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A Recovering Patient’s Letter to Future Doctors on Addiction Care
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Recovery Review published a blog post this month. It offers recovery advice for doctors that could reshape how graduating medical students approach patients living with substance use disorders.Recovery advocate Justin Bell wrote the piece for...
Why Some Addictions Take Hold Faster Than Others
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Ask someone why they can’t put their phone down and they’ll probably laugh it off. Ask them why they can’t cut back on drinking, and the conversation gets heavier fast. Both answers start in the...
National Tragedy Triggers Immediate Tobacco and Cannabis Cravings, New Research Finds
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National Tragedy Triggers Immediate Tobacco and Cannabis Cravings, New Research Finds Collective Trauma and Substance Cravings: The Reflexive Response Nobody Talks About When a national tragedy unfolds, the psychological fallout runs far deeper than grief...
The Nervous System Never Forgets: Prevention and Trauma
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Research consistently shows that at least two thirds of people with substance use disorders carry a history of childhood trauma or abuse at some level, and if we take the opening scenario, trauma can appear...
What Your Brain Looks Like When It Is Addicted: New Research Reveals a Shared Pattern Across All Substances
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Addiction has long been treated as a matter of willpower, a personal failing, or a moral weakness. But a growing body of neuroscience tells a very different story. A landmark study published in Translational Psychiatry in...
Lived Experience Recovery Organisations: How Peer-Led Recovery Communities Are Strengthening Drug Prevention in England
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Peer-led recovery communities are changing how England responds to drug and alcohol addiction. These groups, known as Lived Experience Recovery Organisations or LEROs, are run by people who have personally walked through addiction and chosen...
Substance Use and Suicide: 90% Had Signs Nobody Recorded – The Suicide Data Gap We Need to Talk About
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A New Lens: Research Domain Criteria Researchers from UCLA took a different approach. Rather than relying solely on clinical diagnoses in the NVDRS, they used the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework. Developed by the National...
Harvard Research Exposes the Relapse Warning Signs Most People in Alcohol Recovery Never See Coming
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Millions of people working towards long-term sobriety hold a dangerous assumption: more time sober means less risk. New research from Harvard Medical School challenges that directly. Alcohol use disorder relapse does not simply fade as...
New Clinical Standards Set to Transform Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Young People
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Young people struggling with youth drug treatment needs have long been underserved by a system built around adults. That is now changing. The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has published a landmark framework dedicated...
How Trauma Shapes Substance Use Disorders and the Path to Recovery
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There is a well-established and often underestimated connection between trauma and substance use disorders. For many individuals struggling with addiction, the roots of their substance use trace back not to a simple choice, but to...
The Powerful Link Between Spirituality and Reduced Alcohol and Drug Use
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Research shows that spirituality and drug use prevention are closely linked. Millions of people struggle with alcohol and drug use, yet spiritual engagement remains one of the least discussed protective factors in mainstream health. A...
Revolutionary Fentanyl Vaccine Enters Human Trials in 2026
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A fentanyl vaccine will enter human trials in early 2026, offering a revolutionary approach to preventing drug use before it starts. Developed with support from the US Department of Defence and licensed by ARMR Sciences,...
