moderation
Is moderate drinking a realistic treatment goal for drug users and heavy boozers? The Fix visits a radical Beverly Hills rehab to find out. MORE
Claims that moderate drinking boosts your health may be misleading, say doctors. MORE
It’s not easy to watch the people you’ve been sober with decide to leave. But I’ve learned to not make it any harder on myself. MORE
The last 20 years has seen a dramatic rise in addiction counselors willing to consider moderation as their clients' ultimate goal. MORE
Exhaustive new research concludes that for unknown reasons, a little alcohol lowers the risk of dementia—but please don't go crazy, say scientists. MORE
By Tony O'Neill
AA's total-abstinence policy works for many addicts. But it didn't work for me. After a decade of heroin hell it took a newborn baby and a few tabs of ecstasy to finally set me free. MORE
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