The 12-step program used by Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous could be beneficial to teens receiving treatment for alcohol or drug abuse, according to a new study. Youth who attended ...

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.

Twelve-step programs have millions of recovering members worldwide, yet they’re often dismissed by academics. Why?

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 ...

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and the various 12-step programs (alcohol, drugs, gambling, overeating, etc.) have much in common. The 12-step programs consider the object of their focus to ...

AA preaches self-transformation not by medicine but “through an inventory of your psyche.” ...

Since Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935, a variety of 12-step programs have been created to help people abstain from -- among other vices -- food, work, drugs, crime and hoarding. So why not ...

I was watching the NBC re-run of an old SNL episode tonight, and the "Twelve Steps of Christmas" sketch set me pondering...<BR><BR>In the United States, "drug" and alcohol offenders are often ordered ...

GASTONIA, N.C. — Neighbors tell Channel 9 several incidents have left them concerned for their safety after a 12-step program moved into a Gastonia neighborhood. Substance abuse advocates say the ...

To the editor: I was glad to see columnist Anita Chabria shift the focus from punishing drug dealers to reducing the demand for fentanyl, but sorry she and The Times missed an opportunity to mention ...