In 12-step recovery programs across America, regulars often tout the fact that 12-step programs have an incredibly low success rate. It’s almost said as a... Skip to Main Content Skip to footer.

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 ...

The 12-step fellowships are neither cults, nor secret societies. They are in no way religious or even prescriptive. Participation is voluntary.

According to federal government studies, 15 million Americans are addicted to alcohol, 12 million to other drugs. The marketplace presents an ever-changing array of chemicals people can abuse.

12 steps and 22 years later. By Mimi Avins . March 28, 2005 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. ... 15 million Americans are addicted to alcohol, 12 million to other drugs.

Alcoholics Anonymous and Twelve-Step programs help people to recover from alcohol problems. Wiley. DOI 10.1002/14651858.CD012880.pub2. Keywords /Health and medicine/Clinical medicine/ Medical ...

Pre 1935, those were your choices - alcoholics ended up either on the locked ward or the park bench, ... The 12 Steps are based loosely on Christian, Buddhist and Jungian ideas, ...

Arguably, more people have been helped to achieve and sustain recovery from addiction through 12-step programs—most notably Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA)—than any ...

Since its founding in 1935, the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step model has been used as the basis of 30 other fellowships, including Gamblers Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.

My journey of recovery is a testament to the transformative power of the 12-step fellowships, a community that has been instrumental in my healing… ...