The number 12 has always been important in our lives, whether we have been aware of it or not. There are 12 months in a year, 12 eggs in a dozen, and there are even 12 days of Christmas. But for ...

Looking back on my experiences with leukemia and with alcoholism, I realized that the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous can be applied to life with cancer. When I went into treatment for alcoholism ...

Step two of Alcoholics Anonymous rescued people entering recovery from the demoralizing hopelessness of step one’s admission of powerlessness over alcohol and other drugs’ destructive effects, but the ...

I found the 12 steps of addiction recovery in a way many addicts do: lost, desperate, broken, and looking for change. However, I wasn't drinking daily, using drugs, gambling or overeating. To most, I ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- For the past five decades, the organization known as Caritas has been helping thousands of people yearly dealing with homelessness and addiction by using the twelve steps of ...