In 12-step groups, addicts must acknowledge the powerlessness, unmanageability, and denial that have impacted them. This is known as the “first step” in the 12 steps. It’s vital for addicts to reach ...

The Importance of Early Intervention in Substance Abuse Recovery Lake Worth, United States - January 14, 2026 / ...

RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) -- In North Carolina alone, 1,956 people died of overdoses in 2016 - an increase from 2015. The Oak City Recovery Run Club is hoping to lower that number - and in the process is ...

The desire to help can sometimes lead to enabling behaviors that may inadvertently prolong the addiction cycle. Understanding ...

Most community-led solutions to addiction are invisible or underfunded — until someone like Melissa Hinton steps up. She didn’t just identify a glaring gap in Loudoun County’s recovery system; she ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — For many, the holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year. But for others, it can be the most difficult time. The directors of RU Recovery Ministries — an ...

During one of the happiest times of the year, as people reunite with their loved ones and celebrate well into the cold, dark nights of winter — for some the holiday season is undercut with sadness.

MOORHEAD, Minn. – Up until last August, alcohol trumped virtually everything for the past seven years of Kerry Leno’s life. “I was a 24-hour-a-day drinker,” said Leno, 36, of rural Moorhead. The ...