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 ...
I have a different take on 12-step programs than Mr. Kowalski (“Be smart about drug policy,” Our Readers’ Views, Oct. 4). In rare occasions a judge might sentence a DUI case to Alcoholics Anonymous.
Treatment providers regularly express the wish for an easily accessible and affordable community-based resource that can supplement professional treatment by providing social and emotional support, as ...
Though being fifteen years into rock-solid recovery from opioid addiction, I have intimately experienced a wide variety of treatment modalities, many mandated at the time by the medical board and the ...
In the beginning there was God – unity/power, truth/law, love/divinity. The human – a physical child of God and man – is dependent on others. A loveless environment – rejecting, isolating – leads to ...
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and the various 12-step programs (alcohol, drugs, gambling, overeating, etc.) have much in common. The 12-step programs consider the object of their focus to ...
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 ...
Dear Abby: After reading a past letter from “Dumbstruck in Chicago,” who’s dating a recently divorced man who was unfaithful to his ex-wife through multiple affairs and one-night stands with ...
What Does Step One Actually Mean? If you’ve ever sat in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and heard someone say, “I admitted I ...