addiction
Resurrection drug? FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan amid opioid crisis
By Kathryn Post — April 6, 2023
(RNS) — ‘I’m afraid that we’re not to a resurrection era for people who use drugs,’ said one harm reduction advocate.
Birthright Israel brings Jews in recovery to Israel
By Michele Chabin — August 8, 2022
JERUSALEM (RNS) — 'Recovery is all about change and healing,' said one person in recovery who took a tour of Israel that allows Jews in recovery to explore their Jewish heritage and faith. 'I feel like a changed man because of this trip.'
John Baker, founder of the Christian support group Celebrate Recovery, has died
By Bob Smietana — February 24, 2021
(RNS) — Baker started the Christian 12-step group to bridge the gap between churches and 12-step groups.
In ‘Can Robots Be Jewish?’ rabbis weigh in on a Jewish pastime: disagreement
By Yonat Shimron — December 16, 2020
(RNS) — The questions in this collection, part of Moment Magazine’s long-running feature ‘Ask the Rabbis,’ offer a model for what is fundamental to Judaism.
Jordan Peterson’s perfectly Petersonian health scare
By Tara Isabella Burton — February 18, 2020
(RNS) — The 21st century’s most vocal proponent of manly self-reliance is reportedly suffering from chemical dependence. It's telling that Peterson's family has carefully explained his illness in terms that agree with his self-help themes.
James K.A. Smith: St. Augustine might just be the therapist we need today
By Roxanne Stone — October 11, 2019
NEW YORK (RNS) — 'There are ways in which we've set freedom up so that almost everything we imagine as freedom turns into addictions,' said Smith in an interview with Religion News Service about his new book, 'On the Road With Saint Augustine.'
Former Sojourners staffer recounts personal opioid crisis in ‘Addiction Nation’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 3, 2019
(RNS) — In 'Addiction Nation: What the Opioid Crisis Reveals About Us,' published last month, Timothy McMahan King combines his story with Christian theology and scientific studies of addiction.
Faith and friendship as a remedy to the opioid crisis
By Katelyn Beaty — August 30, 2018
(RNS) — With the help of addicts themselves, researchers are exploring the emotional, social and relational reasons why people become addicted—and how relationship with God and others can restore and heal.
More #MeToo lessons as a Buddhist ‘king’ falls
By Pilar Jennings — July 13, 2018
(RNS) — For some American Buddhists, the allegations of sexual misconduct by Mipham Rinpoche this week came as a shock. But no one is exempt from psychological suffering, a fact that might make it less shameful for spiritual mentors to get clinical treatment if it were more commonly understood.
What Alcoholics Anonymous could teach Paige Patterson
By Jonathan Merritt — May 15, 2018
The beleaguered baptist leader should join a 12-step program. It might teach him how to make amends.
In Vancouver, Christian recovery programs respond to opioid crisis
By Alicia Ambrosio — May 19, 2017
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (RNS) In 2016, more than 900 people in British Columbia died of drug overdoses, a record and an 80 percent increase from 2015.
Mormon apostle bemoans kids today
By Jana Riess — February 10, 2017
When Mormon leaders lecture young people (or anyone else), it would be great if they could so without suggesting that anyone who has ever strayed from their carefully delineated path is under the influence of Satan.
‘To Write Love on Her Arms’ founder wrestles with faith as he seeks to inspire hope
By Jonathan Merritt — June 1, 2015
"I have a lot more questions now compared to 10 years ago," says Jamie Tworkowski. "I say 'I don't know' more, and I'm okay with that."
Snowstorm may lay bare our ‘control addiction’ (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — January 27, 2015
(RNS) For a nervous few days, we worried that life as we know it in New York would be undone by a monster blizzard. Not a single one of us -- not even the mega-wealthy and mega-powerful in this mega-city -- can control storms.
After battling addictions, Creed frontman Scott Stapp renews his faith
By David Yonke — April 11, 2014
(RNS) Creed frontman Scott Stapp speaks with enthusiasm about reclaiming his life and his relationship with God. He is overjoyed to have escaped death and seeks to “pay my experience forward by helping others.”
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