Can 12-step programs be required for release from prison? West Virginia is the latest state to end a rule requiring that inmates eligible for parole must complete a religious-based 12-step substance ...

Seacrest Recovery Center- Ohio is licensed by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services also a certified Joint Commission (JCAHO) substance abuse treatment center. We utilize both ...

According to recent estimates, over two million people are currently in recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) worldwide. This includes about 1.5 million people in the U.S. and over 500,000 people ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is promoting abstinence and 12-step addiction treatment programs that he says helped him recover from heroin use. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he ...

“Smoking was my first love,” says Laura Marie, who lit her first cigarette at age 15. Despite seeing the effects of smoking up close — her grandmother died of emphysema, and her sister died of lung ...

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