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 ...

"Each of us watch the endless cycle of addiction destroy our loved ones and nothing seems to stop their drinking and drugging. Just when things couldn't possibly get any worse, our loved one is high ...

Drug and alcohol addiction are almost always symptoms of a much larger problem. Addicts avoid uncomfortable feelings, like guilt and shame, by abusing drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism; ...