The 12 Steps refer to the issue of the individual versus the collective both directly, when the issue of human will is discussed, and indirectly, when they speak of God or a "higher power." ...

Criticism of Alcoholics Anonymous and Twelve-Step programs is nothing new, but every now and then the widely accepted approach to addiction and recovery gets a fresh whack upside the head.

AA Step 12: “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.” Applying to my cancer: I ...

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 dozen, and there are even 12 days of Christmas. But for ...

If you fail in AA, it's you that's failed. On why 12-step programs can work. The reason that the 5 to 10 percent do well in AA actually doesn't have to do with the 12 steps themselves; ...

Each year, the legal system coerces more than 150,000 people to join AA, according to AA's own membership surveys. Many are drunken drivers ordered to attend a few months of meetings.

The 12-step philosophy was first introduced by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) as a way of life and a path to recovery from alcoholism. It has since been adopted by many other types of addiction ...

Alcoholics Anonymous is demanding the return of its 1939 original manuscript describing the “Twelve Step” program of recovery from alcoholism.

To explain further, Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step groups have an image, a stereotype, in our culture. Attend a meeting, sit in a circle, talk about recovery, leave.

The 12 Steps of AA derive from Protestant proselytizing techniques. Caveat: While this post may seem critical of some aspects of 12 Step Programs, I want to emphasize that, while recent studies ...