Abstract Background Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a world‐wide recovery mutual‐help
organization that continues to arouse controversy. In large part, concerns persist because of …

Background: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a common and disabling mental disorder
associated with a significant burden of medical consequences and high socioeconomic …

Alcohol-associated liver disease is becoming increasingly prevalent throughout the United
States. Previously alcohol-associated liver disease was known to affect men more often than …

Background Alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment and recovery research typically have
focused narrowly on changes in alcohol/drug use (eg,“percent days abstinent”) with little …

Background In recent years, there has been recognition that recovery is a journey that
involves the growth of recovery capital. Thus, recovery capital has become a commonly …

The current article provides a brief summary of biopsychosocial gender differences in
alcohol use disorder (AUD), then reviews existing literature on gender differences in …

Drugs that act on the brain oxytocin (OXT) system may provide a much-needed treatment
breakthrough for substance-use disorders. Targeting the brain OXT system has the potential …

More Americans than ever before are identifying as “spiritual but not religious.” Both
spirituality and religiosity (S/R) are of interest in the addiction field as they are related to …

Alcohol (EtOH) is one of the most widely abused recreational drugs and is arguably the most
harmful. However, current treatment options for alcohol‐use disorders generally have limited …

The concept of recovery has become an organizing paradigm in the addiction field globally.
Although a convenient label to describe the broad phenomena of change when individuals …