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 ...

12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous dominate the recovery space. In fact, when most people think of someone in recovery, they typically assume they are part of a 12-step ...

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 ...

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin The authors of this Cochrane review included 27 studies with 10,565 participants. 1 The study designs included ...

Cultural barriers can make it difficult for some people of color who are struggling with addiction to get help. Internal barriers may be shame from their cultural or ethnic communities in addressing ...