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 ...

Our care includes a structured environment and recovery-focused programs and therapy, an encompassing 12 Step program, spirituality services to regain a sense of purpose, coping skills, and a positive ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Dawn Eden Goldstein's biography* of Jesuit Fr. Edward Dowling, Father Ed, explores the life of the Jesuit priest who was a spiritual sponsor and dear friend to Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics ...