About 60 people filter into the large, open room in Northeast Portland, filling rows of metal-framed chairs. Some grab a cup of coffee. Others chat. The low rumble of conversation quickly subsides as ...

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Four and a half years ago, Michelle Price was out of control. Addicted to pain pills, the formerly described "good girl" had spiraled into a life she no longer recognized as her own. Her addiction ...

Pola Rapaport knew she’d have to say goodbye to Marieke Vervoort, but she didn’t know when. The documentarian came across the athlete’s story in an article about the Rio 2016 Paralympics and was ...

MACON, Ga. — Brett Coppock's addiction first started in 1994, when she was 25. "From the first time that I took that first pain pill, I knew that my life was forever going to be changed," Coppock said ...

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After being diagnosed with a prolapsed disc in her spine, Joeleen became addicted to her prescription pain medication. Here, she shares her difficult journey... “I’ll get him,” I said to my boyfriend, ...

Vaping’s popularity among American teenagers is soaring, highlighted by startling national statistics released this week by researchers and an unusual “epidemic” decree on Tuesday by the U.S. Surgeon ...

A VIP nightclub hostess publicly linked to Tiger Woods two days before his now-infamous SUV crash isn’t quite ready to talk about her relationship with the golf great who fell from grace, but she ...