12-step programs
New evidence suggests that working a 12-step program can offer substance abusing teens a better chance. MORE
A fledgling program modeled on AA helps people who have a compulsion to kill themselves. MORE
Is it possible to live a program of recovery if you're not technically among the living? With these revised 12 Steps, it's worth a shot. MORE
Internet addiction doesn’t just mean hours lost to Facebook. For an early online abuser named Pauline, it meant demoralization familiar to any low-bottom alcoholic. So she started a 12-step meeting. MORE
By Sam Lansky
The latest of a viral video trend captures some of recovering addicts' favorite verbal tics to a tee. MORE
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