AA alternatives
Can you can be sober in AA and still smoke pot? Some members believe it's possible, but are they getting away with it? MORE
Top Mexican drug cartel teams up with the FARC, Nancy Pelosi defends legal pot, and Snoop Lion wants to get high with Obama and Bill Clinton. MORE
San Diego
If you’re not sold on the 12 Steps, this upscale six-person rehab, opened in July 2011, might be the one for you. MORE
By Joe Schrank
The leader of the largest alternative to AA sounds off on the disease model of addiction, whether crack can be smoked in moderation, and why the 12 Steps shouldn't be the only path to sobriety. MORE
In a promising initial study, participants find that Chantix takes the buzz out of booze. MORE
Tackling all 12 steps in a single month may seem a tad excessive. But for a growing group of AA purists, Back to Basics has become gospel. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
"The first ultra luxury Christian addiction treatment program in North America." MORE
By Tony O'Neill
AA's total-abstinence policy works for many addicts. But it didn't work for me. After a decade of heroin hell it took a newborn baby and a few tabs of ecstasy to finally set me free. MORE
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Drug use during pregnancy is a major problem in the US. This video breaks it down.
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