“I started drinking when I was 12. I couldn’t stop when I started. And when I was controlling it I was miserable.” “…Five months after I graduated high school, that’s when I got introduced to the ...

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

CLEVELAND - A new study published in a special issue of Substance Abuse finds that recovering alcoholics who help others in 12-step programs furthers their time sober, consideration for others, ...

My name is Paul, and I’m an alcoholic. I’ve said that hundreds of times behind closed doors — some in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, but mostly in secular recovery groups. Truth be told, I haven’t ...

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 ...

It was time for the coveted sobriety chips, so Grace snapped on a pair of plastic gloves and kept a bit of distance as she doled out medallions to members who had gone 30, 60 and 90 days without a ...

Think of an alcoholic, and the image of someone down and out on a park bench with a bottle in a paper bag might come to mind. Or someone standing up and stating their first name in an Alcoholics ...

In his new memoir "Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing," Matthew Perry opens up about overcoming his drug and alcohol addictions – a decades-long struggle he attempted to hide from family, ...