3 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American addiction recovery organization founded by Bill Wilson and Bob Smith in 1935 — whose twelve-step program and mutual aid model became the dominant framework for addiction recovery globally, operating through an estimated 123,000 groups in 180+ countries.
American stockbroker who co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous with Bob Smith in 1935 after his own alcoholism recovery — writing the 'Big Book' that became the foundational text of the twelve-step movement.
American actor whose extraordinary acting talent, catastrophic drug addiction in the late 1990s, and remarkable comeback as Iron Man in the MCU make him the most famous real-world narrative of addiction, loss, and redemption in Hollywood.