Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous is based on the principles of AA, offering community support to aid recovery “Hi, my name is Sarah* and I am an internet and technology addict.” So began a ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...

In this quasi-religious programme, ‘working the steps’ is the remedy for any problem, but for me the cracks soon started to show Eight of us sat together in a circle in a wooden shed, an outbuilding ...

I’ve often commented that the distance between the addiction research community and the 12-Step community polarizes treatment and undermines creative collaboration. When the professional community ...

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 ...

And in the spirit of “once an addict, always an addict,” many of these centers deploy a clinical approach based on 12-steps programs. “I think people underestimate how deeply sex addiction therapists ...

Comprehensive new resource gives individuals and families instant access to Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, SMART Recovery, Celebrate Recovery, and seven other recovery programs in all 50 ...