A few weeks ago, while listening to the radio, I heard about a podcast called The 13th Step. As a social psychologist, I was familiar with the 12-step program advocated by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to ...

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New Hampshire’s largest substance abuse treatment network has helped tens of thousands of drug users loosen addiction’s hold over their lives. But a three-year investigation by a local journalist ...

Alcoholics Anonymous describes the “13th step” as a “euphemism for inappropriate sexual advances by a member to a newcomer in AA (such as sponsors toward sponsees).” Also used as a verb, “thirteenth ...

And, I mean, I don't know everything about it. I'm not a person in recovery. But I thought I had, like, a good handle. But it turns out, the 13th step, while a new concept to me - this is something ...

Now for a story from New Hampshire with many twists and turns. Lauren Chooljian is a senior reporter and producer at New Hampshire Public Radio. And early on in the pandemic, she reported on an ...

You know, when we talk about substance use disorder, oftentimes, you know, we all know, of course, substances would affect the brain chemistry. The 13th Step podcast investigates sexual misconduct ...