Treatment providers regularly express the wish for an easily accessible and affordable community-based resource that can supplement professional treatment by providing social and emotional support, as ...

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 ...

In the beginning there was God – unity/power, truth/law, love/divinity. The human – a physical child of God and man – is dependent on others. A loveless environment – rejecting, isolating – leads to ...

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.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, there are 24/7 hotlines and resources locally and nationally: Aspen Hope Center: Call 970-925-5858. Colorado Crisis Services: Call 1-844-493-8255 or text “TALK ...

Though being fifteen years into rock-solid recovery from opioid addiction, I have intimately experienced a wide variety of treatment modalities, many mandated at the time by the medical board and the ...

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 ...

Twelve Step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Cocaine Anonymous are free, self-supporting and do not advertise so many do not know about them and their success rate.