A few weeks ago, while listening to the radio, I heard about a podcast called The 13th Step. As a social psychologist, I was familiar with the 12-step program advocated by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to ...

In 2002, Dimitri M. was ready to die. He’d been addicted to heroin for over 20 years, and his once-promising artistic life had collapsed into a series of banal pit stops: from the methadone clinic, to ...

This Sunday is, of course, the Super Bowl. It’s the 51st installment of this classic — and the 48th consecutive Super Bowl to be played without the participation of my New York Jets. Does this bother ...

Some sources for this story are recovering alcoholics and drug addicts who participate in 12-step programs that emphasize anonymity for their members. Their identities have been obscured. J. has been ...

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GASTONIA, N.C. — Neighbors tell Channel 9 several incidents have left them concerned for their safety after a 12-step program moved into a Gastonia neighborhood. Substance abuse advocates say the ...

This phrase is on the tip of my tongue as introductions begin at my first meeting of Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous. But, when it’s my turn, the words don’t come out. We begin with ...

It has been Kendall and Casey’s mission to stop corrupt politicians from screwing over the populous. It has been a tough battle, especially since Indiana lawmakers betrayed Hoosiers by passing a ...

A haunting writeup in The New York Times Thursday detailed how actor Philip Seymour Hoffman spent his last days after relapsing back into heroin addiction and leaving the home he shared with his ...

We will soon have a new Congress. What thoughts should guide its work on housing finance? Let's start with this one: "It is increasingly clear that the Fed and the U.S. government's entwinement with ...

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