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

“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 ...

FARGO (KFGO) – First Step Recovery, a program of The Village Family Service Center, is expanding its substance use treatment services with the launch of a new Adolescent Addiction Recovery Intensive ...

FORT WORTH — Addiction recovery programs aren’t one size fits all. That’s why AIDS Outreach Center recently started a new program, SMART, according to Shawna Stewart, the agency’s director of mental ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It’s the first Sunday of Lent, a time when many Christian believers choose to temporarily give something up for the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter. However, a ...

First Recovery in Oak Ridge provides a consistent, community-based 12-step ministry for addiction and family support. The program offers more than meetings, connecting people to treatment, sober ...

Starting next month, teenagers struggling with addiction will have access to the area’s first outpatient recovery program designed specifically for them.