alcoholism
Inside Frank Plummer’s brain
The legendary scientist turned to highly experimental deep brain stimulation to treat his own alcoholism. He’d devoted his whole life to science, he joked. Why not his brain, too? The research he took part in is revolutionizing how we treat the world’s most stigmatized illnesses.
Oshawa’s new mayor once saved his own life from ruin. Can he save his city next?
Dan Carter struggled with alcoholism and homelessness before turning his life around. Now the mayor of a town reeling from a major loss, he has a new challenge ahead of him.
An alcoholic therapist’s search for an evidence-based treatment
Alcoholism nearly killed therapist Michael Pond. Now, he’s looking for answers on why substance-abuse treatment can be so hard to find.
Co-starring . . . alcohol: Why there’s more drinking on TV
Tippling on television is on the rise, as a plot point and character-development tool
Does Alcoholics Anonymous fail addicts?
From 2014: Dr. Lance Dodes on why AA’s promotion of abstinence may be a problem
It’s not always about tau proteins
Colby Cosh on the slow and public decline of Paul Gascoigne
Romeo Saganash is back in the House
The NDP talks about alcoholism, residential schools and #IdleNoMore
Q&A: Romeo Saganash (Part One)
The NDP MP talks to Aaron Wherry about alcoholism, family and the residential school experience
Psychiatrist George Vaillant on secrets to a long life and a bigger salary
In conversation with Charlie Gillis
The 28 seconds that changed my life
Michael Bryant on his deadly encounter with an angry cyclist
Scotland fights alcohol abuse with minimum pricing
Scots are starting to face up to their nation’s drinking problem. But are they willing to pay more for a tipple?
Beer: it’s no longer food
Moscow opts to regulate the drink as alcohol