Recent years have seen a steady stream of criticism of the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program of recovery from addiction. This criticism—primarily from individuals who reject the ideas contained ...

Nevertheless, religion and spirituality are topics that are difficult to avoid within the helping professions. Hard as I try, these concepts keep coming up in conversations with clients and are ...

By senior year, at age 17, I was drowning in despair and couldn’t keep going. I swallowed many sleeping pills. I was declared ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction, spiritual awakening and recovery at a conference on drug addiction Thursday and emphasized that young ...

In 1885, Helping Up Mission started in Baltimore to assist people dealing with substance abuse disorder and homelessness.

Ashley Addiction Treatment has launched a $20 million campaign to fund life-saving treatments and upgrades to their ...