Although a 12-step recovery program has frequently served as the foundation for addiction treatment, recent data indicates patient relapses are common in 12-step plans. The Atlantic reported an ...

At Turning Point Recovery Network we emphasize a 12-step program of recovery, a balanced lifestyle, and accountability. This framework provides the optimal opportunity for our residents to transition ...

Angie Ridings said she started drinking when she was 12 years old. She was a victim of sexual abuse, and intoxication numbed the pain. By the time she reached junior high school, she was an alcoholic.

After gaining nearly 100 lbs., Munro began a 12-step recovery program and turned his life around and hopes to raise awareness for others who need help A British man is opening up about his years-long ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. – Up until last August, alcohol trumped virtually everything for the past seven years of Kerry Leno’s life. “I was a 24-hour-a-day drinker,” said Leno, 36, of rural Moorhead. The ...

The Marcia Ratcliffe Women’s Home will add 12 beds, doubling the capacity for women at the Myrover-Reese Recovery Homes campus. Myrover-Reese, founded in 1961, was the first halfway house in North ...

I am extremely grateful for 12-step recovery programs. In particular, I am grateful for Bill W. who had the idea and the tenacity to form Alcoholics Anonymous; and the late John Sylvester-Johnson who ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Benson is a Marine Corps veteran and a former firefighter paramedic, whose past trauma and PTSD led him to substance abuse. At a young age, he began using alcohol and meth ...

“Smoking was my first love,” says Laura Marie, who lit her first cigarette at age 15. Despite seeing the effects of smoking up close — her grandmother died of emphysema, and her sister died of lung ...