GAINESVILLE Former Florida tight end Aaron Hernandez admits to one failed drug test at Florida and refutes a Boston Globe report that his NFL draft stock fell because he failed multiple tests for marijuana use as a collegian.

For as long as our ancestors have been drawing pictograms or writing prose about food and culture, humans have been imbibing various forms of alcohol. Once simply a process by which nutritious beverages could be preserved and stored for later use, there is no doubt that the production and consumption of wines, beers, and spirits now provides integral texture to the fabric of many cultures ...

A new study by University of Maryland shows that students are addicted to social media and even likening the issue with drug and alcohol addictions.

GAINESVILLE Former Florida tight end Aaron Hernandez admits to one failed drug test at Florida and refutes a Boston Globe report that his NFL draft stock fell because he failed multiple tests for marijuana use as a collegian.

PTSD can lead to addictive behaviors such as drugs, alcohol and other habits.

Sure, theres drug addiction, alcohol addiction and gambling addiction. But tanning addiction? Yes, it does exist and is often associated with cross addictions to substances. The question is occasionally raised at our treatment center how an activity like tanning can be addictive and we educate our clients about phenomenon of process addictions

Twenty years sober, Mary Karr recalls struggle with alchoholism and shame and isolation that perpetuated her hidden addiction. In her new memoir, "LIT," Karr, now 20 years sober, chronicles her gut wrenching decent into alcoholism and the toll it took on her family.

Underbelly actor Matthew Newton checks into rehab for an alleged drug and alcohol addiction.