AA and the many 12-step groups it inspired have become the country's go-to solution for addiction in all of its forms. These recovery programs are mandated by drug courts, prescribed by doctors ...

Criticism of Alcoholics Anonymous and Twelve-Step programs is nothing new, but every now and then the widely accepted approach to addiction and recovery gets a fresh whack upside the head.

To explain further, Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step groups have an image, a stereotype, in our culture. Attend a meeting, sit in a circle, talk about recovery, leave. Some have said it’s ...

Looking back on my experiences with leukemia and with alcoholism, I realized that the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous can be applied to life with cancer. When I went into treatment for alcoholism ...

As is often the case in 12-step groups ... This wasn’t an Alcoholics Anonymous or a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, though. This was a Medication-Assisted Recovery Anonymous, or a MARA meeting ...

Some of you may also be familiar with the 12 steps of recovery. I wasn’t ... which come straight from the AA “Big Book,” are what really caught my attention. Being a writer, I started ...

Since its founding in 1935, the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step model has been used as the ... The need for community in healing or recovery processes is arguably part of this Dr Naomi Thompson ...

The original 12-step program was developed by Alcoholics Anonymous in 1939, according to Recovery Centers of America. It was designed to help people experiencing alcoholism on their path to sobriety.

The AA’s 12-step method also refers to a “Power greater ... although relying on his faith during the recovery journey didn’t always come naturally, he explained. For a long time, Binyamin ...

With the assistance of the Twelve Steps of OA, which have been adopted from Alcoholics Anonymous ... Anonymous support other members in their recovery from eating disorders through compulsive ...