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 ...

Long considered a key component of recovery, 12-step programs are as popular as ever. But that doesn’t mean they work for everyone. When he was 16, he got a keg of beer. “Beer made me cool,” Marlon ...

It was quarter to seven, and St. Mark’s Church in Frankford, Philadelphia, was home to your typical pre-meeting bustle: A woman in pink in her mid-40s dragged mismatched metal chairs across the floor ...

Alcoholics and narcotics anonymous are 12-step peer support groups where people who have alcohol or other drug problems are supported by others who have had similar problems (“peers”), rather than ...

“This is not an either/or dynamic—it’s both/and.” —Jamie Marich, Ph.D. Over the last two decades, it has become clear that a significant percentage of people who struggle with addiction to alcohol and ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. I found the 12 steps of addiction recovery in a way many addicts do: lost, desperate, broken, and looking for change.