Speakers who overcame the ravages of drug addiction to achieve a life of sobriety spoke at an annual drug symposium in Canton on Feb. 26.

A mom was a decade-long heroin addict, spending nearly $680 on the substance per week — but she kicked the habit once she hit rock bottom. When Shannon Ashley was 13, she tried heroin to “show off” in ...

Noel Mulkey hopes to show people there is a way out of drug addiction — and life on the other side is well worth the effort. Only six years after becoming sober, Mulkey recently finished the Tulsa ...

At 33, Khalil Rafati was addicted to heroin and crack cocaine, sleeping rough on the streets between spells in jail. Now in his 50s, happy and healthy, he's a multi-millionaire after turning his life ...

Ted Williams' became famous for his 'golden voice' in 2011 via a Columbus Dispatch viral video. Since, he's struggled with drug addiction. On March 10, he entered a recovery program in dayton.

Two Hancock County residents who each survived four overdoses are now sharing what they say pulled them back from addiction.

While many players envision a bright future once their NBA careers end, with time, resources and opportunity on their side, former 12-year veteran Rex Chapman faced a period when hope felt out of ...

I was arrested, relapsed, and hit rock bottom. After getting sober, I rebuilt my life and opened a thriving candle studio in New York.

Rock legend Billy Idol has revealed he turned to crack cocaine as a way to break his heroin addiction, a decision that he ...

Athletes, actors, politicians, and others often develop substance abuse disorders and some die from drug-related deaths. At the same time, their life history, drug use, and risk-taking shows the rest ...

The celebrity chef shared a bedroom with brother Ronnie, 58, during an itinerant childhood that saw them move across various deprived council estates with their parents, Helen and Gordon - described ...