At a recent open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous — the 86-year-old international peer-support recovery program, which opens some of its meetings to the general public — more than 75 people attended, ...

Alcoholics Anonymous saved my life and I don’t care if that makes me a cliché. When I stopped using opioids cold turkey after an addiction in 2017, my life was a mess, I needed a plan, and AA ...

Among the many ways that participation in Alcoholics Anonymous helps its members stay sober, two appear to be most important -- spending more time with individuals who support efforts towards sobriety ...

For nearly 80 years, Alcoholics Anonymous has been considered by many the only effective way to get "clean and sober." But a growing number of people uncomfortable with AA's nearly 80-year-old "12 ...

“You have to hit rock bottom before you can recover.” As an addict, my sister heard this countless times. But what is rock bottom? Is it sitting in jail after your third DUI? Slashing your wrists on ...

It was quarter to seven, and St. Mark’s Church in Frankford, Philadelphia, was home to your typical pre-meeting bustle: A woman in pink in her mid-40s dragged mismatched metal chairs across the floor ...