of addiction’s social causes, rooted in alienation and ...

"What is love addiction?" This question makes me pause. I am a recovering love addict. Ten years ago, after five years of being clean and sober, a therapist diagnosed me with a condition that is not ...

We all joke about our "addiction" to the trappings of modern life (morning lattes, watching Game of Thrones, etc.), but we tell ourselves they aren't really addictions. We insist to our best friend ...