Stories
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Article
Self-obsessing in the age of selfies
The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.
- Article
Virtual reality and the fix of the future
Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.
- In pictures
From cacao to chocolate
Discover how chocolate morphed from a prized, spiritually significant commodity to a quasi-medicine, and finally to the sweet treat we eat almost daily.
Catalogue
- Books
Addicts and addictions / Vernon Coleman.
Coleman, Vernon, 1946-Date: 1986- Books
Addicts and families in recovery / Cynthia Orange.
Orange, CynthiaDate: 1986- Archives and manuscripts
'Children of Drug Addicts'
Date: 1970s-1980sReference: PP/DAL/D/4/1Part of: Dally, Ann Gwendolen, and Dally, Peter John- Archives and manuscripts
'Children of Drug Addicts'
Date: 1970s-1980sReference: PP/DAL/D/4/2Part of: Dally, Ann Gwendolen, and Dally, Peter John- Books
Addicts who survived : an oral history of narcotic use in America, 1923-1965 / David Courtwright, Herman Joseph, and Don Des Jarlais ; with a foreword by Claude Brown.
Courtwright, David T., 1952-Date: [1989], ©1989