Opioid addiction is a long-term, manageable disease. Like other ongoing conditions – such as high blood pressure and diabetes – setbacks, including relapse, can happen. About half the people who have ...

Relapse isn’t a failure. It’s a signal. It tells us that something deeper is still driving our old behaviors. For decades, I’ve studied the science of addiction, relapse, and behavior change through ...

As you recover from an opioid use disorder, it’s harder on some days than others to avoid using. In fact, 40% to 60% of people with substance abuse disorder (SUD) have a relapse at some point. To keep ...

Relapse presents a major barrier to recovery from substance use disorders -- when people begin taking drugs such as cocaine again after a period of abstinence. Sleep disruptions have long been ...