“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 ...

Due to the inherent anonymity of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and a host of other 12-step programs that specialize in different forms of recovery, statistics on their scope are somewhat elusive; AA ...

He stared at the ceiling of his hotel room, still in shock over the news of a possible prison sentence. Desperate and not seeing any way out he prayed one simple prayer. "Lord, you've got me. I've ...