Newly updated evidence published in the Cochrane Library today compares Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and clinically-related Twelve-Step Facilitation (TSF) programs with other treatments, such as ...

The founding members of Alcoholics Anonymous wanted to help others suffering from severe alcoholism find the relief and freedom they had achieved. They decided to record a description of the path to ...

Newly updated evidence published in the Cochrane Library today compares Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and clinically-related Twelve-Step Facilitation (TSF) programs with other treatments, such as ...

How does alcohol affect the brain and what kinds of medications can help people cut down consumption of it? WSJ's Melinda Beck joins Tanya Rivero on Lunch Break. Photo: Corbis ...

Step two of Alcoholics Anonymous rescued people entering recovery from the demoralizing hopelessness of step one’s admission of powerlessness over alcohol and other drugs’ destructive effects, but the ...

Svetlana, a 32-year-old self-described alcoholic, had managed to stay off the booze, but one day two years ago she just had to have a drink. This time she sat down by the phone so she could call an ...

Q: A family member seems to be drinking a lot lately and I suspect she has a problem with it. I am confused by terms such as "alcohol abuse," "alcohol dependency" and "problem drinker." Are they all ...