After 31 years sober, a woman faces embarrassment when a longtime friend shares stories from her drinking days with new ...

Dear Past: Congratulations on your years of sobriety. Your friend may consciously or subconsciously resent the new life you’ve made for yourself, especially if she felt she got the short end of the ...

Dear Past: Congratulations on your years of sobriety. Your friend may consciously or subconsciously resent the new life ...

I have told this story before, or part of it. Or one side of it. The story of my friend Lisa Weber, her long struggle to balance her life as a methamphetamine addict with her life as a good wife and ...

Dear Eric: My sister suffers from alcoholism and drug addiction from way back. I am the exact opposite of her in almost every way – rarely drink, never do drugs. She perceives me to be a ...

DEAR ABBY: I live with my best friend and his younger son. We get along well, but my friend’s older son is a meth and heroin addict. He has stolen from all of us, but his father refuses to ban him ...

One of my best friends here at UC Berkeley is absolutely addicted to drinking boba tea. Nearly every single day, she tells me that she “absolutely needs her daily boba.” Ever since we met, I’ve been ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a good friend who is almost 77 years old. He was a heavy smoker until about 14 years ago. He decided to quit smoking and used nicotine gum to help with this process. It’s my ...