In talking with fellow clinicians about addiction, the one view that I encounter most frequently is this: Addiction is a trauma response. That is to say, if someone has an addiction (to alcohol, ...

What Are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)? Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can potentially cause trauma. ACEs aren’t specific. They can include any distressful event between birth and age 17.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — NBC4 is proud to sponsor the 2025 ACEs, PACEs and Addiction Summit, presented by Franklin County Public Health, on Monday, July 21, 2025, at the Quest Conference Center in ...

Adverse childhood events (ACEs) contribute to the development of mood and anxiety disorders and substance dependence. However, the extent to which these effects are direct or indirect and whether ...

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traditionally defined as experiences of childhood maltreatment and household dysfunction occurring before the age of 18 years. These experiences are prevalent ...

The fourth step in Alcoholics Anonymous requires participants to take a “moral inventory” of the problems their substance use has caused in their lives before asking God to remove their “defects of ...

When my son was born, I made a promise to myself and to him: the cycle of trauma and addiction stops now. I was 12 years sober at the time. The path that got me there had been filled with abuse, shame ...

Lifestance Health reports that HBO's 'Euphoria' addresses addiction and grief, highlighting the complex realities of recovery ...