Can You Break the Addiction Cycle? Strategies for Lasting Recovery
In March 2024, CBS News featured a special segment about TikTok star Victor Oliveira, who is known as “The Good Boss” on the popular social network. Oliveira is a 35-year-old small business owner from Boston who was released from a Massachusetts state prison in 2012 after serving a sentence for drug trafficking. These days, he’s followed by 3.5 million TikTok users who praise his charitable
Understanding Alcoholism: Can It Be Reversed?
In 2016, a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience surprised many neurochemistry and mental health researchers. Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute observed a small group of neurons in the amygdala region of the brains of laboratory rodents that had been induced to compulsively drink liquor. As the rats became chemically dependent, the neurons formed a strong circuit that reinforced the addiction. Then they