According to recent estimates, over two million people are currently in recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) worldwide. This includes about 1.5 million people in the U.S. and over 500,000 people ...

New online family guides + peer-support meeting resources now live: Purpose Healing Center helps loved ones navigate ...

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 ...

I just returned from the West Coast Symposium on Addictive Disorders, where I spoke about “Harnessing Ketamine: A New Frontier in Addiction Therapy.” My goal—then and now—is not to dethrone 12-step ...