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 ...

AA is not for everybody ... a treatment program firmly grounded in Twelve Step principles and practices. It was there, he said, that he recovered his physical strength, became enlightened about ...

For me, this step is about constantly seeking. AA Step 12: “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these ...

This was the beginning of Alcoholics Anonymous ... calls 12-step recovery groups 'a perfect example of anarcho-syndicalism at work; each group is independent and governed by principles rather ...

But it is the sixth step in the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous—the prototype of 12-step facilitation (TSF), the almost universally accepted standard for addiction-recovery in America today.

taking a closer look at the 12 steps couldn’t hurt. The steps are designed to help people get sober and recover, but the principles behind each, which come straight from the AA “Big Book ...

This story appeared on ProPublica. In the spring of 2011, Karla Brada Mendez finally seemed happy. She was 31 and in love, eager to move ahead on the path to maturity 2013 marriage, a family ...

In recent years, reports of the failures of Alcoholics Anonymous have continued, challenging the foundational programming of the 12 steps. With the majority of treatment programs being based on ...

Written by William Griffith Wilson in 1939, the “Printer’s Copy” of the document includes handwritten edits, changes and corrections to the book “Alcoholics Anonymous,” the original 12-step program ..

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 ...