Many people stumble when they hear Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon are spiritual programs. The word “spiritual” is misinterpreted to mean a requirement to believe in God. This misconception reduces ...

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 ...

Researchers at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health published findings in JAMA Psychiatry that shows that people who attend religious services or pray are 13% less likely to misuse drugs, alcohol or ...

A new worldwide study reports that spirituality significantly decreased substance abuse addiction and relapse, a belief Alcoholics Anonymous has held for many years.

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 ...

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.

(1993). Dual Disorders Recovery Book: A Twelve Step Program for Those of Us with Addiction and Emotional or Psychiatric Illness. Hazelden Publishing, Center City, MN. This book is written for people ...

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 ...