Editor’s Note: We’re proud to announce that Dr. John Kelly will speak on the topic of “12-Step Recovery: Looking 20 Years Back and 20 Years Ahead” at this fall’s Addiction Medicine continuing medical education course, presented by the Division on Addiction through Harvard Medical School. In today’s article, we review research from Dr. Kelly and his colleagues at the Recovery Research Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital. An individual’s pathway to recovery from a substance use disorder might include self-help, spiritual guidance, 12-step mutual help organization (12-step), professional help or some combination of each. For those who seek professional help, “therapeutic... Read more →