Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At a recent open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous — the 86-year-old international peer-support recovery program, which opens some ...

By: Lee Holley, LMSW, LCDC, PRSS and Breslyn McCrory, BA Source: northlight/Shutterstock Alcohol consumption and sales in America skyrocketed in 2020. With many restaurants and bars closed or their ...

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 ...

Every day Americans are educated over and over again about the meaning of recovery: celebrities tour the country describing their miraculous redemption due to 12-step rehab; columnists instruct ...

Perhaps most remarkably, the audience extends beyond traditional recovery demographics. According to John Michael, roughly 10% of listeners aren't in AA recovery but participate in other anonymous ...

Brad Pitt is feeling on top of his game, emotionally, after opening up to an all-male recovery group. In AA, Pitt was part of a recovery group that consisted entirely of men. Pitt told the Times how ...

Brad Pitt is opening up about his experience in recovery. During an appearance on “Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard,” the actor talked about getting to know Shepard, who is also in recovery, through ...

Connecting with others and belonging to a community can improve a number of areas of mental health. In fact, those who feel closely connected to friends, family and peers tend to have lower rates of ...

At a recent open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous — the 86-year-old international peer-support recovery program, which opens some of its meetings to the general public — more than 75 people attended, ...