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Now my life is all screwed up and nothing works.
By Cary Tennis
April 16, 2008
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David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 1, 2008
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He was sometimes a little unreliable, but I had no idea.
By Cary Tennis
February 19, 2008
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Some experts say the push for equality is behind the rise in girls' drinking and drug use.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
February 11, 2008
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Way back when, he gave up rights to the child, but now I want to know my half-sibling.
By Cary Tennis
January 22, 2008
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Will Amy Winehouse's self-destructive behavior make her a music legend -- or will it just kill her?
By James Hannaham
December 14, 2007
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I realized I was addicted to gossiping, so I quit. But after four months, my friends think I'm a narcissistic bore -- and all I want to do is dish some dirt.
By Lucy Silag
September 3, 2007
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Lohan's relapse stories offer insight into addiction. If anyone's interested.
By Lynn Harris
July 25, 2007
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HBO's Addiction Project tackles misconceptions, offers harrowing, intimate stories, and highlights new treatments in an effort to update common views of addiction.
By Heather Havrilesky
March 15, 2007
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Last fall, after 13 years of pleasurable puffing, I smoked my last cigarette. I thought quitting would make me feel healthy and hale -- so why the hell is my body falling apart?
By Rebecca Traister
March 14, 2007
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I could be an actor or a writer or even a therapist, but nothing seems to be worth all the work and commitment.
By Cary Tennis
March 12, 2007
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Why did Ruby Rippey-Tourk confess her affair with the San Francisco mayor to her husband? What good would that do?
By Cary Tennis
February 9, 2007
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I got into the hot creative writing MFA program I dreamed of, but now I feel I don't belong.
By Cary Tennis
February 1, 2007
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I'd give him an ultimatum, but what if he sobered up and I still wanted to leave?
By Cary Tennis
January 30, 2007
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Vancouver has halted a drug epidemic by helping street addicts shoot up in safety. Will U.S. cities -- and Bush's drug czar -- learn from the Canadians' success?
By Mark Follman
September 22, 2006
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Will James Frey's fans forgive him for making up parts of his bestselling memoir?
By Laura Miller
January 10, 2006
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Broadsheet wants to know: since James Frey fabricated parts of his bestselling memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," what will his biggest fan do?
By Hillary Frey
January 9, 2006
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Her latest pick -- James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" -- is bad news for her viewers and her show.
By Hillary Frey
October 11, 2005
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Is A&E's "Intervention" the most exploitative reality show ever, or a necessarily brutal snapshot of the perils of addiction?
By Heather Havrilesky
March 22, 2005
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Steroids aren't the only drug that help you on the job. As a 28-year-old freelancer, I had a special friend that helped me crank out stories: Meth.
By James Maier
March 21, 2005
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Internet filters were supposed to keep kids away from X-rated sites. Now some grown-ups, unable to stop porn-surfing on their own, are submitting to the filters themselves.
By Lynn Harris
April 15, 2004
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Noah Levine rejected the spiritual path of his father, Stephen, and then, many tattoos later, joined him.
By Sean Elder
November 19, 2002
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A federal law passed in a burst of drug war fervor denies financial aid to the country's neediest students.
By Janelle Brown
May 20, 2002
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A powerful new book on the drug war's trenches argues that treatment is the answer -- but our current system dooms more addicts than it helps.
By Laura Miller
June 7, 2001
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The former drug czar goes dot-com with an Internet company that charges $1,200 for online drug treatment.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
May 14, 2001
I quit being a musician because I couldn't play without drinking
My beautiful, drug-addicted boy
Girls abusing alcohol? Blame feminism!
Flirting with disaster
Psst! Have you heard...?
Carrying the message
Screw you for not smoking
The needle and the damage undone
A million bogus fabrications
Oprah's book flub
TV on crack
Speed demon
Stop him before he clicks again!
From street thug to dharma punk
Smoke a joint and your future is McDonald's
The nightmare of recovery
What has Barry McCaffrey been smoking?
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