Psychology Today

A.A.’s Step 12: Expanding Integrity and Reaching Back

The first eleven steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) approach to recovery focus on the individual answering questions about finding freedom from alcohol and other drugs. Even the eighth and ninth ...
Cure Today

Applying the 12 Steps of AA to My Cancer Journey

Looking back on my experiences with leukemia and with alcoholism, I realized that the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous can be applied to life with cancer. When I went into treatment for alcoholism ...
Psychology Today

A.A.’s Step Four: The Work Of Self-Honesty

After the difficult work of admitting powerlessness over alcohol and other drugs (A.A.’s Step One: Confrontation With Reality), wrestling with or reaffirming belief in a Higher Power (AA’s Step Two: ...
The Conversation

The curious joy of being wrong – intellectual humility means being open to new information and willing to change your mind

Some of the work described has been supported by grants from The John Templeton Foundation to Daryl Van Tongeren and his colleagues. This article was produced with support from UC Berkeley's Greater ...