THE first teen-age narcotics users in the neighborhood of the Henry Street Settlement on New York‘s Lower East Side were not the newcomers to the area. They belonged to the older families, Irish, ...

Many of us are hesitant to ask for help, particularly if we have had the role of spouse or partner to an alcoholic or addict. We feel embarrassed or ashamed to ask. We think it makes us look weak or ...

I would like to applaud you for your response to “Struggling to Support.” Of course, you were correct to advise her not to endanger her own sobriety at the expense of trying to help her friend. The ...