12 Step Episodes

12-Step recovery has played a significant role in helping people overcome addiction and build lasting lives in recovery. This category explores the principles, practices and communities associated with 12-Step fellowships, including Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and other mutual-aid groups. Personal stories examine experiences of sponsorship, meetings, service, spirituality, fellowship and working the Steps, alongside honest discussions about the strengths and limitations of the 12-Step approach. Episodes also explore how mutual aid can complement professional treatment, peer support and other pathways to recovery. Through lived experience and open conversation, these episodes examine why 12-Step communities remain an important source of connection, accountability and hope for many people recovering from addiction.