Can 12-step programs be required for release from prison? West Virginia is the latest state to end a rule requiring that inmates eligible for parole must complete a religious-based 12-step substance ...

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 ...

Jan 29, 2012 Jan 29, 2012 Updated Sep 4, 2025 One of the foundations of a 12-Step recovery program for recovery from addiction is a sponsor. A sponsor is someone further along in the recovery process, ...

The free JWRA District 4 AA rally takes place on February 21 in Brackenhurst, featuring speakers from all walks of life ...

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 ...