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 ...

(Reuters Health) - Alcoholics Anonymous and similar 12-step programs can lead to higher rates of continuous abstinence than other addiction treatment approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy, a ...

March 11 (UPI) --Twelve-step programs still work for people trying to recover from alcohol problems, a new analysis has found. A study published Wednesday by the Cochrane Library shows Alcoholics ...

GASTONIA, N.C. — Neighbors tell Channel 9 several incidents have left them concerned for their safety after a 12-step program moved into a Gastonia neighborhood. Substance abuse advocates say the ...

Some sources for this story are recovering alcoholics and drug addicts who participate in 12-step programs that emphasize anonymity for their members. Their identities have been obscured. J. has been ...

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 ...

In 2002, Dimitri M. was ready to die. He’d been addicted to heroin for over 20 years, and his once-promising artistic life had collapsed into a series of banal pit stops: from the methadone clinic, to ...

Can 12-step programs be required for release from prison? West Virginia is the latest state to end a rule requiring that inmates eligible for parole must complete a religious-based 12-step substance ...

If we were paying attention, we learned a lot in February about little known Black leaders who are part of the long chain in the fight for freedom and equity. In the women’s movement, there is a ...

Cara Delevingne is opening up about her sobriety. The 30-year-old supermodel sat down with Vogue this week for the magazine’s April 2023 cover story, which sees Delevingne shed light on her sobriety ...