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

More than a month ago, the Metropolitan Detention Center confiscated personal possessions like books, letters and photos from inmates in an attempt to stem the flow of contraband in the jail — which ...

This article contains spoilers for Dexter: Resurrection Episodes 1-4. Michael C. Hall has expertly portrayed a serial killer who enacts vengeance under a code that forces him to target like-minded ...

One day at a time. That's one of the main mottos for those recovering in Alcoholics Anonymous, (A.A.) an organization which can trace its roots back to the parlor of a modest hotel in Vermont. That ...

Alcoholics Anonymous just turned 90 years old A.A. started booming in popularity after a 1941 article in The Saturday Evening Post Typically, A.A. meetings are held at churches and other local meeting ...

Pitt opened up in an episode of the "Armchair Expert" podcast on Monday. Brad Pitt is opening up about his experience attending Alcoholics Anonymous. The actor chatted about attending an AA meeting ...

Alcoholics Anonymous was born 90 years ago this month, in June 1935, when two men struggling with alcohol addiction came together to help each other. The 12-step recovery program is built on free, ...

(RNS) — “Serenity” is not a word many would use to describe the world right now. Perhaps that is why this four-line version of a prayer continues to be uttered as often as it has been since it was ...

A.A. is the world’s largest alcoholics peer helping group From the birthplace of celebrities to the founding of a peer helping group that has changed the lives of people around the world, Akron is ...

Last week one of the best-known teetotalers in the U. S., John D. Rockefeller, had 60 people to dinner. No cocktails were served, for several of Mr. Rockefeller’s guests were members of “Alcoholics ...

Sundays: 8 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous; Mondays: 5:30 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous (Ioan Women's Book Study), 8 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous; Tuesdays: 5:30 p.m. Narcotics ...