At first blush, it wouldn’t seem like 12-Step programs could help ordinary people through difficult times. After all, these programs are only designed to help people recover from addiction, right? Yes ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Newly updated evidence published in the Cochrane Library today compares Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and clinically-related Twelve-Step Facilitation (TSF) programs with other treatments, such as ...

Nick Reiner revealed how much he hated recovery programs and why 12-step methods were impossible for the drug addict 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 ...

Pause a While's 12-step meetings are usually in the former dining hall of a sailing camp on the elbow of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It holds four to five meetings a day for local residents. On Monday, ...

Hazelden Betty Ford’s outpatient drug rehab program in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York, NY, is ideally situated in the hub of the city's vibrant, creative sober community. The goal of outpatient ...

Question: In a previous article about not taking criticism too personally, 12-step programs are mentioned. The article leads me to believe that there are such programs specifically geared toward ...

“Things began to come together. I got a job scrubbing toilets, that honestly I am grateful for. It taught me about humility and showing up to do a good job, no matter what job I’m doing. It stripped ...

Can the sort of 12-step programs that helps individuals in crisis also work for nations in geopolitical crises? Jared Diamond thinks so, and his new book, “Upheaval” (Little, Brown and Company, 502 pp ...