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 ...

After determining the books most frequently stolen from San Francisco public libraries' shelves focus on recovering from addiction, city officials want to provide universal access to free drug ...

Nick Lachey’s temper has landed him in hot water. After a heated run-in with a female paparazzo last year, singer-turned-TV personality Nick Lachey has been ordered to attend anger management classes ...

A few weeks ago, while listening to the radio, I heard about a podcast called The 13th Step. As a social psychologist, I was familiar with the 12-step program advocated by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to ...

In my years of practice I know one thing for certain: Patients who have outside support heal faster, improve their interpersonal relationships, and are more productive in their lives. Sometimes that ...

A FORMER LONG BEACH gang member who was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in a California prison credits emotional ...

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 ...

Alcoholics Anonymous is demanding the return of its 1939 original manuscript describing the Twelve Step program of recovery from alcoholism. If you purchase a product or register for an account ...