In 12-step recovery programs across America, regulars often tout the fact that 12-step programs have an incredibly low success rate. It’s almost said as a challenge to newcomers, similar to the ...

The 12-step program aims to help people attain abstinence from substance use disorders or make a behavioral change through peer support. This intervention provides a supportive social network and ...

The 12-step method that began with Alcoholics Anonymous is a form of mutual aid that can help movement organizers take better care of each other. The Trump administration is stoking fear by mass ...

Chynna Phillips is embracing change one step at a time. Phillips, 56, admitted after some deep reflection that it was time for her to join a 12-step program, and she chose Al-Anon. "So the rumors are ...

Maia Szalavitz is the author, most recently, of "Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction." When I kicked cocaine and heroin in 1988, I was told that there was ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It’s the first Sunday of Lent, a time when many Christian believers choose to temporarily give something up for the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter. However, a ...