Addiction can take hold with devastating speed, as one 25-year-old caller to "The Ramsey Show" found. James, a business owner with an annual income of about $120,000, told host Dave Ramsey how he lost ...

A few days ago, I watched on Business Insider as Dan Frommer declared the iPad “an awesome gaming machine”. This observation was made only from hype, and not from hands-on experience with the Apple ...

The 12-step method that began with Alcoholics Anonymous is a form of mutual aid that can help movements take better care of ...

Regular attendance at 12-step meetings is a vital part of the treatment plan for sex and love addicts. Yet many addicts try to sidestep the 12 steps by telling themselves they're not like the people ...

This phrase is on the tip of my tongue as introductions begin at my first meeting of Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous. But, when it’s my turn, the words don’t come out. We begin with ...

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Alcoholics have one, and so do drug abusers. Now people addicted to e-mail also have a 12-step programme designed to tackle their obsession. Sign up here. An executive coach ...

“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 ...

1. Admitting powerlessness over addictive sexual behavior and the fact that life has become unmanageable. 2. Coming to believe in some greater power to restore sanity. 3. Deciding to turn will and ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo — A new scholarship program is now in Kansas City, but it’s not just any scholarship program. It is specifically for recovering addicts and is designed to provide them with a second ...