Due to the inherent anonymity of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and a host of other 12-step programs that specialize in different forms of recovery, statistics on their scope are somewhat elusive; AA ...

LIMA — Life Recovery, a Christ-centered 12-step recovery program, meets every Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Church At Allentown, 4900 Allentown Road, Lima. This program ministers to, but is not ...

Medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, can be an extremely beneficial form of care for adults who have developed opioid addictions. MAT, which combines prescription medication and counseling, has been ...

“Smoking was my first love,” says Laura Marie, who lit her first cigarette at age 15. Despite seeing the effects of smoking up close — her grandmother died of emphysema, and her sister died of lung ...

With the opioid epidemic killing 80,000 Americans per year, the author argues, why would we deny medicine to those who need it? Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images. Andy Brehm’s recent Star Tribune ...

Spiritual awakening is an explicit goal of 12-step recovery programs, which ask people seeking help with addiction to accept that a higher power exists. For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of ...