addiction
Lost and Unwanted: How a Disastrous Record Deal Can Fuck with Your Mental Health
Like so many musicians, Willis Earl Beal and Clare Maguire both signed life-changing recording contracts, but neither were prepared for quite how life-changing they would be.
How Meeting Lemmy Helped Save My Life
I met Lemmy a week after coming out of a psychiatric ward and separating the myth from the man helped me become sober.
The Disturbing Relationship Between Addiction and ADHD
According to research, about 25 percent of adults who are treated for alcohol and substance abuse also have ADHD.
The Disturbing Relationship Between Addiction and ADHD
According to research, about 25 percent of adults who are treated for alcohol and substance abuse also have ADHD.
Can Addicts Finally Force the War on Drugs to End?
After decades of false starts, a legit political movement aimed at addressing addiction as a public health problem and led by those who are most affected by it may finally be taking shape.
Inside the South Korean Rehab Clinic that Treats Gaming Addicts With a German Sci-Fi Novel
In a country where 14 percent of teens are addicted to electronic media, an emerging rehab industry is finding new ways to reintroduce people to the real world.
How Computer Games Helped Me Recover from My Heroin Addiction
The author of 'White Out' and the new memoir 'Gamelife' on how his computer-game habit changed his life for the better.
Meeting the Drug-Addicted Male Escorts Pressured to Take Mephedrone and GHB at Chemsex Parties
We talked to some British male escorts about the popularity of GHB, mephedrone and crystal meth at gay sex parties, and how they're expected to take these drugs as part of their jobs.
There Is Now a Brain Implant that Can Control Emotions Wirelessly
But can human beings be trusted to be in complete control over their emotional reality?
This Liverpool Man Has Lived a Life You Would Not Believe
A lost fortune, an attempted murder and the reformation of a maniac. Meet Stephen Gerard-Hayden.
Thailand's Meth Epidemic and Vomit Rehab
VICE Japan investigates 'yaba', the methamphetamine-based drug sweeping Thailand, and the unique rehab programme to cure addicts through daily group vomiting sessions.
How What You Believe Affects What You're Like When You're High
For decades, connoisseurs of psychedelics have said that "set and setting"—your state of mind and your environment—influence how you experience drugs. And they're right.