There are 12 months in a year, 12 eggs in a dozen, and there are even 12 days of Christmas. But for people in recovery, especially those in Alcoholics Anonymous, the number 12 has a deeper meaning.

If someone does not find them applicable, perhaps they may at least find them interesting. Like the "Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous" states, these steps are suggestions. This is how I used the 12 ...

That's one of the main mottos for those recovering in Alcoholics Anonymous, (A.A.) an organization which can trace its roots back to the parlor of a modest hotel in Vermont. That particular parlor is ...

Most treatment providers for individuals with alcohol use disorders are well versed in either the 12-Step Alcoholics Anonymous program or in a different treatment such as cognitive behavioral ...

He wrote that the basis for the Alcoholics Anonymous 12 steps came from his four hospitalizations for alcoholism and introduction to the Oxford Group, a religious organization.

By identifying with the similar ways we once drank and drugged, we learn to trust others’ well-worn path to sobriety — the 12 Steps of Recovery — and follow in their footsteps.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Alcoholics Anonymous is demanding the return of its 1939 original manuscript describing the "Twelve Step" program of recovery from alcoholism. The organization last Thursday in ...