Addiction

The Essential. The Inquiry: What's Killing White American Women? Audio, 6 minutes
Addiction expert Dr Andrew Kolodny on the US's prescription painkiller epidemic
Attribution
BBC World Service
Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Addiction: Why Do Some People Succumb to it? Audio, 18 minutes
Why does pleasure and desire lead to addiction in some people but not others?
Attribution
BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Choose Life. Audio, 28 minutes
Twenty years after Trainspotting's release, the real-life addicts who inspired the actors.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
The Untold. High Stakes. Audio, 28 minutes
Steve has to prove he has quit gambling to move back in with his partner and children.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Shared Experience. Series 4, Living with Addiction. Audio, 28 minutes
Fi Glover hears how the partners of people with various forms of addiction cope.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Overage Drinkers. Audio, 40 minutes
The growing problem of alcohol abuse among older people, told through personal stories.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Short Cuts. Series 7, Songlines. Audio, 30 minutes
Josie Long hears stories about the impact of music - from songs to symphonies.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
All in the Mind. 28/04/2015. Audio, 28 minutes
Mental health policies and Matt Haig's book on depression recovery. With Claudia Hammond.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
AA: America's Gift to the World. Audio, 28 minutes
On the 80th birthday of Alcoholics Anonymous, AL Kennedy tells its story and how it works.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
All in the Mind. Problem Gambling; Owls and Larks; Milgram Revisited; Depression and Gut Instinct. Audio, 28 minutes
Claudia finds out about the only NHS clinic for problem gamblers. Should there be more?
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
The Lost Genius of Judee Sill. Audio, 30 minutes
Ruth Barnes explores the music, life and loves of the singer songwriter Judee Sill
Attribution
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
Painful Medicine. Audio, 38 minutes
Sally Marlow investigates the hidden problem of addiction to over-the-counter painkillers.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Heroin. Audio, 30 minutes
Professor Andrew Hussey explores whether heroin use creates a particular aesthetic style.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Fructose: The Bittersweet Sugar. Audio, 30 minutes
Dr Mark Porter asks if fructose a 'toxic additive' or a healthy fruit sugar.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Shared Experience. Series 2, Falling Off the Wagon. Audio, 28 minutes
Three people with different addictions talk frankly about falling off the wagon.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Brainwaves. Series 1, The Addictive Brain. Audio, 28 minutes
Pennie Latin investigates the science of addiction.
Attribution
BBC Radio Scotland
Available for over a year
Stacey Dooley. Thailand's Drug Craze. Video, 54 minutes
Stacey Dooley investigates the growing ya-ba drug craze sweeping through Thailand in 2013.
Attribution
BBC Three
Available for 6 months
The Digital Human. Series 3, Detox. Audio, 30 minutes
Aleks Krotoski asks if we could all do with a detox from our digital devices.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Constant Cravings: Does Food Addiction Exist? Audio, 40 minutes
Sally Marlow investigates the addictive nature of overeating and how we should treat it.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Beyond Belief. Religion and Addiction. Audio, 30 minutes
Ernie Rea and guests discuss spiritual approaches to the treatment of alcohol addiction.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. The Word On The Street. Audio, 27 minutes
Reverend Richard Coles looks at the success of the book The Cross and the Switchblade.
Attribution
BBC World Service
Available for over a year