alcoholism

Native Americans Boxed Out of Nation’s Liver Transplant System

Annie Gilbertson, Ben Tanen / The Markup Feb 15, 2024 Despite being more likely to die of liver disease, Native Americans are far less likely to make the transplant list than white people. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

A Crash Course on How to Handle Homelessness

By Joel Bellman Nov 15, 2019 Here’s why previous efforts haven’t worked, and what to do instead, from an education gleaned in the streets of Los Angeles. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Our Obtuse Approach to Drugs Is Killing Americans

Jill Richardson / OtherWords Feb 24, 2019 For decades the U.S. has tried to stop drug traffic and made the problem worse. We need to treat the root causes of addiction instead. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Justice Is Blind Drunk (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Sep 20, 2018 Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court is hanging in the balance after Christine Blasey Ford accuses him of sexual assault when they were teenagers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Autumn

Elaine Margolin / Truthdig Sep 15, 2017 Karl Ove Knausgaard set the literary world on fire with his six-volume novel, "My Struggle." His new book is a meditation on life, time and family. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Video Game Addiction: It’s Real and Potentially Harmful

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 29, 2015 For most consumers, playing video games is a harmless pastime, but for others it spirals out of control and becomes an addiction with very real offline consequences. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Texas Gov. Rick Perry: Homosexuality Is Like Alcoholism

Staff / Truthdig Jun 12, 2014 He may have driven over state lines in a Tesla, but Texas Gov. Rick Perry again demonstrated that he is clearly living in another era -- one that a vast swath of the country has already left behind -- during a speech in San Francisco on Wednesday night at the Commonwealth Club of California. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Empty Room

Jean Randich / Truthdig Jun 6, 2014 Lauren B. Davis' novel dissects the patterns of fear, denial, lies and justification that propel an alcoholic further into an addiction that destroys everything she has and is. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Recalled to Life

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 24, 2014 Christine Pagano's drug addictions took her from a middle-class home to prostitution and homelessness on the streets of Camden, N.J., one of our poorest cities. Her journey into hell showed her the other America. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Classroom Seating Chart

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Aug 17, 2013 Dig deeper

Flies, Too, Drink to Get Over It

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2012 While studying the relationship between stress and alcohol in fruit flies, a group of neuroscientists found that sexually frustrated male flies were more likely to prefer food spiked with alcohol than their carnally satisfied peers, suggesting that humans aren't the only species to self-medicate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Don’t Drink and Drive

Michael Kountouris, Cagle Cartoons, Greece Dec 12, 2011 Dig deeper