The goals are the same: support and nurture people as they struggle with alcoholism, drug use or depression. Yet the “Heart of Recovery” group, which meets every Tuesday, puts a special focus on ...

The 12-step program aims to help people attain abstinence from substance use disorders or make a behavioral change through peer support. This intervention provides a supportive social network and ...

Source: Photo purchased from iStockphoto, used with permission. Few approaches to addiction generate as much controversy as 12-Step recovery. On one side are the ardent supporters of the program, some ...

The guest author of this post is Robert Kanter, an international recovery advocate addressing the opioid epidemic by promoting the Portugal Model of harm reduction, driving bipartisan legislation to ...