If you’ve decided that you have an addiction, the next question is what are you going to do about it? You’ve probably already tried several tactics, such as cutting down on the amount that…

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

During the early decades of the twentieth century, a man named Bill Wilson, a talented entrepreneur and businessman, was sinking deeper into addiction to alcohol. He tried everything available at that time to…

The middle phase of recovery lasts from about the third year to the tenth year or beyond. At this point, you are fairly secure with abstinence and with your recovery program.

Many people relapse during the first year of recovery. The single most common reason I hear for people being readmitted to treatment is that they stopped going to meetings and…

When you are discharged from the treatment center, you are still not well. You will be encouraged to attend 12-step meetings, often with the instruction to attend “ninety meetings in ninety…

Whether inpatient or outpatient, most treatment programs have certain basic features. First, medical attention and support are provided around the initial crisis that brought you to treatment. Psychiatric…

Recovery is the term used to describe the process of bringing the addiction into remission. Remember that there is no cure for this problem. Once the brain has become…

What if someone you care deeply about is headed in a rapid downward spiral and seems not to realize that there is a serious problem? You might be afraid…