http://dir.salon.com/topics/addiction/?source=rss&aim=addiction en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT By Eliza Strickland Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/16/gambling_science/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/16/gambling_science/index.html?source=rss Determined to defeat lawsuits over addiction, the casino industry is funding research at a Harvard-affiliated lab. By Cary Tennis Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/06/13/porn_addiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/06/13/porn_addiction/index.html?source=rss My girlfriend thinks I just play computer games a lot! By Cary Tennis Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/16/drinking_musician/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/16/drinking_musician/index.html?source=rss Now my life is all screwed up and nothing works. By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/01/beautiful_boy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/01/beautiful_boy/index.html?source=rss David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back. By Cary Tennis Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/19/boyfriend_on_crack/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/19/boyfriend_on_crack/index.html?source=rss He was sometimes a little unreliable, but I had no idea. Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/11/girls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/11/girls/index.html?source=rss Some experts say the push for equality is behind the rise in girls' drinking and drug use. By Cary Tennis Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/01/22/fathers_child/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/01/22/fathers_child/index.html?source=rss Way back when, he gave up rights to the child, but now I want to know my half-sibling. By James Hannaham Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/12/14/winehouse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/12/14/winehouse/index.html?source=rss Will Amy Winehouse's self-destructive behavior make her a music legend -- or will it just kill her? By Lucy Silag Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/09/03/gossip/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/09/03/gossip/index.html?source=rss 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. Lynn Harris Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/25/lindsays_latest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/25/lindsays_latest/index.html?source=rss Lohan's relapse stories offer insight into addiction. If anyone's interested. By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2007/03/15/addiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2007/03/15/addiction/index.html?source=rss HBO's Addiction Project tackles misconceptions, offers harrowing, intimate stories, and highlights new treatments in an effort to update common views of addiction. By Rebecca Traister Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/03/14/traister_smoking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/03/14/traister_smoking/index.html?source=rss 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 Cary Tennis Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/12/slacker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/12/slacker/index.html?source=rss 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 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/09/newsom_sex_scandal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/09/newsom_sex_scandal/index.html?source=rss Why did Ruby Rippey-Tourk confess her affair with the San Francisco mayor to her husband? What good would that do? By Cary Tennis Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/01/creative_writing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/01/creative_writing/index.html?source=rss I got into the hot creative writing MFA program I dreamed of, but now I feel I don't belong. By Cary Tennis Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/30/alcoholic_husband/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/30/alcoholic_husband/index.html?source=rss I'd give him an ultimatum, but what if he sobered up and I still wanted to leave? By Mark Follman Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/09/22/harm_reduction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/09/22/harm_reduction/index.html?source=rss 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 Laura Miller Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/01/10/frey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/01/10/frey/index.html?source=rss Will James Frey's fans forgive him for making up parts of his bestselling memoir? Hillary Frey Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/09/frey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/09/frey/index.html?source=rss 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 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/10/11/frey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/10/11/frey/index.html?source=rss Her latest pick -- James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" -- is bad news for her viewers and her show. By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2005/03/22/intervention/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2005/03/22/intervention/index.html?source=rss Is A&E's "Intervention" the most exploitative reality show ever, or a necessarily brutal snapshot of the perils of addiction? By James Maier Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/03/21/speed_demon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/03/21/speed_demon/index.html?source=rss 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 Lynn Harris Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/04/15/filters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/04/15/filters/index.html?source=rss 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 Sean Elder Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/11/19/noah_levine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/11/19/noah_levine/index.html?source=rss Noah Levine rejected the spiritual path of his father, Stephen, and then, many tattoos later, joined him. By Janelle Brown Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/05/20/aid_denial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/05/20/aid_denial/index.html?source=rss A federal law passed in a burst of drug war fervor denies financial aid to the country's neediest students.