How Fathers Can Teach Their Sons about Addiction

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How you can help protect your kids from drug addiction, by telling them why you used.

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Norm Appel was terrified to have children while drinking and taking pills. He discovered why.

Where the F**k Do I Surrender?

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A family history of addiction and recovery.

A Permanent Solution to a Temporary Problem

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Not every suicide looks like a suicide.

Why Are Teens Smoking More Pot and Cutting Down on Alcohol and Cigarettes?

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Marijuana use rises among teens as perception of it’s harm shifts, AlterNet’s Kristen Gwynne reports.

Outbreak!

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Until yesterday I had no idea how bad our malodorous monkey problem had become.

Hooked on Distraction

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Erik Proulx’s father died of a heroin overdose. Twenty-five years later, Erik wonders if his own addiction to technology might just be a slower kind of death.

Caffeine Overdose May Lead to Murder?

A Kentucky man accused of strangling his wife is pleading caffeine insanity. The amazingly named Woody Will Smith says that there’s no chance he could have knowingly killed his wife, since he was left mentally unstable from too many sodas, energy drinks, and diet pills. Smith says he drank five or six energy drinks per [...]