Harvard Health Blog Does addiction last a lifetime? POSTED OCTOBER 08, 2018, 10:30 AM Peter Grinspoon, MD, Contributing Editor I am now 11 years into recovery from my battle with opiate addiction, and I have always been fascinated with two related questions: is there truly such a thing as an “addictive personality,” and do people substitute addictions? Learn more »

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