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Enlarge / Dig deeply enough in Shovel Knight Dig, and you’ll find trippy treasure just like this. (credit: Yacht Club Games) Shovel Knight Dig has been on our radar since its announcement in 2019—back when games could be revealed and immediately demonstrated at physical gaming expos. That many years ago, Dig was one of a […]
A croupier waits for gamblers at a table inside the Marina Bay Sands casino in Singapore April 27, 2010. Reuters/Pablo Sanchez There's been an uptick in retail investors checking into gambling treatment centers. Treatment can be limited, as clinicians often don't understand the condition or the stock market. That's left some addicted traders discouraged – […]
RELATED STORIES It’s hard to fathom why Wanda would save Leon from gunfire while watching the FX drama Snowfall (Wednesdays, 10/9c). After all, he’s indirectly responsible for her addiction to crack. Yet, in the latest installment, which aired this past Wednesday, viewers saw Wanda (Insecure‘s Gail Bean) not only yell and warn Leon (Isaiah John) […]
Many medical professionals agree that the language around addiction can affect a person’s recovery, and there is a push to adopt terms that are less dismissive and more human.
Warning: The following contains spoilers from Wednesday’s Chicago P.D. Antonio’s painkiller addiction led the detective down a dark road on Chicago P.D.‘s fall finale. First, he was forced to lie to the Intelligence unit when they found him at the scene of a bust, trying to score, but Voight saw through the charade. Then after […]
This awards season will see two different stories of drug addiction hitting theaters. There’s Beautiful Boy showing the turmoil that addiction creates between a father and son played by Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet, and then there’s Ben Is Back, the new film from director Peter Hedges showing how addiction impacts an entire family, with […]
A previous boss of mine once proudly stated that he drank 10 cups of coffee every single day.Completely baffled, yet also intrigued by that statement, I couldn’t help but wonder how he might feel.Is his sleep restful? Does he feel productive and healthy? Is drinking this amount dangerous?That’s why I decided recently to voluntarily get […]
Jason Merritt/Getty Images for NARAS Pop star Demi Lovato has spoken out for the first time since a suspected drug overdose last month. Lovato wrote on Instagram that addiction is not something “that disappears or fades with time.” The 25-year-old was hospitalized in Los Angeles on July 24, but was reported to be in stable […]
While the release of dopamine in our brains when we eat, sleep, have sex and do drugs is a known phenomenon, scientists have discovered the gene that controls how much of it you get, and why you may be addicted. Published in EMBO Reports, the discovery was made by a Belgian team from the Université […]
Seventeen years ago, Tess Sweet wanted to disappear. Suicidal, addicted to heroin and consumed by shame and rage following a sexual assault, she couldn’t see how she might someday help others suffering similar pain. Today, Sweet is a filmmaker living in Santa Cruz, California, using her experiences with addiction and mental illness to shift the […]
