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Our favorites turned out to be the most basic: the coffee flavor is a caffeine addict's fix, and the Double Fold vanilla with beans from Singing Dog in Eugene, Ore. is the new standard to beat. $65 for minimum order of 5 pints, saltandstraw.com

Bits & Bites: News You Can Eat 2011

And she conveys the addict's fluctuating sense of self in a riveting interview with a psychiatrist in which she moves from snide aggression to desperate neediness.

Knot of the Heart – review 2011

Addictions, whether to drugs, alcohol, sex, food, shopping or even exercise, can not only end up devastating the life of the addicted person, but they can also destroy the lives of the addict's family and friends as well.

Bree Maresca-Kramer: Could Amy Winehouse's Death Have Been Avoided? Bree Maresca-Kramer 2011

The insanity of active "codependence" is just as gruesome a spectacle to behold as the addict's own downward spiral.

Was the World Powerless to Stop Amy Winehouse? 2011

Addictions, whether to drugs, alcohol, sex, food, shopping or even exercise, can not only end up devastating the life of the addicted person, but they can also destroy the lives of the addict's family and friends as well.

Bree Maresca-Kramer: Could Amy Winehouse's Death Have Been Avoided? Bree Maresca-Kramer 2011

Well-crafted study of a recovering addict's 24 hours in the city, visiting friends and facing up to his future.

This week's new films 2011

Why does the best friend of the drug addict's wife fail to tell her the pretty crucial information that a menacing thug who knows where she lives is going to chop her husband into a million little pieces?

Michael Giltz: Theater: Geoffrey Rush In "Madman," Adam Rapp's "Hallway," Shaky Tennessee and Broadway Songs of 1921 Michael Giltz 2011

Meanwhile, Volkow says intriguing research is under way to use those brain findings to develop better treatments — not just to temporarily block an addict's high but to strengthen the underlying brain circuitry to fend off relapse.

Addiction a brain disorder, not just bad behavior 2011

Why does the best friend of the drug addict's wife fail to tell her the pretty crucial information that a menacing thug who knows where she lives is going to chop her husband into a million little pieces?

Michael Giltz: Theater: Geoffrey Rush In "Madman," Adam Rapp's "Hallway," Shaky Tennessee and Broadway Songs of 1921 Michael Giltz 2011

Vecchiotti has recently made the news in Italy with her work investigating a drug addict's death in police custody and the murder of a teenage girl in Puglia.

Amanda Knox DNA appeal sparks legal battle by forensic experts 2011